Trump Warns Sanctuary Jurisdictions May Not Get Funding to Fight Coronavirus

President Trump says he’d “want certain things” from states before giving them coronavirus-related funding (including bail out funds) from the feds. What does he want? “Sanctuary city adjustments.” (See 1:04-1:22 in the first clip below).

Here’s another, similar, statement from a different briefing today:

I’ll take this opportune moment to plug a short piece of mine: The Mythology of Sanctuary Cities. It’s a brief piece that tackles common myths about sanctuary cities, some of which Trump perpetuates in both of the clips above (sanctuary cities are lawless; sanctuary cities are not entitled to federal tax dollars).

-KitJ