O’Leary on bushfire aid: ‘Not a cent’ for Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass to be removed from office

Kevin O’Leary is doubling down on his calls for top California politicians Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass to resign from their positions in the wake of House Speaker Johnson confirming “discussions” about linking wildfire aid to the debt limit.

“I think every taxpayer in America, including those in California, would like to tie this aid to the removal of Newsom and Bass. They’re gone now,” O’Leary said. On “Varney & Company.” Tuesday painting.

He continued: “It will be part of the deal, and I know Trump loves new ideas, here’s one of them: Not a dime until these two are fired from their jobs immediately.” “They are so incompetent, all the decisions they made led up to this, and they keep making mistakes. They are terrible managers. Knock them out.”

Four active fires Burning now in the Los Angeles area after a car fire broke out early Tuesday in Ventura County, where firefighters said progress “has stalled” with that blaze.

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But other safety threats remain as the National Weather Service said wind gusts exceeding 70 mph were recorded in the area, raising fire fears.

Although the winds are not expected to be as strong as last week, they will be strong enough to disrupt ongoing firefighting efforts and could cause new and existing fires to spread quickly. According to Fox Weather.

On Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson floated the idea of ​​tying the debt limit increase to aid to California amid the devastation of wildfires, but The Hill reported that some GOP lawmakers like Sen. Mike Rounds, R-D., and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-D. Alabama, they have reservations about the idea.

California’s governor is also facing backlash from within his leadership in his state, with the state Senate Minority Leader criticizing Newsom this week for “holding a special session on impeaching President-elect Trump on wildfire relief.”

Newsom “recently expanded the current special session focused on suing the Trump administration to also include wildfire relief work in Los Angeles,” according to the British Daily Mail. State Sen. Brian JonesR ca.

“I am encouraged that Governor Newsom heard our calls for action on the Los Angeles wildfires in special session,” Jones said in a statement. “However, combining this emergency response with a politically motivated special session to impeach Trump is unnecessary and, frankly, an insult to those suffering from this disaster.”

Under current political leadership, O’Leary doesn’t believe Southern California can look the same in the short or long term.

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“I even think the Olympics are in jeopardy (because of) the infrastructure. I think these houses, as people have to realize, were built with pine in the 1950s and 1960s, and some of them are inexpensive, up to $15,000 and are worth Now $4 million, O’Leary explained: “It was dry. “It basically melted.”

“It looks like Hiroshima. But (with) the infrastructure and policies, it will be difficult to rebuild.”

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