Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."

“I can pull their money” is a wild thing to say when that money mostly came from…them.

Is there a constant competition for the dumbest cabinet member or something?

Then we can stop paying our taxes and watch the government collapse from lack of funding.

Federal taxpayers in blue states subsidize many red states. If the federal government weaponizes federal funding for blue states then we should be able to redirect our federal tax dollars back to blue states.

This reminds me of when Trump wanted Governors of blue states to beg him for ventilators during Covid. How do people forget this shit?

Maybe all blue states can stop funding the government

Duffy turns highways into hostages: threatening $5.8B for CA roads this Dec defies SCOTUS' Dole ruling against coercion. Political extortion disguised as policy. Migrant transit costs? A mere 0.2% of funds. Torching 210K jobs and bridge safety to deport migrants? That's not governance—it's ideological arson.

Blue states pay the majority of taxes. They aren’t his funds to withhold to punish dissenting opinions. This administration prefers to use mob tactics instead of governing like a democracy.

@SecDuffy

Hmm.... I wonder what would happen if blue states flipped the script? 🤔

These cocksuckers in this administration keep seemingly forgetting this is our fucking tax money. I know people like Sean Duffy and Donald Trump wanna pretend that it’s their fucking money it’s our money we paid into the fucking system and now they’re threatening to withhold our fucking tax dollars that they keep taking from us just to be a bunch of fucking bullies to try to get their way. At some point there will be a revolution and I hope these motherfuckers are prepared for it because they’re leaving regular people no alternative but to revolt. And yes, this is the same shit, without proof, that Trump accused Democrats of doing wow Republicans are the ones actually doing it

Good luck, red states! You're on your own.

Oh Sean... 🤦🏻 Most of that money you're referring to comes from California and blue states. We'll happily keep those taxes instead of giving it to the federal government.

California will keep our money Sean & your precious red states can pull themselves up by the boot straps and make their own money. Fuck all the way off

Governed by monsters

Trump is most expensive president in history. He grifts during presidency like it’s his. He misappropriates federal funds to cronies, foreign countries and his family partly from tariff levies. Immeasurable cost of weakening America in debt and credibility will be in $trillions.

What blue states can do is NOT send our money to the criminals in DC...

He’s out of his mind

Looking forward to Newsom’s account pointing out how stupid this statement is.

If Biden or Obama were to pull half the petty childish bull shit this administration does maga would be rioting in the streets and attacking DC for all they’re worth. Trump is nothing but an overgrown child pitching a fit because blue states don’t vote for him. 🤬🤬🤬

And we can impeach you

Not to mention, you have to be a fucking imbecile, which would qualify Sean Duffy to think even in the bluest of blue states that you don’t also have Maga supporters. Which means in order to get revenge on Democrats Republicans are more than willing to make their own voters suffer, which I mean that’s been obvious for decades, but it’s even more glaringly obvious.

California Threatens To Stop Paying Taxes As Trump Threatens To Cut Funding.

“Obey me or I’ll pull your money” — that’s not governing, that’s hostage-taking. He’s threatening roads and bridges to punish voters he doesn’t like. And the punchline? He calls it “taxpayer protection” while using taxpayer cash as a cudgel. How long before they try this on your city too?

Let's see what the courts say if & when you do that with congressionally authorized funds.

I can pull their money even though its their money? Did you think the taxes you paid would be used to punish you for not agreeing with dipshits whose main goal is political performative crap that you're also funding?

You sometimes hear things like this happening in third world countries thinking well not much one can do. But this @SeanDuffyWI openly admitting he would do that and no one blinks an eye is below every standard the US ever stood for Corrupt to the core All of the Republicans

The money he’s threatening to pull is a result of Biden’s Build Back Better bill, which actually provided more funding to Red States than Blue b/c “that’s where the need is”. A bill every GOP voted against, but will claim credit for the projects it funds for their constituents

Good. Defund all blue states that are harboring illegals and giving them CDLs.

Perhaps a counter proposal for blue states might be to withhold all revenue collections going to the Federal govt. It is widely known that blue states keep the Federal govt in cash.

I hope every state that he tries to extort will band together and sue Duffy and the entire Trump Administration.

if ever there was someone who needed to be stuffed into a bus station locker