Trump denies disaster aid for 4 Democratic-led states
Source: Politico
Trump on Friday rejected $227 million in aid requests from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island for help recovering from a major snowstorm in February. Two days earlier, Trump approved Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid for six Republican-led states, while extolling the political virtues of GOP politicians and candidates in the states.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement that there is no politicization to the Presidents decisions on disaster relief, adding that Trump provides a more thorough review of disaster declaration requests than any Administration has before him.
Democrats immediately questioned Trumps denials, arguing that they follow a pattern disclosed by POLITICO in March of Trump mostly rejecting disaster aid for Democratic-led states while approving it for states that are led by officials in his party.
On the same day you approved major disaster declarations for several Republican-led states, you chose to leave Rhode Islanders out in the cold, the states congressional delegation comprising four Democrats told Trump in a letter Monday. It is unacceptable to politicize the disaster declaration process.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/08/donald-trump-denies-disaster-aid-democratic-states-00989418
Via Charles Pierce: https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a71872819/trump-fema-disaster-aid-red-states-blue-states/
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Im no constitutional scholar, but I think its rather obvious that running what is essentially a protection racket using taxpayer money does not count as seeing that the laws are faithfully executed.
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Nobody who worked for this administration should be allowed to hold a government job ever again.
sheshe2
(99,229 posts)I hope he and the rest of his Klan rot in hell.
MLWR
(1,170 posts)sheshe2
(99,229 posts)groundloop
(14,042 posts)spike jones
(2,036 posts)liberalgunwilltravel
(1,327 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:15 AM - Edit history (1)
For withholding federal taxes.
BlueKota
(5,617 posts)BurnDoubt
(1,976 posts)And then claim an audit for the next 300 years.
Thats what the smart taxpayers (or not) do.
This is a literal hostage tactic.
This entire Regime needs to be Impeached and remanded to GITMO to feed on each other until the stench goes away.
FakeNoose
(43,302 posts)samplegirl
(14,191 posts)paleotn
(23,231 posts)If you're behind the Red Curtain, feel free to join us while you can.
Karasu
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relief and has consistently done it for as long as he's been in office? She is an absolute joke.
RussBLib
(10,872 posts)President of all Americans? Not this guy.
Saw a short blurb where Trump called Iran scum. You know what scum is? he asked the reporter.
YOU, ASSHOLE! someone should have replied, forcefully.
(I wish we could have larger fonts)
https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1
dave99
(815 posts)AZLD4Candidate
(7,135 posts)Norrrm
(6,292 posts)LilElf70
(1,757 posts)be legal? I sure hope someone is on top of this. Unbelievable.
wolfie001
(8,285 posts)If it even gets to them. Nasty christo-fascist scum.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(139,260 posts)purr-rat beauty
(1,730 posts)On our Nation
Puppyjive
(1,023 posts)Taxation without representation.
Prairie Gates
(8,761 posts)and that the people who elect a Democratic President will be demanding the same treatment for Republican states, to teach you a lesson.
Pray for good weather, citizens.
Shit always comes around, remember.
fujiyamasan
(2,237 posts)Hope theyre happy to live under a president that behaves this way. Im thinking of New Jersey especially which swung really far right in 2024
niyad
(135,762 posts)Gato Moteado
(10,226 posts)yeah, me neither.
durablend
(9,503 posts)William Seger
(12,591 posts)prerev
(7 posts)Manboy needs to die soon.
JT45242
(4,270 posts)USAID cuts alone should be considered a war crime.
Supporting the genocide in Gaza -- war crime
The bombing of fishing boats war crimes
The insider trading and market manipulation -- felony crimes
Failure to release the Epstein files...
I could go on but , I think the point is made
ColoringFool
(1,530 posts)SUBTRACTING CERTAIN VOTERS AND BILLIONAIRES, BUT OTHERWISE, HELLOOOOOO??
3catwoman3
(30,362 posts)SamuelAdams
(455 posts)We can get along fine without the red states. They desperately need us. Maybe Republicans ought to think about that before playing these games.