House punishes Memphis for removing Confederate statues with $250,000 budget cut

[Sociopathicsteelerfan]

I'm of two minds on this.  One, the action by the state legislature is certainly vindictive and retaliatory in nature.  On the other hand, Memphis intentionally and surreptitiously circumvented state law by selling off the parks so the statues could be removed.  So, the question really is, does a spiteful and petty initial move justify a spiteful and petty move in response?  I'd say, no, but that seems to be US politics at this point.