Ben Shapiro on FEMA: “It is a bizarre thing that area-specific crises ought to be thrust on the federal government”
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From the January 27, 2025, edition of The Daily Wire's The Ben Shapiro Show
BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): President Trump had many things to say about the handling of California during this crisis. One of the things that he said is, hey, you know, FEMA, which is always looked to as sort of the first line of defense here, maybe you guys should handle your own crap in the state of California.
By the way, this was the way that disasters were handled in the United States for a very, very long time. It is a bizarre thing that area-specific crises ought to be thrust on the federal government. Why is it that people in Kansas ought to be paying the bills of the rich people in Pacific Palisades when those people in Pacific Palisades have been paying millions and billions of dollars over the years in order to protect themselves? Why can't the state of California, you know, take care of its own residents? This is President's Trump's point.