“There will be strings attached”: GOP Sen. says Los Angeles wildfire aid won’t be “blank check”

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/12/there-will-be-strings-attached-sen-says-los-angeles-wildfire-aid-wont-be-blank-check/

34 comments

  1. Fuck you, asshole. We make up 14% of the national GDP, _and_ we pay more in federal taxes than we get back. You pricks need us more than we need you.

  2. So we help CA with wildfires and they continue providing the country with the most produce and livestock out of any other state. Sounds good.

  3. Statements like this are proof that National Unity in this Country is dead for generation.

  4. I wish the next dem president will go on national television and say “X republican has to eat dogshit on live tv for his republican state/district to get aid after a federal disaster” and then blast ads how their pride is worth more than your life in local tv

    And on live tv, tell the world every lie they spread

  5. GOP: *invents conspiracy theories about Biden withholding aid for hurricane victims despite the fact he pretty much did give the states a blank check*

    Also GOP: Hey, let’s withhold aid!

  6. Senator John Barrasso from Wyoming is THE definition of tyranny of the minority.

  7. Strings attached to wildfire aid but Hurricane funds for rebuilding should flow freely. Only a slight double standard.

  8. So, the next time a tornado flattens Oklahoma, is Congress going to put limits and conditions on the financial response?

  9. The next time a hurricane hits Florida I expect to see tweets about pathetic Ron DeSantis and how his state is a disgrace and they need to reform all of their building codes before a dollar of aid gets distributed.

  10. Will he say the same thing to Mississippi, Alabama and Florida next year when hurricane “I am going to fuck you up” comes rumbling through the red states? I doubt it.

  11. California should take a play from Trump’s book. Take the money. Do nothing in return. 

  13. The more I hear these people talk, the more I want this state to genuinely secede

    Wyoming? Another state that needs California economically despite its natural resources.

    A big part of me wants them to experience and suffer the consequences of the nation’s biggest food producer and biggest economy not supporting them anymore.

  14. California seriously needs to start flexing its economic muscle. It’s the 5th largest economy in the world, if the federal government won’t help, then why are Californians paying the federal government to subsidize all these shit hole red states?

    Edit: Canada is here for you Californians. We will do what we can to help.

  15. Somebody remind me, how much money does California send to DC every year versus how much money does DC send to California? California should tell this guy to eat their ass.

  16. Dear Senator Barrasso:

    I will listen to your opinion on this when the state you represent contributes more in federal taxes than it receives in federal aid. Like California does.

    Until then, SHUT THE FUCK UP.

    Respectfully,

    A US Citizen

  17. What “strings?” California already pays for Red State welfare.

    California should cut those strings and tell the Trump admin to go dangle.

  18. If you live in California, whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat the GOP has one simple message for you in a time of crisis: Get fucked.

    They’re simply anti-American, and there’s nothing more to it. Shitting on Americans in crisis is some pretty nasty shit.

  19. How about they just put a pause on all the money that goes from CA to red states and just let CA pay for it themselves?

  20. Who can remember all of the strings attached to all the aid provided to red states when the Dems were in charge? Oh right there were ZERO and in fact the GOP leaders were then shamed for thanking the Dems for the assistance.

  21. There’s probably more people in an LA suburb than all of Wyoming. Absolutely ridiculous.

  22. Are we gonna do that to Florida and Texas when they get pummeled by hurricanes? I think these shitbags are opening a door for precedent that we should definitely walk through next time the Democrats are in charge.

  23. California says there will strings attached to whether or not Wyoming senator John barasso gets to continue to breathe out of his faceholes if he’s in the presence of a californian

  24. Aide should never be political. California should refuse conditional aide. Particularly if the conditions include sack the governor and hold new elections and then only if the GOP wins majority.

  25. Florida hurricane aid needs strings attached since they keep rebuilding in the same areas.

  26. Perhaps California should take its 14% of gdp and tell gop to shove it.

  27. People in my Nextdoor community are cheering this behavior. The same people who’ve spent the last few months complaining bitterly about how FEMA isn’t giving them enough help after the hurricanes last year. (I’m in Florida.)

  28. Fine, normalize this shit.

    We’ll make sure to make sure each southern state has to accept full trans rights and abortion access before we give them any disaster aid.

  31. I hope they show similar sentiments the next time Florida gets wrecked by another hurricane. Using a disaster to benefit them politically is typical of the GOP. They’ll be making a lot of enemies with this one.

  33. Of course it won’t, they only give blank checks to corporations.

  34. Well next time Florida needs help with hurricane relief they don’t get blank check

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