House Republican pushes back on Trump data center support: 'I guess I'm backwards and poor'
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) responded on Monday to President Trump’s statement that communities that oppose data center construction want to “end up being backwards and poor.” “I guess I’m backwards and poor,” he told Meidas Touch’s Pablo Manríquez on the House steps. The Tennessee Republican sug...
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What happenedHouse Republican pushes back on Trump data center support: 'I guess I'm backwards and poor'.
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House Republican pushes back on Trump data center support: 'I guess I'm backwards and poor'
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) responded on Monday to President Trump’s statement that communities that oppose data center construction want to “end up being backwards and poor.” “I guess I’...
