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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(117,115 posts)
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 08:37 PM 8 hrs ago

"There will be strings attached": GOP Sen. says Los Angeles wildfire aid won't be "blank check"

Source: Salon

GOP lawmakers are already considering how they can use the Los Angeles wildfires to extract concessions from California.

In a Sunday stop on CBS' "Face the Nation," Wyoming GOP Sen. John Barrasso said the wildfires were a symptom of "gross mismanagement in California by elected officials" and imagined hearings ahead of any congressional approval of federal aid.

"There can’t be a blank check on this, however, because people want to make sure that as rebuilding occurs... that these sorts of things can’t happen again," he said. "The policies of the liberal administration out there, I believe have made these fires worse.”

Barrasso went on to envision an aid package with "strings attached."




Read more: https://www.salon.com/2025/01/12/there-will-be-strings-attached-sen-says-los-angeles-wildfire-aid-wont-be-blank-check/
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"There will be strings attached": GOP Sen. says Los Angeles wildfire aid won't be "blank check" (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 8 hrs ago OP
57% of California's forests are on FEDERAL land. Basso8vb 8 hrs ago #1
Just a suggestion lonely bird 8 hrs ago #2
"Fuck every Republican in office." Dave Bowman 7 hrs ago #10
What's that mean? Trump's ass must be kissed? OAITW r.2.0 8 hrs ago #3
Well one thing is for sure sdfernando 7 hrs ago #4
I bet if we start a GoFundMe for Ca relief Marthe48 7 hrs ago #5
There's already a GFM. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 4 hrs ago #21
We'll see what you say when it's a red state disaster hadEnuf 7 hrs ago #6
Are strings arrached to red state checks? CrispyQ 7 hrs ago #7
As if red states don't face natural disasters all the time IronLionZion 7 hrs ago #8
What, the same strings attached to the aid for Florida and North Carolina? Which was none other than the usual. surfered 7 hrs ago #9
So, we have to insure that there'll never be another drought that renders the brush tinder dry, and also stop the wind? patphil 7 hrs ago #11
For a US senator, he sure hates Americans, and the people living there sakabatou 7 hrs ago #12
The next Rebl2 7 hrs ago #13
Hmmm. Are they raking the forests in Wyoming? surfered 7 hrs ago #14
It appears Wyoming had forest fires for which FEMA supplied aid. surfered 7 hrs ago #15
I already said that Newsom is going to have to give Trump something to get the federal dollars. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #16
What do you think is appropriate for him to "give"? displacedvermoter 6 hrs ago #18
If it was a red state like Florida it The Third Doctor 6 hrs ago #17
The cruelty is the point. greatauntoftriplets 5 hrs ago #19
Absolutely! The Effers! 🤬 electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #20
California is the richest and most populous state pfitz59 4 hrs ago #22
Thank you Senator Embarrassment. Buddyzbuddy 3 hrs ago #23

Dave Bowman

(4,009 posts)
10. "Fuck every Republican in office."
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 08:56 PM
7 hrs ago

I read this line too fast and thought the last word was orifice.

sdfernando

(5,466 posts)
4. Well one thing is for sure
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 08:46 PM
7 hrs ago

If rethugs had been in charge the regulations and building codes would have been so much more lax the whole damned LA and surrounding counties would go up in flames!

Marthe48

(19,583 posts)
5. I bet if we start a GoFundMe for Ca relief
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 08:49 PM
7 hrs ago

donations would make a federal response look puny.

I don't recall idiot rwnj pulling this garbage when NC was flooded by Hurricane Helene.

surfered

(4,074 posts)
9. What, the same strings attached to the aid for Florida and North Carolina? Which was none other than the usual.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 08:53 PM
7 hrs ago

I normally don’t label people, but he’s worthy of an exception. What an a**hole!

patphil

(7,182 posts)
11. So, we have to insure that there'll never be another drought that renders the brush tinder dry, and also stop the wind?
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 09:02 PM
7 hrs ago

Even if they had 100 yard fire breaks, the high winds would have driven the embers over the break, rendering them useless.
This is what California has been doing to minimize this kind of disaster:
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/08/california-forest-management-hotter-drier-climate/

This shit only happens when Republicans are deciding on aid for states that vote Democratic.
If California had voted for Trump, there would be no such conditions.

Rebl2

(15,107 posts)
13. The next
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 09:12 PM
7 hrs ago

time a hurricane occurs in the south like TX, FL, MS, etc., and there will be no blank checks, and there will be strings attached. No one , for instance, should be allowed to build anything on a beach. No houses, restaurants, hotels. Nothing.

Irish_Dem

(60,651 posts)
16. I already said that Newsom is going to have to give Trump something to get the federal dollars.
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 09:39 PM
7 hrs ago

displacedvermoter

(3,358 posts)
18. What do you think is appropriate for him to "give"?
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 10:12 PM
6 hrs ago

X number of immigrants workers? Open permission for unlimited offshore drilling rights? A promise to allow the extermination of the smelts Trump hates so much? A promise not to run for president?

Some of what I am reading here of late is baffling to me.

The Third Doctor

(397 posts)
17. If it was a red state like Florida it
Sun Jan 12, 2025, 10:01 PM
6 hrs ago

Would be no questions asked. The cons are selfish and lack empathy.

pfitz59

(11,084 posts)
22. California is the richest and most populous state
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 12:07 AM
4 hrs ago

It has the means to 'punch back' against GOP fuckery. Just a matter of time before the daggers come out.

Buddyzbuddy

(150 posts)
23. Thank you Senator Embarrassment.
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 01:07 AM
3 hrs ago

I'm sure without your input, California was going to rebuild so we could go through this all over again. This from the party that wants to end regulations because it's just gov't red tape. Who needs all of those environmental reviews and energy saving regulations. And don't forget upgrades that are required under ADA requirements.
Fu..ing assh.le!

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