Bernie Sanders blasts Trump for federal loans and grants freeze: 'He is not a king'

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On Tuesday, Sanders joined many Senate Democrats in denouncing the order, and said in a statement that the freeze would have a “devastating impact on the health and wellbeing of millions of children, seniors on fixed incomes, and the most vulnerable people in our country”.

“This unconstitutional memo must be rescinded,” Sanders said. “The American people – Democrats, Republicans and Independents – must come together to defeat this move towards authoritarianism.”

He concluded: “If President Trump wants to change our nation’s laws he has the right to ask Congress to change them. He does not have the right to violate the United States constitution. He is not a king.”

The Connecticut attorney general, William Tong, a Democrat, said on Tuesday morning that attorneys general across the country were preparing imminent legal action to challenge the order.

New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, said that her office “will be taking imminent legal action against this administration’s unconstitutional pause on federal funding”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/trump-federal-loans-grants-bernie-sanders

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