r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/No_Anxiety285 1d ago

You think only one party is allowed to break the law and the rest of us have to follow it to a t?

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u/Bruce-7891 1d ago

Yes. It isn't a matter of what I think. It's a fact. Unless you have congress, federal judges, the DOJ and FBI backing you, you can't. If you think you can, go ahead, go out and commit a crime.

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u/RelaxPrime 1d ago

They going to arrest California or something?

What you seem to fail to realize is Trump is already speed running a constitutional crisis.

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u/Bruce-7891 1d ago

"They going to arrest California or something?"

Wow... It would most likely be people working for customs who are supposed to be enforcing import policies. Did you actually think about it before asking that?

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u/RelaxPrime 1d ago

So the federal government employees- customs agents- are going to break the law now?

What are you even talking about Bruce-7891?

Just spinning your wheels.

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u/Bruce-7891 1d ago

"Just spinning your wheels."

Literally what you are doing. Once these tariffs go into effect, choosing not to collect and pay them would be illegal. You are straight up making up stuff up.

You asked if California would be arrested for F***s sake. No the state isn't getting arrested the people in the State who were refusing to pay a federal tax would. You high right now?

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u/RelaxPrime 1d ago

That is the dumb shit you said.

CA doesn't have to go along with the feds, theres nothing the feds can do the state, i.e. no of course they can't fucking arrest CA.

So like everyone has already said, Cali can happily go tell the federal government to go fuck themselves- any way they see fit.

Only you were the ignoramus saying the feds are going to arrest people. Who? Their own agents?

As I said, you are spinning your wheels- making up bad faith arguments. The federal government depends on the states. Not the other way around, well unless they're a red state typically getting more in funding than their tax base pays.