"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 cant be a blank check on this, however, because people want to make sure that as rebuilding occurs... that these sorts of things cant 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."
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Basso8vb
(515 posts)lonely bird
(1,995 posts)Fuck every Republican in office.
Dave Bowman
(4,009 posts)I read this line too fast and thought the last word was orifice.
OAITW r.2.0
(28,893 posts)sdfernando
(5,466 posts)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)donations would make a federal response look puny.
I don't recall idiot rwnj pulling this garbage when NC was flooded by Hurricane Helene.
littlemissmartypants
(26,076 posts)GoFundMe Wildfire Relief Fund 2025
https://www.gofundme.com/f/wildfire-relief-fund-2025
hadEnuf
(2,843 posts)you fucking fascist Republican prick.
CrispyQ
(38,713 posts)I hate these people.
IronLionZion
(47,292 posts)surfered
(4,074 posts)I normally dont label people, but hes worthy of an exception. What an a**hole!
patphil
(7,182 posts)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.
sakabatou
(43,355 posts)Rebl2
(15,107 posts)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.
surfered
(4,074 posts)surfered
(4,074 posts)I ask the honorable Senator again: has Wyoming been taking their forests?
https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20241114/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-major-disaster-declaration-wyoming
https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-resources-energy/2024-10-14/evacuations-for-wildfires-in-jackson-and-sheridan-areas
Irish_Dem
(60,651 posts)displacedvermoter
(3,358 posts)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)Would be no questions asked. The cons are selfish and lack empathy.
greatauntoftriplets
(177,078 posts)electric_blue68
(19,109 posts)pfitz59
(11,084 posts)It has the means to 'punch back' against GOP fuckery. Just a matter of time before the daggers come out.
Buddyzbuddy
(150 posts)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!