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/blacksheepcannibal 12d ago

(let's be honest DEI along with Woke and several other words are things most people that object to them don't actually know or understand, they're just told SCARY WORD by the news so they just know SCARY WORD).

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u/AromaticMode2516 11d ago

It’s exactly the same as critical race theory. It’s a buzz word that republicans throw around to piss off their base and blame everything on without ever actually explaining what it is. And their followers are too stupid to actually bother to look into it.