Sen. Tim Scott Promoted A Federal Program For Minority-Owned Businesses. Now He's Silent As Trump Guts It

Sen. Tim Scott Promoted A Federal Program For Minority-Owned Businesses. Now He's Silent As Trump Guts It

Source: Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Did y’all know that GOP Sen. Tim Scott — the first and only Black Republican to represent South Carolina in the U.S. Senate — spent years promoting a federal program to support minority-owned businesses? It’s kind of weird, right? The guy who positioned himself to be MAGA America’s favorite Black friend, who made it his mission to convince Black people that “America is not a racist country,” was, according to Pol…

"Turn around the key and move on – this modified phrase seems to have been taken a little too literally by a travelling minority group at Easter. Anyway, she did not leave the passage place at the B 1 in Pichling without memory for the site owner and subsequent campers. The travelling minority group had already stopped at the transit place in Pichling since mid-January, stayed with her caravans for weeks at the area, which was, as it is well kno…

Sen. Tim Scott Promoted A Federal Program For Minority-Owned Businesses. Now He’s Silent As Trump Guts It

Source: Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Did y’all know that GOP Sen. Tim Scott — the first and only Black Republican to represent South Carolina in the U.S. Senate — spent years promoting a federal program to support minority-owned businesses? It’s kind of weird, right? The guy who positioned himself to be MAGA America’s favorite Black friend, who made it his mission to convince Black people that “America is not a racist country,” was, according to Pol…

Federal Program Helping Minority Businesses Shut Down; GOP Leader Stays Quiet

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), a federal program aiding minority-owned businesses, has been dismantled under the Trump administration. Senator Tim Scott, a Republican who once supported the program, has not commented on its shutdown. The MBDA, established during Nixon’s presidency, offered grants, mentorship, and support to minority entrepreneurs. President Trump has been trying to reduce or close the agency since his first ter…

Minority Business Development Agency Gets Dismantled After Dispersing $3.2B In Contracts Under The Biden Administration

A resource for minority-owned businesses may be impacted due to a new round of federal job cuts. Inc. reports new changes are underway at the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), which was first established in 1969 by former President Richard Nixon. Under former President Joe Biden’s administration alone, the MBDA helped provide 23,000 jobs and $3.2 billion in contracts to minority enterprises, the outlet notes. The Trump administration …

Trump executive order shuts down Wisconsin’s minority business development center

Wisconsin’s Minority Business Development Agency business center has closed following an executive order from President Donald Trump.