Whenever Republicans get religion on spending, their first thought is to kill puppies

President Trump wounded himself when his administration announced the Department of Education would be cutting $17.6 million in funding for the Special Olympics. He was forced to reverse the decision after 24 hours of horrible headlines.

In time elapsed between Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s announcement and Trump’s declaration that he “overr[ode] my people,” senators from both parties revolted, with House Appropriations subcommittee Chairman Roy Blunt, R-Mo., directly contradicting the administration outright. The brouhaha was fodder for the news networks that had been hardest hit by the non-bombshell of the Mueller report. You could even say they “seized” upon it.