California wildfires are the first test for a new GOP-led Congress

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Responding to the Los Angeles area’s apocalyptic wildfires will be the first test of the newly minted Republican Congress.

After this past summer’s hurricanes left disaster funding running low, Congress will almost certainly have to allocate more funding to help Californians rebuild from what’s projected to be the costliest wildfire in modern California history.

But with Donald Trump offering only scorn and blame as Californians flee for safety and reckon with the loss of their homes, livelihoods, and possessions, it's unclear whether the incoming president will allow Congress to pass aid to help them rebuild.

In 2019, during Trump’s first term, he threatened to pull federal funding from California when it was being destroyed by yet another major fire.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/9/2295982/-California-wildfires-are-the-first-test-for-a-new-GOP-led-Congress

They'll say it was Gawd's will and leave it at that.

[CanonRay]

1. I predict epic fail.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Republicans will fail miserably

They are very good at that. People will Suffer. The heritage foundation will ensure a glossy publication is distributed and will blame anyone and anything but republicans for the failure of republicans.

And they do the opposite when they vote against Dem programs that are good for red districts. Hold up that big check and smile for he cameras.

Republicans are so much happier in the minority.

[gab13by13]

2. Test of what?

Their cruelty?

[Think. Again.]

3. I'm sure they're already well-prepared to grift off of it somehow.

[BigmanPigman]

5. They're greedy sadists, I know the outcome of the "test" already.

[cally]

6. I'm wondering what they will do?

California did have a swing towards Republicans this year—-not enough to affect most elections but a shift. I would guess the California Republican Party sees an opening that will close shut if Republicans deny needed and deserved help that would be given to other states.