Speaking from the East Room of the White House during a meeting with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump said wasteful sanctuary city policies would have to be a factor in any negotiations, as would payroll tax cuts.
“I think there’s a big difference with a state that lost money because of COVID and a state that’s been run very badly for 25 years,” Trump said. “There’s a big difference, in my opinion. And you know, we’d have to talk about things like payroll tax cuts. We’d have to talk about things like sanctuary cities, as an example. I think sanctuary cities is something that has to be brought up where people who are criminals are protected, they are protected from prosecution.”
He tweeted Monday: “Why should the people and taxpayers of America be bailing out poorly run states (like Illinois, as example) and cities, in all cases Democrat run and managed, when most of the other states are not looking for bailout help? I am open to discussing anything, but just asking?”
As of August 2017, Illinois is an official sanctuary state.
They call themselves "the land of Lincoln", but they've been the land of corruption as far back as I can remember. Even further, actually...there was that whole Al Capone thing. It's what happens when a state is ruled by a large Democratic hidey-hole like the city of Shitcago.
I'd be for cutting that whole portion of northeastern Illinois loose.
