This is when the Gov looks down the Income ledger and realizes how dependent the State of NY has become on Federal handouts:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hochul-has-very-cordial-call-trump-following-combative-press-conference-ag-james
She comes out swinging defiantly for politics and then realizes he holds the spending now.
This is how it works. The Feds buy state influence and then coerces them to do what they demand. That's how states made the drinking age 21. They withheld infrastructure money if they didn't comply.
Commerce Clause is pretty powerful.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hochul-has-very-cordial-call-trump-following-combative-press-conference-ag-james
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The call came a day after Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James held a combative press conference where James vowed to "fight back once again" against a Trump administration and defend the rights of New Yorkers and the rule of law.
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"It was a very cordial call, and listen, I said I'll work with anybody," Hochul said, at a post-election political event in Puerto Rico Friday, according to Politico. She said it was an appropriate courtesy to congratulate the winner of an election.
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"I basically just reaffirmed there are areas we can work together, like infrastructure, where we rely on federal money, and he seems to share my priorities."
She comes out swinging defiantly for politics and then realizes he holds the spending now.
This is how it works. The Feds buy state influence and then coerces them to do what they demand. That's how states made the drinking age 21. They withheld infrastructure money if they didn't comply.
Commerce Clause is pretty powerful.