Senators Question DHS Funding for Trump Ads
DHS committed $20 million to ads featuring President Trump, and Senators Patty Murray and Chris Murphy sought an explanation. Coverage differs over whether the ads were public-service announcements or political advertising and how to address the spending.
Lead article · opb · CENTERHomeland Security taps $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump adsHow each side told it
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Murray and Murphy were named together by 6 of 7 outlets. Counted by outlet.
Joined Murphy in asking DHS to explain taxpayer-funded ads featuring Trump and proposed reducing White House budget-office funding when federal money is used for political propaganda.
Joined Murray in asking DHS to explain taxpayer-funded ads featuring Trump and called for the spending to end and the money to be repaid.
When each side picked it up
When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 1 article, first tue 4:09 pm, 20 hours after the first report. center: 4 articles, first mon 8:00 pm. right-leaning: 1 article, first tue 3:49 pm, 20 hours after the first report. unrated: 1 article, first wed 5:25 am.
What the members said themselves
Press releases from members’ offices. Kept apart from news and not counted as coverage.
- Sen. Christopher MurphyTUE SEP 29Murphy, Murray Press Trump Administration On Taxpayer-Sponsored Trump Campaign AdsPRESS RELEASEMURPHY.SENATE.GOV ↗(opens the press release on murphy.senate.gov)
- Sen. Patty MurrayTUE SEP 29Murray, Murphy Demand Answers on DHS Spending Tax Dollars to Air Trump Campaign AdsPRESS RELEASEMURRAY.SENATE.GOV ↗(opens the press release on murray.senate.gov)
- Sen. Patty MurrayTHU OCT 1Murray, Top Appropriators Introduce Bill to Impose Significant Penalties on Trump Admin for Using Taxpayer Dollars to Air Political PropagandaPRESS RELEASEMURRAY.SENATE.GOV ↗(opens the press release on murray.senate.gov)
Releases collected by Congress Press ↗ (Derek Willis, MIT License)
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