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Trump Slammed by Firefighters Union for Threatening to ‘Play With Their Lives’: ‘He would rather watch our state burn in the name of his political games’
September 17, 2024
Trump Slammed by Firefighters Union for Threatening to ‘Play With Their Lives’: ‘He would rather watch our state burn in the name of his political games’
“As of today, thousands of firefighters are on the front lines responding to wildfires throughout the state, and countless Californians are in harm’s way as they heed evacuation orders,” California Professional Firefighters President Brian K. Rice [wrote in a statement](https://x.com/CAFirefighters/status/1834742677499527447) posted to X on Friday, September 13. The union, according to the report, “represents around 35,000 career firefighters and emergency medical service” professionals.
“Nevertheless, former President Trump expressed that he would play with their lives and their homes if he doesn’t get what he wants,” Rice continued. “He would rather watch our state burn in the name of his political games, than to send help if he were to become president again.”
East Bay Times notes the former president “repeatedly referred to Newsom as ‘Newscum’” during the presser.
“If he doesn’t sign those papers, we won’t give him money to put out all his fires,” the MAGA leader said, referring to the governor. “And if we don’t give him all the money to put out the fires, he’s got problems.”
In response to Trump’s comment, Axios reports that Newsom warned via X that the 2024 GOP nominee “admitted he will block emergency disaster funds to settle political vendettas.”
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We know he will do that shit.
Remember when covid was “only in the blue states” and he withheld the PPE that medical workers desperately needed?
Pepperidge farms remembers.
You boys just now figuring that out? Please do better, you deserve better representation regardless of your political leanings.
Trump is a POS VOTE 💙
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He will watch the entire country burn, so long as he gets his way
This should be a warning to all the firefighters and police who support Trump. He won’t just pull support from your state, his plan is to eliminate all Unions in this country. Get a clue!
He has never given a damn about the working man
He threatened to withhold their federal funding for wildfires when he was in office too. Iirc it did get held up for a while but finally got through. But if he gets in office again, he will do this shit again, just like he said except the next time that funding won’t be going through.
Imagine an American president intentionally hurting particular states. What an abominable nightmare and seems to me to not fulfill the oath of office. Please vote Harris/Walz 💙
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As per [original article](https://www.alternet.org/trump-california-california-firefighters/) 📰:
– Donald Trump is facing fierce [backlash from a California firefighters union](https://www.ocregister.com/2024/09/16/trumps-threat-to-withhold-firefighting-aid-to-california-is-blasted-by-firefighters-union/) three days after the ex-president threatened to withhold fire rescue aid from the state as the number of wildfires are expected to increase in the coming years, East Bay Times reports.
“As of today, thousands of firefighters are on the front lines responding to wildfires throughout the state, and countless Californians are in harm’s way as they heed evacuation orders,” California Professional Firefighters President Brian K. Rice [wrote in a statement](https://x.com/CAFirefighters/status/1834742677499527447) posted to X on Friday, September 13. The union, according to the report, “represents around 35,000 career firefighters and emergency medical service” professionals.
“Nevertheless, former President Trump expressed that he would play with their lives and their homes if he doesn’t get what he wants,” Rice continued. “He would rather watch our state burn in the name of his political games, than to send help if he were to become president again.”
[Axios Reports](https://www.axios.com/2024/09/13/trump-threatens-california-fire-aid-newsom) that Trump threatened during a Friday press conference to “withhold fire rescue aid from California” if the state’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom refused to back the MAGA leader’s policies.
East Bay Times notes the former president “repeatedly referred to Newsom as ‘Newscum’” during the presser.
“If he doesn’t sign those papers, we won’t give him money to put out all his fires,” the MAGA leader said, referring to the governor. “And if we don’t give him all the money to put out the fires, he’s got problems.”
In response to Trump’s comment, Axios reports that Newsom warned via X that the 2024 GOP nominee “admitted he will block emergency disaster funds to settle political vendettas.”
It wasn’t long before Rice shot back at Trump, [writing](https://www.ocregister.com/2024/09/16/trumps-threat-to-withhold-firefighting-aid-to-california-is-blasted-by-firefighters-union/), “It is shocking that we have a presidential candidate who is threatening our public safety and doesn’t even care what the consequences are to firefighters and the public. This has now become a serious public safety issue for our members and the public we serve.”
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We know he will do that shit.
Remember when covid was “only in the blue states” and he withheld the PPE that medical workers desperately needed?
Pepperidge farms remembers.
You boys just now figuring that out? Please do better, you deserve better representation regardless of your political leanings.
Trump is a POS VOTE 💙
[deleted]
He will watch the entire country burn, so long as he gets his way
This should be a warning to all the firefighters and police who support Trump. He won’t just pull support from your state, his plan is to eliminate all Unions in this country. Get a clue!
He has never given a damn about the working man
He threatened to withhold their federal funding for wildfires when he was in office too. Iirc it did get held up for a while but finally got through. But if he gets in office again, he will do this shit again, just like he said except the next time that funding won’t be going through.
Imagine an American president intentionally hurting particular states. What an abominable nightmare and seems to me to not fulfill the oath of office. Please vote Harris/Walz 💙