Millions of COVID Relief Aid Went to Left-Wing Pet Projects

Fox News: Dozens of cultural and educational institutions spent millions in taxpayers dollars from President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package to fund programs pushing social and climate justice… For instance, $499,023 went to the University of Montana for multiple programs on racial justice, including a public lecture series on “racial justice, death and Indigenous knowledge.” Another $50,000 in ARP funds went to a nonprofit organization in the Northern Mariana Islands called 500 Sails for “reopening programs that teach Indigenous canoe-building and explore pre-colonial sea life” (Fox News). 

Townhall: Meanwhile, as inflation continues to hit America hard, Biden’s trillion dollar Covid relief package is facing tough criticism for its downfall effect it has had on the U.S.’s economy. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said Americans should be outraged at the “far-left’s spending,” adding that the money has been a “waste and abuse of Covid funds” (Townhall).