FARGO, ND – President Donald Trump has illegally frozen all federal grants and loan disbursement.

North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, “Over the past two weeks, we have seen what the new American oligarchy looks like: tax cuts and Nazi salutes for Elon Musk and a halt to cancer treatments for your children; pardoning of cop-killing January 6 insurrectionists while sending immigration agents to harass Native Americans; it freezes federal grant funds that support faith groups, farmers, social workers, nurses, and hardworking Americans but doesn’t stop procurements for aerospace, military contractors, or big pharmaceutical companies; it cuts off aid to allies like Ukraine while threatening war against allies like Denmark and Panama. Democrats nationwide have opposed this agenda for a decade; it is time for Americans from across the political spectrum to unite to break the oligarchy that has seized control of our nation.”

Goldwyn continued, “How much of our current budget outlook is based on money Armstrong believed we’ll get from the federal government? Federal grants are lifelines for our homeless shelters, our local infrastructure, and our seniors. They are decimating our federal government, and it will harm North Dakotans for generations.”