(INSIDE CALIFORNIA POLITICS) — Rep. Judy Chu’s (D-Calif.) district consists of Altadena and northern Pasadena which have been devastated by the lethal Eaton Hearth.
Chu mentioned she does not consider catastrophe help ought to include circumstances.
“There have never been conditions laid on disaster aid in the history of America,” Chu mentioned. “I know that I have voted for disaster aid in red states and for blue states. I’ve never considered whether they were Republican or Democrat. And let me say, wildfires have no political affiliations. They don’t have a political party.”
The consultant from the San Gabriel Valley additionally had a request for President Donald Trump for when he meets with the working-class victims of her district.
“I want him to see how these everyday Americans are being terribly devastated and also I want him to hear from their voices,” Chu mentioned. “I want him to look, in fact, in the victim’s eyes and say that he wouldn’t provide aid unless there were conditions.”
