Re: Watch: California Facing $160M in Withheld Federal Funds Over CDL Issue

On 10/27/2025 12:17 AM, useapen wrote:
> Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy isn't brooking any more nonsense 
> from California and the once-Golden State's Governor Gavin Newsom 
> over the issue of commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) to marginally 
> literate, non- English-speaking illegal aliens. There have been 
> several high-profile accidents caused by these people who never 
> should have been allowed to remain in the country at all, much less 
> to be behind the wheel of an 18- wheeler, and the Secretary has 
> evidently had enough.
> 
> In a conversation with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, Secretary Duffy 
> announced that California is about to discover what the "or else" 
> is.
> 
> 
> Secretary Duffy said:
> 
> Gavin Newsom has thumbed his nose at us. He's refused to comply with 
> the rules that have come from DOT, which is, stop issuing these 
> licenses, number one, and number two, go back and review all the 
> licenses you have issued, and make sure it's been done legally.
> Gavin Newsom has said no, so I'm about to pull $160 million from 
> California, and as we pull more money, we also have the option of 
> pulling California's ability to issue commercial driver's licenses. 
> Gavin Newsom cares more about illegals getting commercial driver's 
> licenses than he does the citizens of his own state and the safety
> of Americans. It's shameful. He's been lying about what he's been
> doing. And again, we're going to fight tooth and nail under
> President Trump's administration to make sure that we hold states
> like California accountable.

Newsom is a fucking idiot.  If California voters had any brains at all
they would kick prop 50 so far up his ass that it dripped from his nose.

> Yanking $160 million in highway funds, yes, would hurt. But Democrats
> shouldn't squawk about this. They have used the threat of federal
> transportation funding for decades to push everything from mandatory
> seat- belt laws to the 55-mph speed limit. Sauce for the goose.
> 
> The revocation of the state's authority to issue CDLs may hurt even 
> more. Assuming any local trucking companies still remain in 
> California, it will put a real squeeze on them to find drivers, 
> doubly so if the revocation also applies to renewals. The people of 
> California and, indeed, the country, would be a lot safer, but 
> Governor Newsom doesn't seem too worried about that.
> 
> Read More: Update: Sean Duffy Drops 'Bombshell Report' on Newsom, 
> Outlining CA's Failures That Led to Deadly Crash
> 
> The Secretary also had some sharp words about the Schumer Shutdown 
> and how it may affect air travel.
> 
> 
> In this segment, the Secretary had this to say:
> 
> If I don't feel like I have enough (air traffic) controllers, or 
> enough controllers that are focused, we will slow down traffic. We 
> will stop traffic. And that's why you see the delays in the system, 
> and the job number one is, I can get people to where they're going 
> safely, and if it's not on time, well, call the Democrats. Call
> Chuck Schumer if you're frustrated. If we have a staffing shortage,
> and your flight is three hours delayed or your flight is canceled,
> call Chuck, call Senate Democrats, because this is the reason why.

Fuck calling them.  Start going to their offices, dragging them into the
streets, tarring and feathering them.

> This is liable to happen if the Schumer Shutdown drags on, and we 
> might note that in a month, the holiday season starts - with
> millions of Americans taking to the friendly skies, hoping to get
> where they are going, safely and on time.
> 
> Read More: Dems Facing Even More Trouble Now With Money and Unhappy 
> Donors
> 
> So the Transportation Secretary is about to give California some 
> what-for - and Senate Democrats into the bargain. That's all to the 
> good. It's what we voted for.
> 
> https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/10/26/watch-california-facing-160m-in-
 > withheld-federal-funds-over-cdl-issue-n2195513