Summary

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) argued that California does not deserve federal aid for its deadly Los Angeles wildfires unless the state adopts changes.

In a Newsmax interview, Tuberville criticized California leadership, falsely attributing wildfire mismanagement to “inner-city woke policies.”

While he expressed willingness to support some funding, he insisted it be conditional on reforms.

The wildfires have killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes, per the Associated Press, intensifying debates on state accountability and federal disaster relief.

  • circuitfarmer
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    3 months ago

    California needs to stop paying into federal coffers immediately. This illusion that the world’s 10th 5th largest economy is a mismanaged shithole needs to be publicly ridiculed.

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        The only way I can think of is to secede and have Californians pay the amount they would pay in federal taxes to the State. At that point, the State could modify those tax rates and laws to better reflect the needs of the people and the State.