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Firefighters' union criticizes Trump over California fire comments
The (s)Hill ^ | 11/10/18 | John Bowden

Posted on 11/12/2018 4:27:57 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

President Trump on Saturday faced criticism from a firefighters' union after he appeared to blame several wildfires in California on mismanagement by state and local officials.

The International Association of Firefighters called the president's comments blaming "gross mismanagement" for the severe conditions in California an "irresponsible" and "reckless" act on behalf of the Trump administration.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: fire; media; thugs; truth; wildfires
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Hey, union thug, worry about putting out fires and stay out of stuff that doesn't concern you. YOU are the one bringing politics into the situation.

We have known for YEARS that wildfires are due in large part to environmental policies that worship the earth at the cost of human life and property.

Trump applauds ALL firefighters who risk themselves for our safety. The point is they SHOULDN'T have to do it so often, but are forced to do so because of stupid policies.

1 posted on 11/12/2018 4:27:57 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Amen. And think also of how in a year like 1960 or 1970 or even 1980, people likely did not move into these areas en masse like they seem to do so now where the wildfires are part of the natural life cycle of the environment there.


2 posted on 11/12/2018 4:32:03 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Obviously it takes more than just manpower to deal with forest management.


3 posted on 11/12/2018 4:33:42 AM PST by zanarchist
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To: SoFloFreeper

This damnable tool has the time to critique DJT in the midst of a fire?? Get a job, jerk!


4 posted on 11/12/2018 4:34:27 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: OttawaFreeper

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand..........that there
deep state thingy rears its UGLY HEAD again.

It’s EVERYWHERE these days. That ‘union’ word is the tipoff.


5 posted on 11/12/2018 4:36:37 AM PST by Flintlock (The ballot box STOLEN, our soapbox taken away--the BULLET BOX is left to us.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s my understanding that funding for Forest Management was not applied and used for other forms of Cali govt.


6 posted on 11/12/2018 4:36:44 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I think the huge homeless situation in Cali is creating fires as well. They have this huge influx of illegals sneaking in who end up camping outside and it’s probably going to get worse as it gets colder.


7 posted on 11/12/2018 4:38:04 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
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To: SoFloFreeper

Same ole same ole.

Union first, employer/profession second.


8 posted on 11/12/2018 4:38:29 AM PST by Texas resident (Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
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To: SoFloFreeper

So they are saying fire breaks and control fires are not necessary?


9 posted on 11/12/2018 4:38:35 AM PST by New Jersey Realist ( (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home))
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To: SoFloFreeper

Drudge said that firefighters criticized Trump. Clicked the article, it was union thugs criticizing him.


10 posted on 11/12/2018 4:40:45 AM PST by MuttTheHoople (GOP- 65 House and 12 Senate seat pickups in November)
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To: OttawaFreeper
It’s a friggin desert!


11 posted on 11/12/2018 4:42:58 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Drudge is a never Trump fag.


12 posted on 11/12/2018 4:43:45 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I think the firefighters union should keep their mouths shut. But at the same time I’ve seen these fires up close and personal and I fix the blame on stupid people and accidents. Plus throw in some dry lightning for fun. Once these fires in this brush gets going with hurricane force winds, nothing can stop it. Like I’ve said before you can’t landscape the entire countryside. One other thing,setting backfires should only be used in extreme situations.


13 posted on 11/12/2018 4:44:35 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: SoFloFreeper

Blame CA Democrats who have raised taxes in urban areas to the point that people have to populate the wilderness in order to live in that state.

These areas were never designed to be safe suburbs....up to your a** in tinder and no way of fighting fires pushed by the Santa Anna winds. Nature will win every time and no sane insurance companies should cover property in that environment.


14 posted on 11/12/2018 4:48:23 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: SoFloFreeper

Irresponsible and reckless are terms not synonymous with untrue. Clearly they admit the President is speaking the truth, albeit in a politically unvarnished tone.


15 posted on 11/12/2018 4:50:55 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (The denial of the authority of God is the central plank of the Progressive movement.)
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To: txrefugee

GMTA. See my post number 2. The taxes and the more and more people they keep on letting in makes real estate astronomically expensive there compared to the years I mentioned in my post (even if adjusted for inflation). Then people move further out into these areas that were really not meant for urban development, as what you say in your post.


16 posted on 11/12/2018 4:54:09 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: Vaquero

I stopped even paying attention to him somewhere around 1999. Something just isn’t right with him.


17 posted on 11/12/2018 5:00:23 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Texas resident

Unions are a parasite always have been, suck on the host till its dead and move on to another


18 posted on 11/12/2018 5:04:41 AM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: SoFloFreeper

Nothing Trump said was against the firefighters.

Unless the fir fighters are now also in charge of Forest Management, which is news to most of us.

The media cannot read anything correctly, and it seems union members of the Fire Fighters cannot either.

TRUMP never criticized the fire fighters.


19 posted on 11/12/2018 5:38:45 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s like criticizing an ongoing war and the politicians who botch it; the military overseas will understandably feel bad about that. But it must be done.

And we DO NOT care about Trump’s supposed tone or acting un-presidential. He actually fights against the Left and wins.


20 posted on 11/12/2018 5:47:17 AM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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