Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from universities that allow protests (3 Viewers)

[superchuck500]

Apart from this being a blatant First Amendment violation and highly fascist - the craziest thing about this whole "the president can cut off all federal funding for anything at any time" is that its going to come back around - and the next president will have a different agenda and do the same thing. It's illegal and just a terrible way to run a country.

 

[coldseat]

Apart from this being a blatant First Amendment violation and highly fascist - the craziest thing about this whole "the president can cut off all federal funding for anything at any time" is that its going to come back around - and the next president will have a different agenda and do the same thing. It's illegal and just a terrible way to run a country.

The bolded part isn't really true. Democratic presidents never go after red states or conservative outlets the way that Republican presidents go after blue states and what they perceive as liberal or progressive. It's very asymmetric and it's been like that for a long time. Republicans are always seemingly out for vengeance.

"Illegal protest"... Okay, Putin.

"NO MASK" .... So now Trump has the power to restrict people from wearing mask. Can anybody else feel "FREEDOM" wafting over America?

 

[MT15]

Fascist is the correct word here.

 

[superchuck500]

The bolded part isn't really true. Democratic presidents never go after red states or conservative outlets the way that Republican presidents go after blue states and what they perceive as liberal or progressive. It's very asymmetric and it's been like that for a long time. Republicans are always seemingly out for vengeance.

"Illegal protest"... Okay, Putin.

"NO MASK" .... So now Trump has the power to restrict people from wearing mask. Can anybody else feel "FREEDOM" wafting over America?

I don't think we have seen anything even close to how Trump is asserting this (unlawful) power of freezing all federal funding to force states and other non-governmental actors to follow his orders. Either it ends with the courts stepping in and ending it, like they should, or I don't think we ever go back. It will become the new normal.

The next Democrat president will freeze all federal funding for any state that has an anti-abortion statute.

 

[coldseat]

I don't think we have seen anything even close to how Trump is asserting this (unlawful) power of freezing all federal funding to force states and other non-governmental actors to follow his orders. Either it ends with the courts stepping in and ending it, like they should, or I don't think we ever go back. It will become the new normal.

The next Democrat president will freeze all federal funding for any state that has an anti-abortion statute.

I can't see that ever happening, even if Trump is successful in everything he's doing. Dems just aren't willing to go as far as Republicans are.

Maybe if Dems were willing to go that far, Republicans would be more reticent in pushing some of the extreme things they're doing now. But since it's so asymmetric, they don't really have any concerns.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Because Dems are the nice guys who play by the rules