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A THREAD watching the #RNC2020: Twice yesterday HBCUs were mentioned. Vernon Jones suggested the president “delivered historic funding” guaranteed for 10 years, something he said had never been done before. Not true- we just completed 10 years. 1/ https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1298078935322746880?s=20
Senator Tim Scott also mentioned HBCUs. He said “Once again, to clean up Joe Biden’s mess, President Trump signed into law historically high funding for HBCUs, as well as a bill to give them permanent funding for the first time ever!” 2/ https://twitter.com/NBCBLK/status/1298110360029986819?s=20
Although misleading, Scott really is a reason this administration can even mention HBCUs. He and Mark Walker in 2017, at the beginning of the Trump administration, hosted a Republican led HBCU fly-in. I spoke with the press sharing my support. 3/ https://newrepublic.com/article/141026/trumps-tentative-first-step-toward-black-voters
But the idea that Trump is the reason for HBCU funding is all wrong, as the data shows his 4 budget proposals cumulatively requested a $1M DECREASE in HBCU funding ($86M if you include not requesting money to continue the 10 year Obama program). 4/ https://diverseeducation.com/article/155070/
