House Republicans Give Wild Defenses of Trump’s Shady Slush Fund (opens in new tab)

Republicans are going all out to convince the American people that President Trump’s $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund for his MAGA allies is actually a good thing.Representative James Comer proclaimed that there’s a “need” for the slush fund.“The things they tried to convict him of—it was a joke,” he said Friday. “So I think that there is a need for it. What the president needs to do to be able to get this through is to explain it and have a plan.”Representative Ralph Norman appeared t...