{"id":6945,"date":"2025-02-06T12:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T12:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=6945"},"modified":"2025-02-06T12:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T12:08:25","slug":"swindled-the-american-taxpayer-new-house-gop-internal-memo-rips-dem-usaid-uproar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=6945","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Swindled the American taxpayer\u2019: New House GOP internal memo rips Dem USAID uproar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sub-headline speakable\">Memo pushes lawmakers to point out thousands spent on LGBT efforts abroad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6946\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/470177872_122130293042461734_4143518327917551189_n-9-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/470177872_122130293042461734_4143518327917551189_n-9-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/470177872_122130293042461734_4143518327917551189_n-9-875x1024.jpg 875w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/470177872_122130293042461734_4143518327917551189_n-9-768x898.jpg 768w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/470177872_122130293042461734_4143518327917551189_n-9-1024x1198.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/470177872_122130293042461734_4143518327917551189_n-9.jpg 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div id=\"M930283ScriptRootC1575512_0097d\">\n<div id=\"AdskeeperComposite1575512_0097d\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\">\n<p class=\"speakable\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE:\u00a0<\/strong>An internal memo being circulated to House Republicans is urging lawmakers to argue that President\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0handling of foreign aid is \u201calready paying dividends\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">and that the Biden administration spent that money on initiatives like \u201ca transgender opera in Colombia through the State Department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The five-page document, obtained by Fox News Digital through a House GOP source, is being sent to members of Republican leadership as well as lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee by Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla.It includes three pages of recommended talking points, including, \u201cAmerica is spending $40 billion in foreign aid annually.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Much of those aid dollars are not even reaching the intended recipients and are instead propping up an NGO industrial complex that has, for years, swindled the American taxpayer.\u201dThe memo urged Republicans to argue Trump\u2019s freeze on foreign aid \u201cis needed because it\u2019s nearly impossible to evaluate foreign aid programs when they are on autopilot.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memo pushes lawmakers to point out thousands spent on LGBT efforts abroad. 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