WATCH: Gallego Pushes to Strip Trump of Insurrectionist Slush Fund; All Republicans Reject It

Gallego also introduced amendments to protect DACA and prevent racial profiling WASHINGTON – Today, at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s markup of Republicans’ reconciliation legislation to provide tens of billions of dollars for immigration enforcement, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) offered an amendment to prevent taxpayer funding of President Trump’s proposed $1.776 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund’ . The fund could be used to pay out individuals Trump perceives as ‘wronged’, including rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol and police officers on January 6. HuffPost: Ruben Gallego To Offer Amendment Blocking Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ “Right now, Americans are struggling with high prices and economic uncertainty. Federal dollars should be used to lower costs and serve the American people and not create a slush fund for the president’s political allies or to reward those who assaulted law enforcement,” said Senator Gallego . “My amendment is straightforward. It prohibits the federal government from using taxpayer dollars to pay out settlements for lawsuits brought by the president or his immediate family or allies. It also prohibits creating a fund to provide payments to the president, his family, or the traitors who attacked the Capitol. No president, Republican or Democrat, should be able to use the Federal Treasury as a personal checkbook.” Every Republican on the Committee voted to block the amendment. As part of the markup, Senator Gallego also introduced amendments aimed at protecting DACA recipients and preventing federal agents from engaging in racial profiling. The Hill: Gallego to offer DACA, immigration enforcement amendments for reconciliation bill