Margaret Wood Hassan
Role at the time: U.S. senator from New Hampshire
Condemned
Statement summary
Maggie Hassan seeks a Senate resolution against public funding for the ads. She says Trump can fund his own political messages but should not charge taxpayers.
“It just tells the President that he is wrong, that these ads need to be pulled down, and that they should not be paid for with taxpayer dollars.”
Read the original text (opens in a new tab)Senate debate over federal funding for Trump television adsPrinted pages S5134 and S5150-S5151; Schumer remarks and Hassan-Lummis exchange over S. Res. 921
The Congressional Record contains Schumer's criticism and the full exchange in which Hassan seeks unanimous consent and Lummis objects.
Why we used this label
The conduct under scrutiny is federal funding for Trump-promoting ads. Hassan explicitly opposes taxpayer payment and calls for the spots to stop.