Trump said if he were elected, he would stop sending California federal firefighting aid unless Gov. Gavin Newsom, whom he referred to repeatedly as “Newscum,” enacted his policy priorities on issues such as water and taxes.

I’ll note that the most fire-prone parts of California tend to be Republican-majority areas.

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    • @Alexstarfire
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      112 months ago

      TBF, the US government already does something similar with federal highway funding.

      • Stern
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        162 months ago

        In that case its not targeted at a specific state, just at ensuring all states hold the same standard wrt drunk driving.

    • @Raiderkev
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      12 months ago

      Only the best Jedi deal in absolutes…

      Right?

        • @TunaLobster
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          2 months ago

          That’s because California (like the majority of other states) assigns all of their EC votes to the winner of the popular vote within state. Only Nebraska and Maine split their delegates right now.

          The popular vote compact is not in effect yet. They don’t have the 270 votes needed to do it. The last sentence of the first paragraph in the Wikipedia article you linked to says so.

        • @Eatspancakes84
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          52 months ago

          People don’t realize just how close presidential elections are. In CA during the last election 35 percent voted Trump. Clearly that’s a landslide win for Biden, but it still implies that even in the most liberal state in the US 6 million people voted for a facist.

      • @someguy3
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        12 months ago

        He doesn’t mean it, it’s tough guy stuff! (/s)