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."
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.
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