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𝗡𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲. 🇺🇸Under Trump's administration, the NIH terminated or froze 𝟭𝟭𝟲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 $𝟮𝟳𝟯 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻, 65 Alzheimer's grants worth $94 million and 68 diabetes grants worth $83 million — a combined $𝟰𝟱𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 in lifesaving research eliminated — according to a Senate HELP Committee report. Yet the same administration found money for: a 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝘁 $𝟰𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻, a 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 $𝟲𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 with half from taxpayers, 𝟮𝟱𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 $𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻, a 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 $𝟯𝟰 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝗖𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗰 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 $𝟮𝟮.𝟱+ 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻. A Washington Post-ABC poll found 56% of Americans opposed the ballroom project — including 45% who "strongly oppose" it. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society formally denounced the research cuts. The American Association of Cancer Research warned the cuts damage America's position as a global leader in medicine. This is not a money problem. When you cut $450 million in cancer research and spend $767+ million on pageantry — that is a 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺.𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵?Drop your honest thoughts below — what should be America's real priority?#𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 #𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘀 #𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 #𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 #𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 #𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴View all 1,277 comments