Posted on 07/11/2020 8:39:06 PM PDT by Doofer
President Trump has denied a request from Minnesota’s governor for money to rebuild parts of Minneapolis that were destroyed during the riots following the death of George Floyd.
“The Governor is disappointed that the federal government declined his request for financial support,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's office 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.”
Walz, a Democrat, requested that Trump declare Minnesota a “major disaster” zone in a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency on July 2 after more than 1,500 buildings were damaged by looting and rioting in the wake of Floyd’s death, totaling over $500 million in damages.
At least one Republican in the state had lobbied the Trump administration to reject the request, arguing that the state’s response to the unrest should be thoroughly reviewed.
What’s a good socialist governor to do, after the feds deny a lifeline ?
Why, raise taxes and cut services, of course.
Good. The governor of Minnesota and the mayor of Minneapolis chose to stand by and do nothing as rioters destroyed Minneapolis. The gall of these two idiots to demand money from US taxpayers to fix the consequences of their incompetence is breathtaking.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....Stewpid assbite Rat politicians come begging for money after letting their Rat constituents burn the place down.
Earthquake? Sure! Heavy storms? Youbetcha! Miscellaneous acts of God? we’re on our way!
Riots you should have controlled but didn’t resulting in property damages you could have prevented?
Suck on it!
Good.
Exactly. It was an Act of Rats.
Tim Walz has all that defunding money to rebuild with. Of course it’s harder to grift it that way.
1500 buildings destroyed. And there I was thinking they were “mostly peaceful protests”.
Why CNN said so.
And as everyone knows, CNN never lies. /sarc
"Reagan to NYC: Drop Dead" ?
I'm laughing now but this might not end well.
Unhinged liberals decimate their own city. Liberal state and local gov’t stand by and watch it happen and do not lift a finger to stop it. In fact, are sympathetic to the rioters and order police to stand down.
Then, actually have the nerve to ask for tax dollars from the rest of the country to pay to restore that which they enabled to be destroyed.
The nerve of these Leftists knows no bounds.
Guess nobody told the Gov that murdering your parents and asking for a suspended sentence because you’re an orphan doesn’t work...
It’s self inflicted by the elected officials of Minnesota, but I still feel bad for all the small business owners and the many injured, dead, and with destroyed property who are caught in a no win situation thanks to the grandstanding, incompetence, and weakness of the officials. The officials are going to look out for themselves, not the people.
It was Ford.
OK.
Did it end well for Ford?
Hint, “y’all”.
They shouldn’t get my money for their idiocy.
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