Lawmakers in both the U.S. House and Senate have introduced legislation that would restrict federal funding from going to jurisdictions allowing so-called “autonomous …
Lawmakers in both the U. S. House and Senate have introduced legislation that would restrict federal funding from going to jurisdictions allowing so-called “autonomous zones.”
Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst’s “Ending Taxpayer Funding of Anarchy Act” refers to “anarchist jurisdictions” as any state or local government that relinquishes its reserved powers at the expense of the welfare of its citizens.
It also includes any state or locality that refuses police, fire or emergency medical services to one or more persons.
“The bill would prevent federal taxpayer dollars from going to those autonomous zones and the mayors and the governors that enable the lawlessness to continue, or those mayors that prevent law enforcement from actually going into these areas and policing as they should be doing,” Ernst said Friday on Fox News’ “Hannity.
