A firebrand Republican senator said Monday that California wildfire victims don't deserve federal aid because they elected Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined the right-wing Newsmax network with host Chris Salcedo on Monday afternoon to talk about the fires, which have left at least two dozen dead.
"Speaking of flushing money down the toilet, California Democrats are asking the 49 other states for a bailout after Democrat policies destroyed Los Angeles in these latest wildfires," Salcedo said. "Gavin Newsom has said it's going to take billions just to rebuild California after these wildfires that have been devastating because of Democrat policies. This after California lawmakers drove insurers out of the state, leaving homeowners unprotected."
After the long wind-up, Salcedo finally asked Tuberville his question: "Why should taxpayers in your home state of Alabama and my home state of Texas continue to bail out states that continue to vote for Democrats time and time again despite their continued record of failure?"
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Before allowing his guest to answer, Salcedo pointed to the earnings of Los Angeles' fire chief: $750,000, higher than the president and governor combined.
In response, Tuberville flatly rejected the idea of sending aid to wildfire victims.
"We shouldn't be. They got 40 million people in that state and they vote in these imbeciles in office and they continue to do it. And there's a very small part of them in that state that's doing it," said Tuberville.
He added that California has many Republicans who are "good people" and that he "hate[s] it for them."
"They are just overwhelmed by these inner-city, woke posses with the people that vote for them. I don't mind sending them some money, but unless they show that they're going to change their ways and get back to building dams and storing water, doing the maintenance with the brush and the trees — everything that everybody else does in the country and they don't do it — they don't deserve anything, to be honest with you unless they show us they're going to make some changes," said Tuberville.
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