A leading New York Democrat says the Empire State should “think outside the box” and potentially secede to Canada or join the Union, just as President-elect Donald Trump is moving forward with his mass deportation plan. He caused a stir by suggesting that if the government tries to strip him of his clothes, he should at least fight. Federal funds from the state.
State Sen. Liz Krueger, D-N.Y., told Politico that Albany would lose more than $360 billion a year in funding if President Trump follows through on his reported threat to cut federal funding from “sanctuary” jurisdictions. He suggested he could hit back at Washington for withholding some or all of the money. to the Ministry of Finance.
“We're talking about a lot of money. We're talking about a lot of money that can't be replaced unless we significantly reduce the amount of money sent to the federal government,” the state Senate Finance Committee chairman told Politico. similarly noted that it is funding billions of dollars in new funds. York Medicaid Subsidy.
Kruger was also asked about recent comments about joining America's northern neighbor now that Trump is president-elect.
Before the election, she told City & State New York that her state would incorporate neighboring provinces Quebec and Ontario into its own “southern state”, saying, “If Trump wins, that's it.” spoke.
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Sen. Liz Krueger speaks at a women's rally supporting presidential candidate John Kerry. (Trish Reese/Getty)
Meanwhile, New York Republican Party officials on Friday hinted at Mr. Krueger's intentions.
“Liz Krueger is a completely disingenuous person,” said David Laska, director of communications for the New York Republican Party. “She should feel free to take the lead and move abroad. New Yorkers won't miss her bulge,” Laska told Fox News Digital.
In X, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley posted an image of CSA General Robert E. Lee surrendering at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, at the end of the Civil War.
“While it may be appealing to many, State Sen. Liz Krueger is not the first to 'think outside the box,'” Turley wrote.
“Apparently, the solution when elections don't go your way is to plant Maple Leaf flags in America,” wrote conservative X-aggregator site Twitchy.
“I’m treating you to a one-way ticket to Montreal on climate-friendly Amtrak,” wrote political strategist and former New York Post reporter Candice Giobe. Krueger was co-headlining a climate demonstration on Monday with Democratic Rep. Jeffrey Dinowitz.
“The elitist proposal to leave the U.S. and become a Canadian province is an insult to my uncle who died for his country. He will spend his best $122,” Giobe said of the National Railway's latest fares. posted a screenshot and said. “Adirondack” service.
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Big Canadian flag. (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Krueger suggested New York's liberal New England neighbors would band together to make ice-covered Nunavut become the newest Canadian province since it separated from the Northwest Territories in 1999. Ta.
“I thought I would suggest to Canada that instead of all of us trying to cross the border illegally at night without being noticed, we should agree to make us a province in the southeast. Even though we were a new state and hadn't yet received consent from the other states, we offered what we thought would be a great new state in southeastern Canada, combining New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont.”
She said she loves America and that Trump's second term victory was not her fault or the fault of New York, which ultimately gave its electors to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Krueger said at the time that “basically everyone” in the northeastern province is a progressive Democrat in the vein of Canada's liberal leadership.
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New York State Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan. (Getty)
Krueger also reportedly received an “informal response” from a Canadian characterizing the idea as “sellable in Ottawa.”
But in remarks to Fox News Digital late Friday, Krueger said the idea of leaving was “a joke, of course.”
“But what is really deadly serious is Donald Trump's threat to extort tens of billions of dollars in federal funds from New York and other states that did not support him in the election,” Krueger said. Ta.
“And President Trump's cuts will affect every New Yorker, whether they voted for him or not. Millions of people's health care, thousands of manufacturing jobs, millions of Impact on the transportation infrastructure that New Yorkers depend on The list goes on. Obviously New York will not become part of Canada, but we are thinking outside the box to try to protect New Yorkers from Trump's vindictive and destructive policies. You will need to think about it.”
Tom Homan, Trump's nominee for “border czar” and himself an upstate New York native, told “The Ingraham Angle” this week that people who say they will stand in the way of the mass deportation process will fail. He said he was deaf.
“I'm going to do this job. The men and women of ICE are going to do this job. You're not going to stop us,” said Homan, who is from the Fort Drum area.
“If you get in our way, there will be consequences,” Homan warned.
During the campaign, Trump promised to “save” New York, and thousands of people gathered for a rally at Madison Square Garden.
In Manhattan, the bridge is located between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, close to both Chinatown and the Five Points, immortalized in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, Reuters reports. Trump only won in a single precinct called Two Bridges. This area is said to be 80% Asian American.
Instead of blaming President Trump, other New York Democrats instead blamed parts of their own party for Harris' loss.
Bronx Rep. Richie Torres recently said Trump can thank the “far left” for his victory, saying progressives are delving into “irrationalities” like “River to Sea” and “Latinos.” , suggested it was alienating many minority voters who would normally vote Democratic. .
