Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif. during an Eaton Fire press conference on January 9, 2025, at Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. (Getty Images)
This comes after Trump said on Friday that two conditions must be met in California before the federal government offers disaster relief. He said he wants lawmakers to approve voter identification legislation and that water needs to be allowed to flow across the state.
"I want to see two things in Los Angeles. Voter ID, so that the people have a chance to vote, and I want to see the water be released and come down into Los Angeles and throughout the state," Trump told reporters in North Carolina as he was touring hurricane recovery efforts in that state. "Those are the two things. After that, I will be the greatest president that California has ever seen."
Trump visited Los Angeles later on Friday to view damage from the wildfires and meet with local officials and residents.
A view of homes destroyed by the Eaton Fire on January 9, 2025, in Altadena, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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"Conditioning aid for American citizens is wrong," Newsom's office said on X.
Republicans in Congress have suggested tying wildfire aid to a debt ceiling increase or changes to California’s fire-mitigation policies, but Democrats have argued against placing conditions on federal assistance to Southern California.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cali-rep-chu-says-wildfires-have-no-political-affiliations-after-trump-floated-conditions-federal-aid