Democratic mayors responded forcefully to President Donald Trump’s threat to redirect federal funds from cities that are permitting anarchy.
“We will see you in court,” New York City Mayor Bill …
Democratic mayors responded forcefully to President Donald Trump’s threat to redirect federal funds from cities that are permitting anarchy. “We will see you in court,” New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a message directed to Trump during his press conference on Thursday, calling the president’s move “very, very troubling.” “The president of the United States, a New Yorker by birth, threatening to take away federal funding from this city, while we’re still in the grips of this crisis. It just makes no sense,” de Blasio told reporters. The mayors of Portland, Seattle, Washington, and New York City issued a joint statement saying their residents “are not President Trump’s political pawns. “We are confronting unprecedented challenges—fighting back a pandemic and economic devastation without another stimulus.
