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\n Democratic lawmakers accused the Trump administration of abusing its power after officials admitted in a federal court filing they recommended terminating several billion dollars in grants for clean-energy projects based \u201csolely\u201d on states\u2019 \u201cpolitical identity\u201d and whether President Donald Trump won the vote there in the 2024 election.\n <\/p>

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\n In a July 15 filing that is part of a class action lawsuit seeking to overturn the decision, officials said the Energy Department sent to the Office of Management and Budget a list of more than 600 grants it recommended be canceled from recipients in states where former Vice President Kamala Harris won the vote, and that have two senators that caucus with Democrats. Ultimately, the Office of Management and Budget terminated 284 grants in October 2025.\n <\/p>\n

\n The move is in line with Trump\u2019s broader second-term push to seek retribution against a range of perceived political opponents \u2013 and with his aggressive efforts to stymie federal funding in Democratic-led states. Earlier this year, the administration tried to freeze $10 billion in funding for social services from five blue states before dropping that effort.\n <\/p>\n

\n In February, the Federal Emergency Management Agency released more than $5 billion in long-delayed disaster aid to states, but left out several Democratic-led states where Trump had clashed with governors. The Department of Homeland Security denied politics played a role in the decision.\n <\/p>\n

\n Those developments came during the height of an unprecedented effort by OMB Director Russell Vought to exert new authority and power over the federal spending process \u2014 a push that rapidly accelerated in the wake of sweeping fraud allegations in Minnesota late last year.\n <\/p>\n

\n The revelation of the administration\u2019s move to cut grants in states where Harris won the electoral votes was first reported by the New York Times. The plaintiffs in the case, a group of University of California researchers, argue the Trump administration targeted federal grants for termination based on political reasons.\n <\/p>\n

\n In the July 15 filing, the DOE said it \u201caccepts that the inclusion of grants in the October notice tranche was based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient\u2019s state, i.e., whether the recipient\u2019s location and\/or place of performance was in a Blue State or a non-Blue State.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, called DOE\u2019s admission \u201cunprecedented Trumpism and something we should never become numb to.\u201d\n <\/p>

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\n \u201cTrump admits he\u2019s ripping the rug out from under hardworking families so he can get revenge on the Americans who didn\u2019t vote for him. It\u2019s sick and deranged,\u201d Schumer wrote on X. \u201cHis ego is so fragile, he\u2019ll punish families already struggling to put food on the table for a little bit of vengeance.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Maryland US Rep. Jamie Raskin said the Trump administration\u2019s actions are a \u201cdeep betrayal of America,\u201d adding that the funds should be restored to blue states immediately.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThis mass partisan retribution is appalling, outrageous, dangerous, lawless, unconstitutional, unpatriotic and a massive offense against the Republic,\u201d Raskin wrote on X. \u201cTrump knew how important these Biden-era grants were to the American people, which is why he did not cut them off to the red states, but did cut them off to the blue states.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur and Washington Sen. Patty Murray, Democrats who sit on the appropriations committee in their respective chambers, said in a joint statement Friday, \u201cThis is an astounding admission that the President and his team corruptly abused their power to kill good jobs and punish hard-working families because of their political views.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWeaponizing the Federal government like this is outright un-American,\u201d the lawmakers added.\n <\/p>\n

\n CNN has reached out to the White House, Energy Department, Office of Management and Budget and Justice Department for comment.\n <\/p>

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