"He's the equivalent of the status quo...it's always somebody else's fault!"
@MattMahanSJ says it was "disillusioning" when he met with then then HHS Sec. @XavierBecerra to discuss homelessness in San Jose.
He says Becerra was focused on "bureaucratic speak" that blamed others & wasn't interested in finding solutions.
“With me as Mayor and as Governor starting next year, the buck will stop with me.”
@MattMahanHQ via @CNNTheStoryIs
California is the state where anything is possible with hard work and determination—but our future depends on our willingness to face our biggest challenges.
Heartbroken by the news of yet another school shooting—this time at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected.
We NEED violent history checks.
@drpatrick@latimes Interesting, VP Harris isn’t far enough to the left to appeal to your daughter and her DSA friends so they wouldn’t push back. They probably like neither candidate because they’re not pro-Palestine. Did she suggest this strategy to you?
It's nonsense and shameful to make this statement. The federal response has been fantastic, as confirmed by Republican governors. FEMA was onsite in states before the hurricane even made landfall.
You didn't lead Congress to provide $20 billion extra for FEMA. You failed to pass a 2025 budget, in which FEMA asked for an increased budget due to increasingly expensive disasters. Instead, all you accomplished was a continuing resolution that funded FEMA through December.
Maybe taking the month of August off was a mistake when the budget deadline was looming.
Governors Praised Federal Response
“I'm incredibly appreciative of the rapid response and the cooperation from the federal team at FEMA. I've been on the phone over the weekend with the senior FEMA administrator. The team has been deployed.” - Glenn Youngkin, Virginia
“The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him and called him right back. And he just said, ‘Hey, what do you need?’ And I told him, you know, we got what we need. We'll work through the federal process. [Biden] offered that if there's other things we need, just to call him directly, which, I appreciate that. But we’ve had FEMA embedded with us since, you know, a day or two before the storm hit.” - Brian Kemp, Georgia
Henry McMaster, South Carolina, on the federal Helene response: "It has been superb. President Biden said that whatever we need to let him know. And we’re doing that. Also Secretary Buttigieg called yesterday and said the same thing. And also Deanne Criswell from FEMA called."
“We’re grateful to President Biden, FEMA and all of our federal partners for their support and commitment to helping our state respond, recover and rebuild from this disaster.” - Roy Cooper North Carolina
Congratulations to Jim McDonnell on being selected as the next Chief of the LAPD. A step in the right direction in prioritizing public safety, fighting for victims and survivors, protecting children and families and looking out for the safety and well-being of my sisters and brothers in the Los Angeles Police department.