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![Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Voters Have a Negative Opinion of Private Jet Use for Transporting Celebrities, Politicians, and Wealthy People for Leisure. Description: Do you have a positive or negative opinion of private jets being used for each of the following purposes? To transport medical patients or medical materials (such as organ donations) for medical emergencies — Positive: 84%, Negative: 8% To deliver disaster relief supplies, rescue crews, and evacuees to areas commercial flights can't reach — Positive: 83%, Negative: 8% To transport sports teams for sporting events — Positive: 50%, Negative: 36% To transport animals, including pet dogs and race horses — Positive: 46%, Negative: 36% <strong>[SPLIT A]</strong> To transport company executives for business purposes — Positive: 39%, Negative: 46% To transport celebrities to events, such as concerts — Positive: 33%, Negative: 52% To transport politicians to campaign events — Positive: 32% Negative: 53%](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HV4dxRLWYAAkSjh.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Voters Have a Negative Opinion of Private Jet Use for Transporting Celebrities, Politicians, and Wealthy People for Leisure. Description: Do you have a positive or negative opinion of private jets being used for each of the following purposes? To transport medical patients or medical materials (such as organ donations) for medical emergencies — Positive: 84%, Negative: 8% To deliver disaster relief supplies, rescue crews, and evacuees to areas commercial flights can't reach — Positive: 83%, Negative: 8% To transport sports teams for sporting events — Positive: 50%, Negative: 36% To transport animals, including pet dogs and race horses — Positive: 46%, Negative: 36% <strong>[SPLIT A]</strong> To transport company executives for business purposes — Positive: 39%, Negative: 46% To transport celebrities to events, such as concerts — Positive: 33%, Negative: 52% To transport politicians to campaign events — Positive: 32% Negative: 53%
ALT Graphic stating that Trump’s mass deportation bill would spend $268.9 billion and counting in U.S. taxpayer money on mass deportations through the remainder of his term. The graphic features a hand-drawn receipt and a yellow arrow pointing toward the spending figure, with the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies branding at the bottom.
ALT Graphic arguing that the $268.9 billion spent on mass deportations could instead fund public services, including 931,963 school teachers, 1,046,926 firefighters, 11,998,386 people on Medicaid, 5,055,947 veterans’ medical care, 6,725,420 Head Start slots, 717,070 registered nurses, 118,285,865 SNAP recipients, 9,764,700 public housing units, or 6,229,702 parents receiving 12 weeks of paid parental leave. The graphic calls for reprioritizing taxpayer spending and is branded by the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.
