Conservatives would scream ‘bloody murder’ if Democratic president offered dividend to maintain power: Guy Benson

Published September 14, 2026 10:17am ET | Updated September 14, 2026 10:17am ET



Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson called President Donald Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend a “disastrous idea.”

“I am skeptical we’re ever going to see that, and I don’t think we should, frankly,” Benson said on Fox News’s Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy

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