Blackburn says Trump’s $1.8B anti-weaponization fund needs ‘a revisit’
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., listens to testimony during a U.S. Senate Committee on Feb. 10. (Nathan Howard/AP file)
The comments after a stop in Memphis on Tuesday, May 26, are her first on the controversial fund that could be used to pay those convicted of violent offenses in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection.
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Brandon LaGrone Jr. is a Bluff City native who has earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from LSU’s Manship School. He’s written for publications including The (Baton Rouge) Advocate and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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