Proposed bill would tax New Yorkers who tap ‘anti-weaponization’ fund at 100%

A New York lawmaker says state residents who tap the Trump administration’s controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund should be required to pay a 100% state income tax on the money.

A New York lawmaker says state residents who tap the Trump administration’s controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund should be required to pay a 100% state income tax on that money.

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Assemblyman Alex Bores, who represents part of Manhattan, said in a video posted to X that President Donald Trump should not be using “your tax dollars” to reward Jan. 6 insurrectionists and other Trump allies with money from what he called “an illegal slush fund.”

“It’s simple, if you’re a New Yorker and you take from this illegal slush fund, New York state will tax 100% of it,” Bores said in the post on X. “If you storm the Capitol and you take from this slush fund, too bad we’re taking it.”