Posted on 07/11/2020 11:35:59 AM PDT by Libloather
The federal government has denied Gov. Tim Walz's request for aid to help rebuild and repair Twin Cities structures that were damaged in the unrest following George Floyd's death.
Walz asked President Donald Trump to declare a "major disaster" for the state of Minnesota in his request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on July 2. More than 1,500 buildings were damaged by fires, looting and vandalism in the days of unrest that followed Floyd's May 25 death in Minneapolis police custody, racking up more than $500 million in damages, according to Walz.
The governor's spokesman, Teddy Tschann, confirmed late Friday that the request for federal aid was denied.
"The Governor is disappointed that the federal government declined his request for financial support," Tschann said in a statement. "As we navigate one of the most difficult periods in our state's history, we look for support from our federal government to help us through."
Many small businesses and grocery stores, pharmacies and post offices were damaged during the unrest. In his letter to FEMA, Walz said what happened in the Twin Cities after Floyd's death was the second most destructive incident of civil unrest in U.S. history, after the 1992 riots in Los Angeles.
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Perhaps if they cut government bureaucracy and reduce salaries of all government employees? This should pay for Governor Walz’s Decisions
we are never going to have a president this good again.
I was dreaming the feds would turn this down, and here it is my dream come true.
Walz did nothing to stop the destruction, looting, rioting and arson in Mogadishu. He and the taxpayers of Minnesota and Mogadishu need to pony up the funds to repair the damages. Then and only then will those people realize they need to kick Walz and the other Bolsheviks to the curb with the curb preferably being in being north of the Arctic Circle and not in the USA.
Walz did nothing to stop the destruction, looting, rioting and arson in Mogadishu. He and the taxpayers of Minnesota and Mogadishu need to pony up the funds to repair the damages. Then and only then will those people realize they need to kick Walz and the other Bolsheviks to the curb with the curb preferably being in being north of the Arctic Circle and not in the USA.
Walz did nothing to stop the destruction, looting, rioting and arson in Mogadishu. He and the taxpayers of Minnesota and Mogadishu need to pony up the funds to repair the damages. Then and only then will those people realize they need to kick Walz and the other Bolsheviks to the curb with the curb preferably being in being north of the Arctic Circle and not in the USA.
Looks like Trump has lost the state of Minnersoda for the 2020 election!
Of course, Minnersoda has only voted for a Republican presidential candidate ONCE in the last sixty years - Richard Nixon in his second term...
$500,000,000 in damages would normally be enough
for a felony. Where are the perps?
Not a cent to this moron.
I would release funds, but only after all of the following conditions were met.
- If the Governor, mayor and all the Democrat honchos that contributed to the disaster all resigned effective immediately.
- If they all signed a letter of apology to their citizens and to the citizens of the United States for failing to perform their duty to protect and serve the public.
- If they all agreed to never hold any office of public trust ever again, and signed a legally binding contract with provisions for seizure of any compensation for holding such office henceforth.
- If they all agreed to have 50% of any public pension payouts withheld and sent to the the U.S. Treasury for reimbursement of costs.
That's the beauty of Trump not sending in the troops. He's putting the responsibility on decades of failed Democrat leadership.
What balls! The governor does NOTHING to prevent what happened and then holds his hat out for the US taxpayer to bail his ass out.
HELL NO!!
Raise your taxes to pay for it and explain to each and every voter that it’s because of the bedlam in Minnesota.
Drop dead Walz!
And Soros.
There is Federal law for NATURAL disasters, but not self inflicted.
...and the State relinquiishes Congressional (House AND Senate) representation and reverts to Territorial Status until all funds are paid back plus extortion-rate interest, all sanctuary laws are repealed in perpetuity, and all illegal aliens are deported.
Actions (or in this case in actions) have consequences as this Democrat has just found out. He did nothing while his biggest city burned people were financially destroyed and murdered. Now innocent people, not him, are paying the price.They didn’t burn HIS house down.
If a tree falls on your house, the insurance company requires you do what you can to minimize damage. The politicians in Minnesota started a fire and poured gasoline onto the flames.
The mayor Frey was dancing in the street in some goofy getup, right? Glad they were turned down. Let Minnesota clean up its own mess.
...lefties were doing what comes natural to them...
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