The article critiques Secretary of State Marco Rubio's claims about the Trump administration's humanitarian aid policies, specifically regarding USAID. Rubio argued that aid cuts under this administration did not cause any fatalities, a statement fiercely challenged by Rep. Brad Sherman and the author. Through heartbreaking accounts of children like Evan and Achol, both of whom died due to cuts in crucial aid, the article argues that recent policies have had devastating consequences, ultimately undermining the lives of vulnerable populations while highlighting the stark contrast between political rhetoric and human reality.
Evan's life was in our hands, and for five years, America kept him alive with antiretroviral medicines costing less than 12 cents a day.
This was a child as precious as yours or mine. Evan weakened and soon died of an opportunistic infection.
The only debate is whether to measure the dead in the thousands, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
It strikes me as doubly offensive not only to cause unnecessary deaths of such children but to deny the reality of their suffering.
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