Trump says he would withhold California fire aid unless Newsom 'signs those papers'
Trump says he would withhold California fire aid unless Newsom 'signs those papers'
Former President Trump presented a dystopian image of California as a warning about what would happen to the nation if Kamala Harris is elected president.
Trump said if he were elected, he would stop sending California federal firefighting aid unless Gov. Gavin Newsom, whom he referred to repeatedly as “Newscum,” enacted his policy priorities on issues such as water and taxes.
I'll note that the most fire-prone parts of California tend to be Republican-majority areas.
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An ultimatum. Holding the entire state hostage...
You know, like a Good Guy would do!
TBF, the US government already does something similar with federal highway funding.
In that case its not targeted at a specific state, just at ensuring all states hold the same standard wrt drunk driving.
Only the best Jedi deal in absolutes...
Right?
And Californians will still vote for him 🤷♂️.
https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2020
2020 California Electoral College vote. 55 for Biden/Harris. 0 for Trump/Pence.
California is also part of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which awards every electoral college vote to the winner of the popular vote.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
That's because California (like the majority of other states) assigns all of their EC votes to the winner of the popular vote within state. Only Nebraska and Maine split their delegates right now.
The popular vote compact is not in effect yet. They don't have the 270 votes needed to do it. The last sentence of the first paragraph in the Wikipedia article you linked to says so.
People don’t realize just how close presidential elections are. In CA during the last election 35 percent voted Trump. Clearly that’s a landslide win for Biden, but it still implies that even in the most liberal state in the US 6 million people voted for a facist.
He doesn't mean it, it's tough guy stuff! (/s)
Nice. Didn't remember that it was a clean sweep.