Mikie Sherrill: New Jersey should stop paying federal taxes to defy Trump Rick Rickman Published: November 24, 2025 New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill said the state shouldn't pay federal taxes to the Trump administration during an appearance on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on Nov. 20, 2025 (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis/Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP)

🔴 Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill suggests New Jersey should stop paying federal taxes.

🔴 She says it's a way to "claw back" lost dollars while Donald Trump is president.

🔴 Her comments follow a growing debate over states that pay more into the federal system than they receive back in funding.

The governor-elect of one of the highest-taxed states in the country wants New Jersey to stop paying federal taxes as long as Donald

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