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This is a concept that was central to the establishment of our current system of constitutional government. The federal government must exist to support states in their time of need. This support is why states send taxes to Washington, DC. California is the 49th least dependent state on federal funds. 6 highest tax amounts To the federal government.
Given how much money California adds to federal coffers, Republicans should have no problem providing needed wildfire disaster relief.
But Trump’s party is out to punish blue states that did not support them in the last election.
President Trump posted on social media, “Fires are still raging in LA. Incompetent police officers don’t know how to evolve. Thousands of wonderful homes are gone, and many more will soon be gone. There is death everywhere. This is one of the worst disasters in our country’s history. They can’t put out the fire. “What’s wrong with them?”
VP-elect JD Vance lied to Fox News about the reservoir being empty.
The big clue that Republicans are out to punish California came from the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY).