No one has figured out the riddle. You know this well. If he sends in the National Guard, which he'll go well beyond the National Guard with New York, he'll just. The power of the federal government over a state and a city is much greater than anyone thinks. Forget the National Guard. Just cut all the funding. You control the airports, you control the housing money, you control the health care money. You turn off the faucet. (20:42–20:51)
CLAIM
Asserts that the federal government has significant power over state and city governance.
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