Avoiding ‘Equity’ Leads To ‘Ham-Handed’ Decision

May 16, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: On May 9, Donald Trump’s crackerjack team decided that funds allocated by Congress in 2021 as part of a bipartisan bill to bring broadband internet access to rural areas of America—including Virginia’s Sixth District—would not be spent. Why? On May 8 Trump announced on Truth Social he would end the program because it is “racist” and “unconstitutional.” That truly moronic reaction was triggered because the relevant portion of the larger “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” was titled the “Digital Equity Program.”