WA — Trump treats disaster aid like a partisan scoreboard

Three times harder for blue states to get FEMA help? That’s not policy — it’s petty politics that leaves people waiting for help while allies get checks.

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It's 3 times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump

The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.

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Why it matters:

Refusing aid to Democratic-run states while approving GOP ones turns emergency relief into a partisan weapon, denying communities timely recovery and costing lives and livelihoods.

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Key figures:
Patty Murray, U.S. Senator, criticized Trump for politicizing disaster relief and called the practice "unforgivable."