Action Details
- Action
- 'Roads will not be paved': GOP think tank says Trump will cut off all funding to red state unless it passes new map
- Description
- A president threatening to cut off funding unless states redraw maps to his liking is an abuse of power. Federal funds exist to serve the public, not to coerce states into partisan compliance. Using infrastructure money as leverage turns governance into punishment and reward based on loyalty, not law. In a democracy, states follow established rules and courts resolve disputes. When a president demands that states bend or break those rules or face retaliation, that is no longer democratic persuasion—it is authoritarian control. This behavior replaces consent with fear and undermines the constitutional balance between federal and state authority. That approach isn’t American democracy. It’s the logic of a dictatorship, where power dictates outcomes and dissent is punished rather than debated.
- Date
- 12/12/2025
- Urgency
- Urgent
- Impeachable
- Yes
- Article Links
- MSN NewsThe Hill
- Tags
- AutocracyIllegalOnlyTrump
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