Ends Labor Day.
>>> DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ARE
SLAMMING THE PRESIDENT OVER A
THREAT TO CUT FDING FROM
SEVERAL CITIES GOVERNED BY
DEMOCRATS.
THE PRESIDENT ISSUED A MEMO
DIRECTING OFFICIALS TO FIND WAYS
TO REDIRECT FEDERAL FUNDS FROM
CITIES DETERMINED TO BE, QUOTE,
ANARCHIST JURISDICTIONS.
THE MEMO SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS
THE CITIES OF PORTLAND, SEATTLE,
AND NEW YORK AND SAYS, QUOTE, MY
ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT ALLOW
FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS TO FUND
CITIES THAT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO
DETERIORATE INTO LAWLESS ZONES.
OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK SAY THEY
WILL SUE THE ADMINISTRATION IF
IT MOVES FORWARD WITH THE PLAN.
NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO
POSTED ON TWITTER THIS.
QUOTE, 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.
WITH US FOR MORE, NEAL KATYAL, A
VETERAN OF THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT.
AS ACTING SOLICITOR GENERAL, HE
WAS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S
TOP LAWYER BEFORE THE SUPREME
COURT.
NEAL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I’M SEEING THIS STORY.
I’M REMEMBERING THAT FAMOUS OLD
NEWSPAPER HEADLINE FROM THE ’70s
WHEN GERALD FORD WAS PRESIDENT.
NEW YORK CITY WANTED A BAILOUT.
HE SAID NO.
FORD TO CITY, DROP DEAD.
THAT WAS THE STORY BACK IN THE
’70s.
THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THIS ISN’T A CITY ASKING FOR
MONEY.
THIS IS A CITY THAT ALREADY GETS
FEDERAL MONEY, A SERIES OF
CITIES THAT ALREADY GET FEDERAL
MONEY.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
WHAT COULD A PRESIDENT WHO
WANTED TO DEFUND CITIES -- WHAT
COULD A PRESIDENT DO?
IS THERE ANYTHING IN A SITUATION
LIKE THIS?
WHAT WOULD IT BE?
>> WELL, I DON’T THINK -- I MEAN
I THINK PRESIDENTS DO HAVE A
RANGE OF POWER, BUT WHAT THEY
DON’T HAVE IS THE ABILITY TO
LABEL, AS TRUMP DOES, A CITY
ANARCHIST AND THEN DEFUND IT.
YOU KNOW, IT’S A RONNIC BRAUZ
TRUMP IS THE TRUE ANARCHIST
HERE.
HE BELIEVES NO LAW APPLIES TO
HIM.
AND HERE HE IS CRITICIZING
CITIES FOR ANARCHY.
IT’S DOUBLY IRONIC BECAUSE THESE
VERY CITIES THAT HE’S CALLING AN
AR KICK ARE THE ONES
INVESTIGATING STORMY DANIELS AND
ALL SORTS OF STUFF IN NEW YORK
AND THE LIKE.
HE’S MADE THIS STATEMENT IN THIS
MEMO WHICH CITES NOTHING, NO
LEGAL AUTHORITY WHATSOEVER, NO
LAW, NO CASE, NOTHING.
I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE STRUCK
DOWN FASTER, STEVE, THAT YOU CAN
SAY COVFEFE.
IT IS BLATANTLY ILLEGAL.
AND ANY CITY LIKE NEW YORK THAT
HAS ITS FUNDS CUT OFF IS GOING
TO TRY AND SUE.
TRUMP DID A VERSION OF THIS A
FEW YEARS AGO WITH SANCTUARY
CITIES.
I REPRESENTED THE CITY OF
PHILADELPHIA IN CHALLENGING
THAT, AND THERE WERE A BUNCH OF
REPUBLICAN JUDGES WHO HEARD
THOSE CASES.
AND HONESTLY THEY WERE LAYUPS.
THEY WERE EASY CASES TO ARGUE
