Dear Rep. Matt Gaetz, Hope this helps, you dumb fuck.

[kpete]

Dear Rep. Matt Gaetz,

Why is Howard University in the relief bill? Great question!

Howard University's hospital is a COVID-19 treatment facility. It is within walking distance from your office.

Hope this helps, you dumb fuck.



Rep. Matt Gaetz

$13,000,000 in taxpayer funds could be going to families across the nation struggling to put food on the table in the midst of COVID-19.

Instead, it's going to Howard University.



Education is important- but a $13 million check to Howard does not belong in COVID-19 relief.

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[lagomorph777]

1. But Howard is historically black.

Wouldn't it be better to send that money to some white MAGAts?



What a piece of shit.

[procon]

2. He can't even pretend to hide his racism! nt

[malaise]

7. THIS

Fuck that fool

[flibbitygiblets]

27. .

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. That's why he's never been there tho it is walking distance. The ignorance of W privilege bubble. nt

[yardwork]

3. Racist fool who doesn't believe in science.

Why do Americans keep electing these evil fools?

That's a serious question. I would really like to know the answer.

[magicarpet]

23. Because these people are repulsive racists, they are proud of themselves,...

... voters feel a kindred spirit when around these fucking Nazis - so they keep electing them.

********

kin·dred spir·it
/ˈkindrid ˈspirit/
noun
a person whose interests or attitudes are similar to one's own.
"I longed to find a kindred spirit"
From Oxford

[aggiesal]

25. Because he has an (R) next to his name ...

an to them, liberals are the bain of their evil.

So as long as a candidate has an (R) next to their
name they will vote for that person.
What that person is like doesn’t matter as long as
they see that (R).

[onenote]

4. I have no problem designating funds for universities

But Howard University Hospital isn't the only university hospital that is a COVID-19 treatment facility. And the appropriation isn't limited to funding for medical purposes but also for grants to students to defray expenses from the disruption of university operations --a need that is not unique to Howard University students.

The bill singles out two schools for specific grants: Howard ($13 million) and Gallaudet ($7,000,000).Gallaudet University is somewhat unique as the nation's leading university for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. But Howard isn't the only historically black university in the country.

Matt Gaetz is an ass. But it would be interesting to know how and why Howard came to be singled out over all of the other universities and colleges in the country and, in particular, all of the other historically black universities and colleges.

[Phoenix61]

5. A quick google skim and it looks like it's the

top HBCU medical school. Might also have something to do with it being in Washington.

[underpants]

17. I agree. Looks to me like this is funding for the Congress's immediate treatment

From a proximity standpoint anyway.

[onenote]

20. And that would make sense if the funds were designated for the hospital

but the funds are available for the University as a whole and, for grants to students to defer expenses related to the university's shutdown --- something that students across the country are incurring.

[underpants]

28. Okay.

Good point.

[happy feet]

6. Suggest you read the history of the founding of Howard University

by the Freedman's Bureau of the Federal Gov't. That will allow you to connect the dots and answer your question - why Howard. Howard University Hospital was originally named Freedman's Hospital.

[onenote]

24. i know the hospital's history. Don't know how that explains the University being singled out.

The funds are directed specifically to the hospital.

The question isn't so much why Howard, as why not other universities?

[hatrack]

30. Howard is a federally chartered university, which is an unusual structure . . .

And receives direct funding from the Department of Education (as does the university hospital).

The U.S. Congress chartered Howard on March 10, 1867, and much of its early funding came from endowment, private benefaction, and tuition. (In the 20th and 21st centuries an annual congressional appropriation, administered by the U.S. Department of Education, funds Howard University and Howard University Hospital).[10] After five years of being an institution, Howard University became the place of education for over 150,000 freed slaves.[11]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_University

[onenote]

32. Thanks. I didn't realize that Howard still receives annual appropriations from the federal govt.

Makes more sense now.

[llashram]

9. per your query

??

[marble falls]

8. Matt Gaetz doesn't belong in Congress. And the Airlines don't deserve penny one.

[keithbvadu2]

12. Bailouts

[marble falls]

13. Bingo.

[calimary]

21. I'd keep it and demand more.

And use war powers and asset forfeiture if need be, to “encourage” the big corporations to do more for their country, not for their own bottom line or stock prices of golden parachutes.

[magicarpet]

26. Perfect, hell of an idea.

They never pay one fucking dime in taxes, have made a fucking science of tax avoidance, yet have the audacity to be the first in line for corporate bailouts and economic down turn pay out/free market system commercial/industrial/corporate welfare.

[B Stieg]

10. Ignorance...

is so not sexy!

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. Gaetz building his bonafides for a run at President??

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Virtue signalling to bigotted whites who might recognize Howard as historically black. . . . nt

[calimary]

19. Yep. THERE. Right THERE.

He’s not just a plain ‘no simple fuck, he’s a racist fuck.

[StevieM]

16. He'll probably run someday. (eom)

[calimary]

18. Racist fuck.

[djacq]

22. Blame his Constituents in FL-01.

As an African American, I'm appalled by his obvious racism and mockery of this pandemic.

It's one thing to be a dumbass but a dumbass in power, that's dangerous.

The irresponsibility goes to his voters, just like the voters who put Trump in office.

[Baked Potato]

29. Matty, Matty, What a Flooze !

Matty, Matty, what a flooze!
Seen your mug because of booze
Stupid little prick you are
How’d you ever pass the bar?

[Celerity]

31. Gaetz gets a Dump Award runner up tee shirt for a prize