Summary
Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) threatened to withhold federal disaster relief from California during ongoing Los Angeles wildfires that have killed at least 16 people and destroyed over 12,000 structures.
Davidson criticized California’s forest management policies, echoing misleading right-wing claims that poor management, not climate change, is to blame.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom refuted these claims, noting that the state’s forest management budget has increased tenfold since 2019.
Davidson’s comments follow a pattern of GOP blaming state policies for disasters, similar to rhetoric from Trump.
I’d be curious to see how much $$$$ damage/relief is given to hurricane victims compared to fire…
Somehow all those Republican States deserve hurricane disaster relief but Californian’s don’t?
Lots of them voted “no” when it came time to help NJ and NY.
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-58-representatives-who-voted-for-katrina-aid-and-against-sandy-aid
There is a small petty part of me that hopes it degenerates into no aid approval for anyone. The South is gonna get more hurricanes, they’ll break first
I don’t hope that of course, because people will suffer.