FEMA denies aid to Arizona counties after disastrous monsoon floods
Source: msn/The Hill
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Wednesday denied aid to Arizona counties after September flooding. Local officials estimate there was more than $30 million in damage to public infrastructure and homes.
The people of Gila and Mohave County were devastated by flooding from severe monsoon storms this September. Now, theyve been denied support from the federal government with little explanation, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) said in a statement. By denying much-needed relief, this administration is leaving Arizonans out on their own after their homes, businesses, roads, and bridges were decimated by historic storms, she added.
Hobbs said the state would appeal FEMAs denial for disaster relief. The Department of Homeland Security, which houses FEMA, did not immediately respond to The Hills request for comment on the matter.
However, the Trump administration has sought to shrink federal disaster assistance to states and denied disaster relief to Colorado after a series of wildfires and floods earlier this year, with strong objections from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D).
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fema-denies-aid-to-arizona-counties-after-disastrous-monsoon-floods/ar-AA1SZmK0
Skittles
(169,584 posts)bluestarone
(21,180 posts)Not one red penny should HE receive or be allowed to STOP holding back from American citizens.
tetedur
(1,405 posts)The state must be punished. Republican presidents don't respond to disasters in states run by Democrats. Bush had to be shamed into getting into gear when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. We had a Democratic governor at the time.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,622 posts)He shook Ronnie D's hand and assured him that his Administration would do all it could. Joe knew Florida rejected him, but he said he was President to those who DID NOT vote for him.
Paladin
(32,291 posts)And we sure as hell don't have a Democratic governor. Abbott couldn't be more of a hyper-Republican asshole, even if he tried---although incompetence was FEMA's "excuse" for the shameful Texas situation, rather than political revenge. Either way, we're in trouble.
HighFired49
(458 posts)"Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Texas. WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Texas to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding from July 2, 2025, and continuing.Jul 6, 2025
President Donald J. Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Texas
FEMA
https://www.fema.gov press-release president-donald-..."
GreenWave
(12,333 posts)JI7
(93,216 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(20,622 posts)TACO Don will soon run out of energy to spew such hate.
AZ went back into his column in 2024 too. I think not in 2026 or 2028 if elections are still allowed to happen.
mgardener
(2,298 posts)For the 2025 flooding they had.
Phil Scott is a moderate Republican.
BumRushDaShow
(165,782 posts)There is always a convoluted method to the madness, apparently one that includes some beef he has with his former press secretary, Huckleberry hound in AR, which got denied as well (even with her father helping to carry out some kind of "end times" for part of 45's base). I.e., part of his "revenge tour".
Bayard
(28,581 posts)Because, you know, Andy Beshear.
HallieBaBa
(2 posts)Both of these counties voted for the moron.
LetMyPeopleVote
(174,963 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,903 posts)A quick Wiki check showed that over 77% of the vote in Mohave county and over 63% in Gila County went for Trump in 2024. I wonder how they feel now? Maybe I should ask how many of them are even aware Trump/FEMA denied them aid?
Hell, even if they knew they would probably blame Hobbs and Biden anyway.
Cha
(316,794 posts)counties are R. And, look what they're Not getting having voted for the Monster PEDO.
KS Toronado
(23,060 posts)
no_hypocrisy
(54,288 posts)Orrex
(66,678 posts)At a minimum, the media would talk nonstop about his fitness for office, unsubtlely hinting that the 25th should be invoked, and there would likely be calls for his impeachment on the grounds that he failed the American people in their time of need.
But Trump? Meh.
Old Crank
(6,668 posts)Not the people.
If I remember correctly those countries are red. But the gov is a Dem so too bad.
travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)The MAGA in those counties better get their soggy asses up and GOTV for GOP.
myohmy2
(3,705 posts)...we're taking notes...
...I'll never support another Dem that gives me that "...we're all in this together..." bullshit...
...what goes around should come around...
...
mahina
(20,431 posts)Two wrongs dont make a right. I wouldnt want us to do such a thing to fellow Americans of any stripe. Its vile for him to withhold aid based on politics.
travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)paleotn
(21,551 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,498 posts)Otherwise places like Alabama and Kentucky would be getting the help they requested that was instead denied.
Hotler
(13,735 posts)JoseBalow
(9,165 posts)Quelle surprise
littlemissmartypants
(31,645 posts)allegorical oracle
(6,184 posts)our loss of electric equipment --- transformers, poles, lines -- lost in 2024. That has added hundreds of dollars to our electric bills. Goes to show that djt doesn't give a hoot about anybody -- whether they voted for him or not.
He's only concerned about himself.
BumRushDaShow
(165,782 posts)then he has Noem ignore and/or slow-walk the funding. But as soon as a donor intervenes (as happened with St. Pete), then all of a sudden, the dam breaks.
bluestarone
(21,180 posts)Democrats should get a fast supreme court decision on FEMA aid!
Hassler
(4,767 posts)Shot her puppy, so people being flooded doesn't even register on her missing conscience.
not fooled
(6,606 posts)Remember, we're going back to the 19th century when everyone was a rugged pioneer and there was no Federal gubmint.
No joke, that's what they're forcing the country back into.
azureblue
(2,663 posts)to the fed. Maybe ask California for a loan, and CA can then withhold money.
maxrandb
(17,170 posts)is a headline I'd love to see.
At some point, a General Strike is going to be necessary.
I am sure there are no MAGAts in Arizona that were impacted by these floods.
Those fucking Arizona Donnie Dipshit voters need to be identified and absolutely shunned by their neighbors.
Bob, ya' know, the Arizona MAGAt voter that sits in church with you is not a good person who voted for Donnie Dipshit because of the price of eggs. No! Bob is a piece of fucking shit that should be cut the fuck out of Arizona's civil society.
I am done blaming Donnie Dipshit for the bile and evil he has unleashed on America. He's nothing but a fucking sock-puppet, but Bob the MAGAt voter? He gave the fuckstick the power to do vile and evil shit to his fellow man, so I say, fuck Donnie Dipshit, but fuck Bob even more.
LudwigPastorius
(14,174 posts)as both counties went for Trump in 2024.
I could see him denying aid if the majorities in counties voted for Harris.
BumRushDaShow
(165,782 posts)so the impacted MAGats will blame their governor or mayor and not him!