{"id":57068,"date":"2020-07-17T00:40:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T05:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=57068"},"modified":"2020-07-17T00:44:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T05:44:00","slug":"57068","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=57068","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2020\/07\/trump-presses-attack-on-bidens-war-on-the-suburbs.php\">TRUMP PRESSES ATTACK ON BIDEN\u2019S WAR ON THE SUBURBS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerlineblog.com\/archives\/2020\/07\/will-trump-make-bidens-war-on-the-suburbs-a-campaign-issue.php\">asked<\/a>\u00a0whether President Trump will make Joe Biden\u2019s war on the suburbs an issue in this campaign. Today,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/trump-continues-to-highlight-zoning-issue\/\">Stanley Kurtz reports<\/a>\u00a0that Trump already has.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wrAupfZ8qMA\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\">speech<\/a>\u00a0Wednesday in Atlanta on \u201cRebuilding America\u2019s Infrastructure,\u201d the president emphasized his determination to eliminate President Obama\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/massive-government-overreach-obamas-affh-rule-out-stanley-kurtz\/\">radical<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/affh-has-no-basis-fair-housing-act\/\">legally baseless<\/a>\u00a0rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH). Trump stressed Biden\u2019s determination to \u201chold hostage billions in federal Surface Transportation Grants for states and localities unless the states and local suburban communities abolish single-family zoning rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holding this money hostage is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/biden-and-dems-are-set-to-abolish-the-suburbs\/\">Biden\u2019s special contribution<\/a>\u00a0to the war on the suburbs. It goes beyond the already oppressive AFFH rule. As Stanley explains:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Under the original rule, localities could at least opt out of their HUD grants \u2014 and thus out of federal control \u2014 even if at the cost of millions of dollars. But what suburb can afford to cut itself off from state road repairs? With that addition, Biden\u2019s plan truly constitutes a war on suburban independence.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Stanley wonders whether the Trump campaign will include ads and speeches on this issue that bring it into focus, rather than just passing mentions in extended speeches on other topics. The question is important because the mere accusation that Biden will wage war on the suburbs is not likely to convince suburban voters \u2014 a cohort that, in many areas, doesn\u2019t view Biden as menacing and isn\u2019t inclined to take Trump\u2019s word for things.<\/p>\n<p>For the charge that Biden will wage war on suburbs to have its optimal impact, and not be shrugged off as exaggerated at best and racist at worst, the Trump campaign will have to explain it, not just assert it. Yesterday\u2019s statement about Biden withholding key transportation grants unless communities abolish single-family zoning rules is a good start<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRUMP PRESSES ATTACK ON BIDEN\u2019S WAR ON THE SUBURBS Yesterday, we\u00a0asked\u00a0whether President Trump will make Joe Biden\u2019s war on the suburbs an issue in this campaign. Today,\u00a0Stanley Kurtz reports\u00a0that Trump already has. In a\u00a0speech\u00a0Wednesday in Atlanta on \u201cRebuilding America\u2019s Infrastructure,\u201d the president emphasized his determination to eliminate President Obama\u2019s\u00a0radical\u00a0and\u00a0legally baseless\u00a0rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=57068\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57069,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57068\/revisions\/57069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}