Top NY Dem mocked for floating division in Canada on Trump’s return: ‘Lead the way’

A powerful New York State Democrat made waves when he suggested the Empire State “think outside the box” as President-elect Donald Trump has plans to deport more people and may isolate Canada, or at least fight the feds if he tries to deport. government funding from the government.

New York Democratic state Sen. Liz Krueger suggested to Politico that if Trump follows through on his reported threat to cut federal funding to “sanctuary” areas, Albany could fire back at Washington by withholding some or all of the more than $360 billion. of dollars he sends every year. to the Treasury.

“We’re talking about a lot of money. We’re talking about money that we couldn’t change unless we started sending the feds a lot less money,” the Senate Finance Committee Chairman told Politico, noting that the feds are also funding billions in New. York Medicaid Funding.

Krueger was also asked about recent comments about joining America’s northern neighbor now that Trump has been elected president.

“If Trump wins, yes,” he told City & State NY before the election, about his country joining Quebec and Ontario as its “southern province.”

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Meanwhile, a senior official in the New York Republican Party suggested on Friday that Krueger should have it.

“Liz Krueger is a total no-brainer,” said David Laska, NYSGOP communications director. “He should feel free to lead the way and go to another country: New Yorkers will not miss his bloom,” Laska told Fox News Digital.

On X, George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley posted a photo of CSA Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendering at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, at the end of the Civil War.

“Although we may tempt many, Sen. Liz Krueger is not the first to ‘think outside the box’,” Turley wrote.

“Apparently, when an election doesn’t go your way, the solution is to plant the Maple Leaf flag in America,” wrote the conservative X aggregator site Twitchy.

“I’ll give you a one-way ticket to Montreal on a weather-friendly Amtrak,” wrote political analyst and former New York Post reporter Candice Giove. Krueger headlined Monday’s climate change protest with Democratic Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz.

“Your proposal to leave the US and become a province of Canada is an insult to my uncle, who died for our nation. It will be the best money spent on $122,” said Giove, sending a screenshot of the latest national rail fare. “Adirondack” service.

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A large Canadian flag. (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

Krueger had proposed that the group of New York neighbors merge into a new Canadian province since icy Nunavut split from the Northwest Territories in 1999.

“I thought I would propose to Canada that instead of all of us trying to cross the border illegally at night, which is very difficult because there are so many of us, that instead they agree to allow us to become a southeastern province, a new province of Canada, and I offered, although I had not yet received agreement from other provinces, that I thought New York , Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, will unite and become a beautiful new province as the southeastern province of Canada.

He said he loves the US and that Trump winning a second term is not his fault or that of New York – which finally gave its voters Vice President Kamala Harris.

Krueger said at the time that “everyone” in the northeastern provinces was a progressive Democrat in Canada’s liberal leadership.

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New York State Sen. Liz Krueger, D-Manhattan. (Getty)

Krueger reportedly received “unofficial responses” from Canadians who described the idea as “being sold in Ottawa.”

However, in his comments to Fox News Digital later on Friday, Krueger said his idea of ​​isolation was “a joke.”

“But the most dangerous thing is Donald Trump’s threat to take away tens of billions of dollars in federal funds from New York and other states that did not support him in the election,” said Krueger.

“And those Trump cuts will affect all New Yorkers, whether they voted for him or not. They could affect health care for millions of people, thousands of manufacturing jobs, the transportation infrastructure that millions of New Yorkers rely on – the list goes on. So, while it’s clear that New York will not become part of Canada, we will have to think outside the box to try to protect the people of New York from Trump’s vindictive and destructive actions.”

Tom Homan, Trump’s “border governor” and a native of upstate New York, told The Ingraham Angle this week that people who say they will stand in the way of mass deportations will fail.

“I’m going to do this job – the men and women of ICE are going to do this job – you’re not going to stop us,” said Homan, who is from the Fort Drum area.

“If you mess with us there will be consequences,” Homan warned.

During the election, Trump promised to “save” New York and saw thousands gather at a rally in Madison Square Garden.

In Manhattan, Reuters reported that Trump won only one polling place called Two Bridges – between Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge – near Chinatown and the “five points” immortalized in Martin Scorsese’s “Criminals of New York”. This area is reported to be 80% Asian American.

Meanwhile, some New York Democrats blamed some in their own party for Harris’ loss instead of criticizing Trump.

Ritchie Torres of the Bronx recently said that Trump can thank “the left” for his victory, suggesting that progressives scrutinize “absurdities” such as “from the river to the sea” and “Latinx” alienated many minority voters who usually vote for the Democrat. .