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Zorro

(16,594 posts)
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 08:58 AM Wednesday

Republicans will help LA fire victims, as long as those damn liberals behave

We here at the Republican Party want to assure victims of the horrific Los Angeles wildfires that we stand with them and are ready to provide federal aid, as long as they and California’s radical leftist jerk-face leaders agree to a few perfectly reasonable conditions.

After all, our great nation’s motto is “E pluribus unum – sub conditione,” or “Out of many, one – conditionally.”

As our esteemed colleague Rep. Zach Nunn of Iowa said Monday on Fox Business: “We will certainly help those thousands of homes and families who’ve been devastated, but we also expect you to change bad behavior. We should look at the same for these blue states who have run away with a broken tax policy. We want to be able to help out our colleagues in New York, California and New Jersey, but we also want ‒ those governors need to change their tune now.”

It seems obvious that these awful fires were ignited by broken tax policy, which is why Nunn, chair of our Tax Flammability Committee, insists that Californians change their behavior while also suggesting that other states not currently enduring a natural disaster do likewise if they know what’s good for them.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/01/14/la-fires-california-aid-republican-conditions/77696122007/

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Republicans will help LA fire victims, as long as those damn liberals behave (Original Post) Zorro Wednesday OP
"No money unless Jimmy Kimmel stops making fun of us!" tanyev Wednesday #1
Republicans may have stepped in it big time. People are angry. scarletlib Wednesday #2
Unfortunately, we've wished this before and it hasn't happened. ificandream Wednesday #3

scarletlib

(3,506 posts)
2. Republicans may have stepped in it big time. People are angry.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 01:55 PM
Wednesday

Never have Democrats decried policies of Republican state or tried to deny help when needed.

Now people are speaking out about the disproportionate help Red Staes receive from the Blue States. May it backfire in their faces.

ificandream

(10,904 posts)
3. Unfortunately, we've wished this before and it hasn't happened.
Wed Jan 15, 2025, 02:00 PM
Wednesday

Dems need to use a little more than wishing. Maybe a little psychology this time. Not exactly sure how, but we can.

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