FILE PHOTO: U.S. Transportation secretary nominee Sean Duffy arrives to meet with U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday his department would withhold funding from cities where anti-ICE demonstrations were allowed to take place.
In a Monday post on X, Duffy responded to President Donald Trump’s call for ICE agents to target cities led by Democrats.
“The @USDOT will NOT fund rogue state actors who refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement,” Duffy wrote. “And to cities that stand by while rioters destroy transportation infrastructure — don’t expect a red cent from DOT, either. Follow the law, or forfeit the funding.”
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Speaking at the G7 on Monday, Trump doubled down on his threat.
“Most of those people are in the cities. All blue cities, Democrat-run cities. And they think they’re going to use them to vote. It’s not gonna happen,” he said.
