President Trump is done playing around with these radical, Democrat-led cities, which are seeking to sink their cities even further into chaos by defunding their police.
Trump is now giving these far-left cities a taste of their own medicine by ordering the federal government to start a review that could lead to defunding New York City, Portland, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.
Check and mate!
“My Administration will not allow Federal tax dollars to fund cities that allow themselves to deteriorate into lawless zones,” Trump says in the memo, according to the New York Post. “To ensure that Federal funds are neither unduly wasted nor spent in a manner that directly violates our Government’s promise to protect life, liberty, and property, it is imperative that the Federal Government review the use of Federal funds by jurisdictions that permit anarchy, violence, and destruction in America’s cities.”
The order targets New York City, Portland, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., all of which have seen violent riots from far-left extremists and widespread looting. The memo also instructs Attorney General William Barr to compile a list of “anarchist jurisdictions” that have “permitted violence and the destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures” to restore order.
The memo states that New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio “allowed violence to spike” while rejecting the president’s offer to send in federal law enforcement officers to restore order.
Of course, right on cue, Mayor Andrew Cuomo started ranting and raving over this move, calling it an “illegal stunt.”
“President Trump has actively sought to punish NYC since day one. He let COVID ambush New York. He refuses to provide funds that states and cities MUST receive to recover. He is not a king. He cannot “defund” NYC. It’s an illegal stunt.”
President Trump has actively sought to punish NYC since day one.
He let COVID ambush New York.
He refuses to provide funds that states and cities MUST receive to recover.
He is not a king. He cannot "defund" NYC.
It's an illegal stunt.
— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) September 2, 2020
Chuck Schumer also followed suit by claiming Trump should be more focused on the “COVID crisis.”
“We will not allow President Trump’s malicious infantile ways to hurt New York City. Instead of these foolish stunts he ought to be focused on getting our country out of the COVID crisis.”
We will not allow President Trump’s malicious infantile ways to hurt New York City.
Instead of these foolish stunts he ought to be focused on getting our country out of the COVID crisis.https://t.co/lMbbr6RJvq
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) September 3, 2020
The blatant truth is that these cities have dug themselves into their own hole.
Then when faced with the consequences they cry, pout, and hurl insults.
What a bunch of children…
This piece was written by Sophie O’Hara on September 2, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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