Earlier today, the Trump administration announced it was freezing billions of dollars in already approved federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel project and the Second Ave. subway to punish New Jersey and New York. The Gateway project would build a new two-track rail tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New Jersey and Manhattan so the existing tunnel, severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, can be repaired.
In response, Democratic nominee for New Jersey General Assembly Katie Brennan released the following statement calling on New Jersey to push back against Trump’s actions:
“This is not how the government is supposed to work. We pay federal taxes but get a President who sees us as the enemy and takes away our own money as retaliation. This has to stop.
“Donald Trump has shown again and again that he is unfit to lead this country. When he’s not too busy golfing, he’s doing active harm, whether it’s sending masked troops into cities or shutting down vital infrastructure projects like this.
“These funds were already approved. And if people can’t cross the Hudson to get to work, it will literally destroy our economy.
“We have to show Trump that this isn’t okay.
“Yes, New Jersey should sue the Trump administration, but we have to do more. We should be withholding federal taxes, dollar for dollar, to backfill funding that’s illegally cut. The state should also eminent domain Trump’s golf course in Bedminster and build some affordable housing there instead. If the federal government won’t stand up for New Jersey, Trenton should.”
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