Trump Will Not Repay Public Money Used for His Ads
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President Trump has new ads. These ads show good things about him. Taxpayer money is paying for these ads. Taxpayer money is money from the public.
Trump does not plan to pay this money back. He says the ads are okay to make. Many people do not agree with him.
The DNC is a political group. It helps the Democratic Party. The DNC does not like Trump's party, the Republicans. The DNC is taking Trump to court. This is called a lawsuit. A lawsuit asks a judge to stop something.
The DNC wants to stop the ads. The DNC says the ads are not fair. This is happening before the midterms. Midterms are important elections. They happen in the middle of a president's term.
The DNC thinks the ads help Trump's party win. They say taxpayers should not pay for this. The case is now going to court.
Vocabulary15 words
- ads
- short messages that tell people about something
- DNC
- a group that leads the Democratic political party
- lawsuit
- when someone asks a judge to solve a problem
- midterms
- elections that happen in the middle of a president's time in office
- taxpayer
- a person who pays money to the government
- reimburse
- to pay money back
- promotional
- made to show good things about someone
- president
- the leader of a country
- political party
- a group of people with the same ideas about government
- court
- a place where judges decide about laws
- public money
- money that belongs to everyone, from taxes
- judge
- a person who decides what is right in court
- elections
- when people vote for leaders
- fair
- right and equal for everyone
- Republicans
- one of the two big political parties in the US
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Answer key
1. Not pay it back 2. Suing to stop the ads 3. True
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President Trump has new _____.
These ads show good things about _____.
_____ money is paying for these ads.
Trump does not plan to pay this money _____.
The _____ is a political group.
The DNC is taking Trump to _____.
This is called a _____.
The DNC wants to _____ the ads.
This is happening before the _____.
The case is now going to _____.
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