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Statement·other·said 2025-10-14

Democrats want up to $5 billion for wasteful spending for international projects.

Where they said it
Verdict
Mixed
2025-11-06
Reasoning

Democrats did propose restoring roughly $5 billion in foreign aid, but Johnson framed the request as a demand for specific wasteful projects when Democrats had not specified individual projects — the examples Johnson cited came from Trump's rescission list, not from Democratic asks.

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