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Question 1

Trump promised that Mexico would pay for the border wall, but American taxpayers ultimately paid BILLIONS, including funds redirected from the Department of Defense and Department of the Treasury after Congress declined to provide the full amount. Do you believe it was appropriate for the president to bypass Congress’s spending decision in that way, and will you commit to preventing any president, Republican or Democrat, from using emergency powers to redirect taxpayer money that Congress appropriated for other purposes?

SOURCES:

• MEXICO PAYS June 16, 2025: Trump said Mexico would pay for the wall NPR.org

• MEXICO PAYS September 1, 2016: Trump said it again in Phoenix, AZ BBC.com

• MEXICO PAYS January 8, 2019: Trump claimed Mexico would pay CNBC.com

• REDIRECT FUNDS February 15, 2019: Trump declared a national emergency so he could redirect $8 BILLION BBC.com or check it out on CONGRESS.GOV

• CLAIMING INVASION January 20, 2025: Trump signed EO Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion White House.gov

• CONGRESS 2018 to 2019: Congress only approved less than a quarter of the requested wall funds WOLA.org

• CONGRESS December 30, 2019: A Congressional report that supports all the above claims can be found here: Congress.gov R45908

Answer 1

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Question 2

JD Vance blamed immigrants for unaffordable housing, but the administration’s own answer was a 50-year mortgage that could leave young families paying far more interest and building equity much more slowly. President Trump then refused to sign a bipartisan housing bill, calling it a “big yawn” and using it as leverage for an unrelated voting bill. Why is housing affordability treated like a political bargaining chip, and what will you do to ensure our children can actually afford homes?

SOME SOURCES

• VANCE October 2, 2024 Vance said, “Illegal aliens competing with Americans for scarce homes is one of the most significant drivers of home prices in the country” Washington Post.com

• VANDERBILT January 6, 2025 The CFPB sued Vanderbilt for setting borrowers up to fail in home loans Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.gov

• 50 YEAR MORTGAGE November 9, 2025 Trump proposed a 50-year mortgage Fortune.com

• HOUSING PRICES UP January 27, 2026 Trump said, “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up…” Housing Wire.com

• CUT HUD FUNDING May 23, 2026 Trump proposed entirely cutting housing and community development funds NLIHC.org

• MAMDANI HOUSING PLAN May 26, 2026 Mamdani released a housing plan to build affordable housing NYC.GOV

• HERITAGE FOUNDATION May 26, 2026 The HF launched a smear campaign on Mamdani for building affordable housing Heritage.org

• TRUMP PETULANCE June 24, 2026 Trump refused to sign the bipartisan housing bill until the SAVE act was passed CNBC.com

Answer 2

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Question 3

Trump supporters wanted a businessman to run America like a business. Anyone who has worked in corporate knows that leaders constantly tell workers to “think of the shareholders.” Well, Americans are the shareholders of this country. We work to build an economy that has made a handful of people extraordinarily rich. So where are our dividends in affordable healthcare, housing, childcare, LIVING wages that match cost of living, and retirement security, and what specific legislation will you support to ensure economic growth benefits the people who create it?

SOME SOURCES

• BILLIONAIRE BOOM November 1, 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a deficit, 120% billionaire boom, inflated wealth and largest stock buyback in history Americans For Tax Fairness.org or here IRS.gov or here CBPP.org or here Americans For Tax Fairness.org

• RUN IT LIKE A BUSINESS February 26, 2025 The Hill.com or here CBS News.com

• HEALTHCARE May 14, 2026 Vance announced withholding $1.3BN in Medicaid reimbursement MSN.com

• HEALTHCARE April 22, 2026 TrumpRX is not affordable as advertised Warren.Senate.Gov

• HEALTHCARE July 15, 2026 AOC slams Big Pharma for gaming US patent system and price gouging Rep AOC on YouTube

• HOUSING June 24, 2026 Trump refused to sign the bipartisan housing bill until the SAVE act was passed CNBC.com

• HOUSING November 9, 2025 Trump proposed a 50-year mortgage Fortune.com

• HOUSING January 27, 2026 Trump said, “I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up…” Housing Wire.com

• HOUSING May 23, 2026 Trump proposed entirely cutting housing and community development funds NLIHC.org

• CHILDCARE April 29, 2021 Vance says universal daycare is a class war against normal people X.com @JDVance and here X.com @JDVance

• CHILDCARE January 20, 2025 Pages 486 and 486 of Project 2025 aim to prevent and dismantle all universal childcare static.Heritage.org PDF FILE

• CHILDCARE September 13, 2025 Heritage Foundation’s Dr. Burke claimed universal childcare is “investing in other peoples money” DemocracyWatch on YouTube

• CHILDCARE April 3, 2026 Trump says it’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare…” but we need more war money Live Now FOX.com

• RETIREMENT January 20, 2025 The GOP proposed raising retirement age to 69 Democrats Budge.House.gov

• RETIREMENT July 8, 2026 Retirees are trying to return to the workforce just so they can survive PBS.org

Answer 3

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Question 4

Trump’s tax policies gave corporations and the wealthiest Americans enormous tax cuts, while families earning $30,000 or less could eventually pay more. At the same time, ordinary Americans are expected to absorb higher tariff costs, cuts to food, healthcare, childcare, and energy assistance, and billions in aid needed to repair the damage from those tariffs. Why are working families always told to “tough it out” while the wealthy are protected, and what will you do to make them pay their fair share?

SOME SOURCES

• WEALTHY November 1, 2017 The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 reduced corporate tax from 35% to 21%. It caused a 120% billionaire boom, and it widened the deficit. IRS.gov

• WEALTHY January 25, 2025 Trump handed four big tech giants massive tax breaks. GeekWire.com

• WEALTHY June 1, 2026 Anthropic filed for an initial public offering after it raised $65B and pushed its valuation to $965B. Bernie Sanders announced a new bill that would create a one-time 50% tax on big-tech stock. Democracy Now.org

• WEALTHY May 24, 2023 Diverting taxes towards private schools for the elite. Southern Education.org

• WEALTHY January 20, 2025 State government resources outline how the Trump tax cuts will lower taxes for the wealthy while increase taxes for the poor Gov.CA.Gov

• WEALTHY January 20, 2025 The Big Beautiful Bill expanded tax cuts that disproportionately benefit high-income earners, with the top 1% receiving over $1T in tax cuts over the next decade American Progress.org

• POOR May 20, 2025 Trump and supporters announced the lackluster “No Tax For Tips” bill, which ended up being temporary in nature, featured an income cap up to $25,000, and excluded payroll and state taxes. ITEP.org

• ARGENTINA October 12, 2025 The Trump Administration bailed Argentina out with $40 BILLION in American taxpayer dollars. In November the Senate refused to vote for a takeback of those funds during the shutdown while millions of American families went hungry PBS.org

• TRUMP SAYS HE CAN’T HELP April 3, 2026 Trump made deep cuts to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and recommended cutting it entirely while simultaneously demanding $1.5T in defense spending to support Israels war. He stated, “It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual…things. They can do it on a State basis. You can’t do it on a Federal – we have to take care of one thing: military protection. We have to guard the country”. Detroit Free Press.com

• FARM AID July 27, 2026 The latest request for farm aid would cost each taxpayer $360. Ag Web.com

Answer 4

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Question 5

Trump promised he would not touch Social Security or raise the retirement age, yet Republicans have proposed raising it to 69. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Trump Accounts a potential “backdoor” to privatizing Social Security. Trump’s administration is opening Americans’ 401(k)s to private equity and other complex investments. So can you tell us plainly: Will you oppose raising the retirement age, privatizing Social Security, and putting Americans’ retirement savings at greater risk, and what will you do to protect Americans’ retirement security?

SOME SOURCES:

• GOODBYE 401K March 25, 2026 Trump wants to hand your 401K over to private equity UPENN.EDU

• PARDONING PE MOGULS November 30, 2025 Trump commuted the sentence of fraudster David Gentile who was sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding thousands of investors by misrepresenting the performance of private equity firms Wealth Management.com

• PULLING 401KS March 10, 2026 Americans pulled money out of their 401k funds at record rates due to hardship USA Today.com

• DIRTY LITTLE SECRET May 8, 2026 During a Milken Institute panel, Ted Cruz described Trump Accounts as a “dirty little secret” for advancing privatized Social Security through accounts created for newborns, and an article quoted him as saying, “it’s because we gave the money to babies so the old people didn’t get pissed” Democrats.org

• FALSE CLAIMS March 4, 2025 Trump falsely claimed over 16 million people aged 100 to 360 were illegally receiving Social Security CPBB.org

• NOT RAISING THE RETIREMENT AGE December 8, 2024 Trump pledged, “we are not touching Social Security” and “we are not raising ages” NBC News.com

• RAISING THE RETIREMENT AGE The Republican Study Committee proposed raising the retirement age to 69 American Progress.org

• PLANS TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY July 31, 2025 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent clarified that “Trump Baby Accounts” were intended to supplement, not replace, Social Security. However, reports also indicated he previously referred to them as a “back door for privatizing Social Security” Politico.com

Answer 5

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