Let’s be accurate & honest - cutting all federal grant funding from CA is not a “policy disagreement.” It’s an illegal targeting of a US state by a vindictive, out-of-control president. And any rational Trump gives is just an excuse for him to hurt voters who don’t support him.
Gov. Newsom is reiterating an argument Speaker Rivas put forward earlier today.
Does anyone know of this happening before (other than the Civil War): a state refusing to pay taxes over a policy disagreement?