Open defiance of the federated system of power in the United States has become surprisingly popular among Democrat states recently. You would think that the governors and legislatures of blue states were not aware of the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution. Article VI, Clause 2, establishes that when federal and state laws conflict, federal law comes out on top. The blue states know this, of course, it’s just that they’ve been allowed to get away with openly violating the Constitution and defying the federal government for years under the prior Biden administration.
So-called “sanctuary” cities and states are the preeminent example. These states and cities have opened their borders to illegal aliens in defiance of federal law. They refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials, they won’t turn over illegals that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division has marked for deportation, and they won’t give the feds information. It’s incredibly brazen, but it’s become normalized since the Biden administration itself was violating federal law by ushering in at least 10 million illegals itself.
With the appointment of Tom Homan to oversee the border crisis, the Trump administration has made it clear that defying federal law won’t be tolerated. After New Jersey Governor Chris Murphy openly dared the feds to come find an apparent illegal living in his garage apartment, Homan made it clear that he absolutely will arrest and prosecute public officials who harbor illegals.
But the message is taking a while to sink in to other Democrat governors. Janet Mills is the governor of Maine, a state that is hell-bent on allowing boys and men to compete in girls’ and women’s sports as part of their addiction to give so-called “transgender women” anything they want regardless of the costs to women and girls. Trump has made it clear in executive orders that states that continue this nonsense can expect all their federal funding to dry up.
During a live meeting, Trump called Mills out from the podium, asking her if her state would comply. She refused, and Trump laid down the law calmly and firmly. “Well you better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funding if you don’t.” Liberal women are used to being able to defy any rules they don’t like, and Mills shot back, “See you in court.”
Trump’s response? “Good, I’ll see you in court. I look forward to that; that should be a real easy one.”
Watch:
X/Twitter users were impressed.
Washington resident Naomi shot a warning to her own state’s politicians that they can probably expect the same:
At least one person would dearly love to see “leaders” like Maine’s governor in the slammer.
