'C'mon. We aren't idiots': Onlookers blast GOP lawmaker over conditions on L.A. fire funds
Senator John Barrasso, a Donald Trump supporter, was buried in criticism Sunday after he suggested "strings" need to be attached to California fire relief funds.
Barrasso said on Face the Nation that "there will be strings attached" to any disaster and recovery aid Congress will "ultimately" approve for the Los Angeles wildfires.
That "has to do with being ready the next time because this was a gross failure this time," the lawmaker added.
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Chris Murphy, a Democratic Senator from Connecticut, wasn't buying it.
Sharon Loper Miller, who has a Ph.D. in psychology, said, "Barrasso say one word before about anything and now he is so animated about 'strings attached to money' for Californians."
Writer and director Marshall Herskovitz replied, "
strings attached to money going to FL, GA, and NC after Hurricane Helene. This definitional. A statement like Barrasso