The vindictive Malignant Fascist is reportedly preparing to cancel a wide array of grants to California, including to the University of California and California State University systems. Using the bogus charge of anti-Semitism / anti-wokeism as his justification, the MF has long had Dem stronghold California in his retribution sights. California Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing back, as reported by Politico:
"Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday suggested California consider withholding tens of billions in annual federal tax dollars amid reports Donald Trump is preparing funding cuts targeting the state.
Newsom’s suggestion came after CNN reported the president was considering a 'full termination' of federal grant funding for California’s universities.
'Californians pay the bills for the federal government. We pay over $80 BILLION more in taxes than we get back,' the Democratic governor said in an X post Friday afternoon, referencing a recent analysis from the Rockefeller Institute that California contributed about $83 billion more in federal taxes in 2022 than it received back from Washington.
'Maybe it’s time to cut that off,' he added. [snip]
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas also floated withholding federal taxes Friday in a post on the social media site Bluesky shortly before Newsom raised the issue. He dismissed the rumored grant cancellations as 'unconstitutional and vindictive.'
'We’re the nation’s economic engine and the largest donor state, and deserve our fair share,' Rivas wrote. 'I’ll use every legal and constitutional tool available to defend CA — we must look at every option, including withholding federal taxes.'” (our emphasis)
The TACO man's minions are already softening the claim, saying that the alleged threat by the MF is "pure speculation" and that no decision has been made. For now, California has called his bluff.
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