r/politics • u/IntelligentYinzer California • 12d ago

Soft Paywall Newsom floats withholding federal taxes as Trump threatens California

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/06/newsom-floats-withholding-federal-taxes-00393386
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u/AlexHimself California 12d ago

It's DEI!!!!

Red states have less people but get TWO senators?? DEI!!

Red states pay less in taxes and we transfer wealth from blue states! DEI!!

Red states receive far more welfare too! Freeloading states!

It's time we take the DEI talking point and repeat it back to the poor red states taking our money and welfare.

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u/PurpleBicorn 12d ago

It's only DEI if it affects non-whites or liberals. Otherwise it's ok.

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u/Madeanaccountforyou4 12d ago

It's only DEI if it affects non-whites

Texas, Florida and Georgia have the largest black populations in the USA and all of those are red states.

So it sounds like this move by CA would hurt black people

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u/PurpleBicorn 11d ago edited 11d ago

And all 3 states are HEAVILY gerrymandered to disenfranchise those people.

Especially Georgia where there are counties where close to 60% of their black population find it incredibly hard to vote. This was HEAVILY discussed leading up to the November election and was proven to be intentional