Marjorie Taylor Greene Warns DOGE Subcommittee May Defund Sanctuary Cities

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Published Nov 24, 2024 at 1:01 PM EST


Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, said on Sunday that, as the incoming chair of a House Oversight subcommittee that is set to work with the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), sanctuary states and cities could lose their funding. Earlier this week, Representative James Comer, a Kentucky Republican and chair of the House Oversight Committee, announced that Greene would head the new subcommittee, which will be named the Delivering on Government Efficiency Subcommittee.

In that role, Greene is expected to work closely with billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who were selected by Trump to lead DOGE to "eliminate government waste." Greene, a vocal Trump ally, who pushes for a restrictive immigration policy, discussed her priorities as the incoming chair during an appearance on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo. When host Bartiromo asked where she sees the most government waste, Greene responded, "It's all over—every single government department, program, grant program, contracts, it is everywhere."

The subcommittee is expected to investigate wasteful spending, examine ways to reorganize federal agencies to improve efficiency and identify solutions to eliminate bureaucratic red tape. Greene said: "I'd like to talk to the governors of sanctuary states and the mayors of sanctuary cities and have them come before our committee and explain why they deserve federal dollars if they're going to harbor illegal criminal aliens in their states and their cities."

Newsweek has reached out to several governors of sanctuary states, including New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Colorado as well as the New York ACLU for comment via email on Sunday.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-warns-doge-subcommittee-may-defund-sanctuary-cities-1990818

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They are itching to overplay their hand.

[Irish_Dem]

1. The nastier they get the more the MAGAs will love it.

[jimfields33]

51. They seem to forget states dole out the money.

Federal government send a big check and states divvy it up. She’s so dumb.

[Irish_Dem]

52. Red states will still get money.

[jimfields33]

54. It's hard to only give to 18 blue states.

You have to give to the 32 red states too.

[Irish_Dem]

55. Blue states will be punished in some way.

Like when Jared Kushner refused to give blue cities covid help.
Let them die was Jared's goal.

[jimfields33]

56. It failed like everything else he touches.

[Irish_Dem]

57. He did not fail in the least.

1 million Americans were killed.

Jared is sitting on at least $2B in bribe money.
Most likely much more sitting in offshore accounts.

[jimfields33]

58. Yes but in red states mostly.

[Ursus Rex]

61. True, but A) it didn't seem to affect their electoral success,

B) you don't think he cares where they live(d) do you??

[iluvtennis]

2. Let the turnabout be for sanctuary cities to withhold the tax funds they send to the federal gov't. n/t

[LisaM]

22. Exactly. I have been saying that for a while.

Blue states have been subsidizing red states for decades.

[jimfields33]

53. There are sactuary cities in many of the 32 red states.

[DENVERPOPS]

45. If the RepubliCONs want to mess around

Everyone in Colorado could keep their income tax payments on April 15th, (and 2025 quarterly tax estimates) to the Federal Government until these RepubliCON seditionists change their minds....They can't arrest millions of residents......
Of course we would send in our taxes to the Colorado State Gov't so OUR state governments expenses would be covered.
I am pretty sure Colorado is one of those states that sends more to the Fed Gov't than we get in return, so that would be an extra bonus. So, we could just send our Federal Income Taxes to The State of Colorado, and leave out the RepubliCONS in Washington D.C. as middlemen.....

Especially, if all the Blue States did that, and all the dems in Red States did that, they could bring the RepubliCON's bullshit to a dead stop.....

If they mess with Colorado, and cut Federal Funding, that would include cutting funding to the NORAD control center, and other Military installations in Colorado Springs, and others in other areas around the state....The entire Air Defense of the US would be un-funded.
(Word is, that Trump is trying to move NORAD to Louisiana anyways, to punish Colorado for being Blue......as typical, he couldn't pick a worse geographical location than a hurricane/tornado riddled state)

And no money to build any internment camps they plan on building in Colorado due to our large population of Mexican Americans......

I suspect this is just MTG blabbering off the bottom of her brain as usual.......but it is fun to imagine reprisals.....

[HarryM]

49. Absolutely.

How about the entire state that these cities are in withhold federal taxes?

[Gore1FL]

3. This is going to be pure inept douchebaggery

There really is nothing to do now but sit back and watch the train wreck.

[Walleye]

4. She's foaming at the mouth

[Lucky Luciano]

41. Call in Jasmine Crocket! She knows how to get a bad built butch to STFU!

[Demobrat]

5. Cut off federal funding to states

that put more in than they take out? How does that work? Serious question.
What is to stop CA from saying sorry no, no more cash from us?

[MichMan]

8. Because most of that money is tax revenue from people and businesses living in California

The state doesn't send it in to the US Treasury, individual taxpayers send it to the IRS

[BumRushDaShow]

17. "individual taxpayers send it to the IRS"

And who do you think the IRS is an agency under and where EVERY dime they collect, as well as where EVERY dime a federal agency manages for operations, sits?

Hint: It begins with a "T" and ends with a "Y".

[MichMan]

18. My employer did not send my tax deduction every week directly to the state so they could submit it to the IRS

I have friends that own small businesses and that's not where the tax payments they deduct from their employees go. They send it directly to the IRS and not to state government.

Not understanding how a state like California could intercept it all and keep it

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Any money that is given to the federal government

no matter what the source or for what purpose, IS deposited under the care of "the Treasury".

The IRS is a "collector" of revenue (money) FOR "the Treasury".

Whether an entity SENDS any revenue or not is a different story, but if they DO "send", it goes to "the Treasury".

[ancianita]

33. And so what does that mean when MTG says DOGE decides who gets the money.

She's nuts, but does she know something we don't about how funding is going to work under the WH mafia boss?

Thanks for the Hamilton clip. Luv it.

[BumRushDaShow]

36. Well 45 (I refuse to call him 47) will have to submit a budget for FY26

probably sometime starting in March/April and that is where the initial cuts will be made by his sycophants. Then the various Committees doing markups will do even more.

And the follow-on (historically) of that video about the proposal of the creation of the national bank is this one (that Bolton stole the name of for his book) -

[ancianita]

38. Got it. Thanks. Love this one, too. As for the room where it happens,

I heard Lawrence note that McConnell -- who is on the very real Senate Appropriations Committee -- and Muskman don't see eye to eye.

So I'd like to think, since McConnell, ever the political animal, is on his way out, he might decide he's got nothing to lose by sticking it to either Elon, 45, or both. It's hard to tell if he detests them, but this time he might not act in accordance with his old political ways.

[Gore1FL]

63. His hat says 45-47. I call him negative 2. nt

[zorbasd]

6. And there it goes, people

states who pay so much more to the feds should just intercept all fed taxes and deposit into state treasuries.

[MichMan]

11. Could that also be done on a local level to state governments?

I'm sure the wealthier suburbs would love all their tax money be kept only for them, instead of the state sending some of it to the higher poverty areas & inner cities.

[mwooldri]

50. The only way I know how to redistribute the taxes....

... is to tax the feds.

I honestly don't know how it could be done but a little tale from across the pond. The county of Surrey in England used to have its county seat in Kingston Upon Thames. However "Greater London" gobbled up more of Surrey and the whole of Middlesex. So Kingston Upon Thames ended up in London, but the county seat and the administrative headquarters remained there for years afterwards. Surrey ended up having to pay the London Borough of Kingston Upon Thames the equivalent of property tax on its properties in the borough.

Eventually the county seat got moved to Guildford (where most people thought it was anyway) and administration got moved to Reigate. The property in Kingston got sold off, and now the taxpayers of Surrey aren't paying taxes to London anymore.

I know it's a bit long winded but if the local government was to make the feds pay local property tax on their properties, then it's a way of clawing back some money. And the rate could be put up for non state governmental offices in the county.

Unsure if it could work. At least it would be a symbolic measure that could be done, even if the feds pay nothing.

[stillcool]

7. who didn't see that coming?

[Karasu]

9. The fact that "DOGE" is even allowed to fucking exist is a disgrace.

More like the Department of Magical Thinking. It's an unserious entity named after a fucking Internet meme and headed by completely unserious people. This fictitious "non-government department" is such a goddamn travesty...and somehow, they're giving it actual authority. It'd be hilarious if Republicans had any self-awareness. Party of small government, everyone.

[Biophilic]

12. Well we'll see what authority they actually get.

The people actually financing these people want profits and control. That means there probably are some checks and balances. I hope.

[William Seger]

13. They'll have Trump's ridiculous signiture on whatever executive order they put in front of him

And we will absolutely see executive orders pushed well past any established limit.

[Biophilic]

16. Yeah, I agree there. My only real hope is the corporate need for profits

They can’t destroy everything in 4 years. Damn, well I hope not.

[TimeToGo]

35. Musk would need to put his companies in trust to do this

And he won’t

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

43. Why?

It is not an actual government position, with the legally required ethics reporting.

It is chairing an advisory board. There are and have been lots of business leaders on unpaid governmental advisory boards who do not have to remove themselves from their businesses. It is not seen as a conflict.

Or I could be wrong.

[TimeToGo]

60. Well, I think this is more than that

They are even talking about congressional representation.

He has significant govt contracts and can therefore strongly benefit from restructure designed by him.

We shouldn’t normalize grift.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

62. Trying to look on the bright side ...

And convince myself that a "department" with no founding in law or federal budget has no power, regardless of its influence.

MTG being put in charge of a subcommittee in the House to find ways to realize the DOGE recommendations is more problematic. I am hoping the GOP's weak majority will make that less effective.

But you are spot on that this is a great opportunity for Musk and others involved to squeeze contracts, favourable regulations, and profits out of the government they are advising.

No wonder no one will sign an ethics pledge.

[Biophilic]

10. Good grief, I'm not sure there's enough wine in the country to get through this.

Historians will study this period for centuries. That is unless we decide to wipe ourselves out. But I’m sure there will be a few stragglers left to try to understand how this happened.

[Marthe48]

14. Many a slip between the cup and the lip

your little hellscape isn't here yet, dumbass.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Mention has already been made of the construction industry in FL and TX. And the farming community.

We should be seeing most of the republicans leaving welfare and unemployment soon?

Now that they will have employment opportunities opening up.

[flamingdem]

23. Some counties did not go after their undocumented workers

Like Collier county.

Too much construction and too corrupt so they wink wink nod nodded with DeSantis' knowledge for sure.

[Srkdqltr]

19. A subcommittee, that doesn't exist yet, cannot defund any state. No mater what she says.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Since the GOP will still be in control of the House for the 119th Congress

they WILL most likely create that "Special" Committee (probably via some Resolution that they will all vote for).

[flamingdem]

24. Why do they get off on threatening people?

What a disgusting bunch.

[Windy Apple]

25. The sanctuary cities should stop

…funding the red states.

[Harker]

26. She is government waste. n/t

[PortTack]

27. Gawd I despise that idiot woman!

[Freethinker65]

28. So cut city services to Trump tower Chicago, New York, etc.

Lots of wealthy have investments in major sanctuary cities because they are also desirable places to live, work, and run businesses. A shame if those people see the brunt of Federal cuts.

Sorry, no money for snow removal around Trump tower this year as we needed to use the funds elsewhere, sorry about those protestors blocking deliveries to your office building as we needed those funds for other priorities, etc.

[Tweedy]

29. Interesting.

So, likewise, if such cities are defunded the citizens of those cities need not pay taxes, right?

These folks are truly delusional. Neither states, nor cities have any obligation to enforce immigration law. This is in the constitution.

Sanctuary cities will have to waste a lot of money on court cases unfortunately because of constitutionally ignorant folks like Ms Green.

[Aristus]

30. She forgets that the Blue States are usually flush enough to fund ourselves.

We don’t have to run screaming and crying, red-state-style, to the Federal government for funding of whatever.

[Godot51]

31. It's interesting

It's interesting that "southerners" are so much for "states' rights" when the states are oppressing the people but against states' rights when they are supporting the people.

[PSPS]

32. Congress allocates funds, not a subcommittee and not musk on his pretend office

[Ms. Toad]

34. There is no such thing as a department of government efficiency -

Newsweek and any other media outlet reporting that should be ashamed.

[BumRushDaShow]

37. I expect the plans are for them to name the Subcommittee that

And every news outlet is using that term because that is what the loons have named it.

[Ms. Toad]

39. A house subcommittee isn't a department either.

And news media should not go along with the pretense that the president has the power to create a department. It is their responsibility to call out this crap.

[BumRushDaShow]

40. Currently

most of the news media continues to sane-wash this incoming administration so I have zero expectations for them to engage in any Civics 101 "fact checking". I.e., when they have nonsensical article headlines like -

"Can *45 really get rid of the Department of Education? It's complicated".

Rather than saying NO, Congress creates and Congress would have to take away.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

42. Whatever annual salary this harridan makes as a member of Congress

is exhibit A for “government waste”.

[33taw]

44. Can California can add a tariff to goods delivered to any red state? Or, add tax to

pick up goods in Calif. Shipping backups in California or the West coast can create havoc. Or, shut down allPOE for trucks or rail except via Oregon. Stop flights to or from Texas, Ohio and Florida.

[33taw]

46. When they end FEMA, Florida and Texas are screwed.

[Hekate]

47. Give that woman some jackboots and call her the Bitch of Belsen. MTG can go to hell.

[trusty elf]

48. ....

[travelingthrulife]

59. Then we don't submit federal taxes