Block Jurisdictions Allowing ‘Anarchy’ From Taxpayer Money, Lawmakers Tell Trump Administration

Friends and family gather for a memorial and rally for peace in memory of Horace Lorenzo Anderson in Seattle, Wash., on July 2, 2020. Anderson, who was 19, was shot and killed at the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) zone in Seattle on June 20. David Ryder/Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s administration should block taxpayer funding from going to states and cities that are allowing anarchists to run rampant, members of Congress said.

The lawmakers wrote to Russell Vought, the White House Office of Management and Budget director, urging him to exercise his authority to ensure the money isn’t used “to promote anarchy.”