Sean Hannity says federal aid for wildfire victims should be conditional: “Why are we bothering to pour good money after bad?”
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Sean Hannity says federal aid for wildfire victims should be conditional: "Why are we bothering to pour good money after bad?"
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From the January 14, 2025, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show
SEAN HANNITY (HOST): You know, the more we learn about these LA wildfires, the angrier that everybody, I think, should get. I think everybody should be very angry. Because this is what radical environmentalism is all about. It’s also rooted and deeply tied into the socialist, Marxist, statist agenda, hence the Green New Deal.
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Now, at the end of the day, I'm telling you where the money is going to come from. You, the taxpayers. And Speaker Mike Johnson said he believes that aid sent to California, with all the devastation, could probably have conditions. I think he's right.
In other words, unless they practice the science of forestry, unless they fill their reservoirs, unless they have hydrants and a plan to take care of any area that might be subject to a wildfire, unless they have the general practice of clearing out brush, unless they implement controlled burns, then why are we bothering to pour good money after bad?