Almost a month ago, as Covid-19 exacted an outsized toll on vulnerable groups across America, Trump turned to a White House council to determine how the federal government “can best support minority and distressed communities.” Little has come of it
Almost a month ago, as the coronavirus exacted an outsized toll on vulnerable groups across America, President Donald Trump turned to an under-the-radar White House council to quickly determine how the federal government “can best support minority and distressed communities.”
A senior administration official familiar with the council, which is led by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, said the group is still weighing policy proposals from federal agencies and will be presenting a plan to Trump “in the near future.” The council has held discussions with Sen. Tim Scott , an architect of the federal opportunity zone program, and two aides to Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Pence has also discussed the issue with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, whose city has seen African American residents succumb to the virus at nearly six times the rate of white residents, according to public databy the Chicago Tribune.
Administration officials including Carson have held several discussions with organizations in urban communities, as well as local and state officials. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters this week the administration previously set aside $2 billion for hospitals in underserved communities out of a $12 billion pool of provider relief payments.
The dearth of information about the federal government’s plans to correct failures that have exacerbated the pandemic’s impact on communities of color has not stopped the president — or his campaign — from using the topic to forge ahead in their pursuit of black and Latino supporters.
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