Sebastian Gorka told Newsmax on Monday that President Donald Trump is prepared to cut federal funding to cities that prioritize criminals over law-abiding citizens through policies such as cashless bail.
“These cities are money pits of taxpayer funding paid for by you, me, and all your viewers,” Gorka, deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism, told “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “If you don’t want to be on the side of the citizens of your city — if you prefer to be on the side of the criminals, the illegals, the members of MS-13 — then there will be federal consequences, including financial, for you endangering your citizens.”
He emphasized that many of those cities are deeply dependent on federal aid for local services.
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