Neo-Confederates don’t actually like states’ rights.

Mike Johnson (Louisiana), Tommy Tuberville (Alabama), and other Republicans have decided to weaponize disaster relief against California. They want to force us to repeal our climate policies, recall Newsom, get rid of DEI, and God knows what else. Remember how they spread lies about the Dems abandoning North Carolina during Helene? It was described as textbook federal overreach. Well, that’s exactly what’s happening in California, just with the roles reversed. Where is the public outcry now? 40% of federal taxes come from California, and they want to keep those funds away from us when we need them the most. This should enrage any fiscal conservative who supports states’ rights. But no. Turns out, they like federal overreach, as long as they’re the ones doing it. And now we can’t even talk about states’ rights without sounding like Lost Causers.

Edit: Even the ones that don’t want to condition aid still try to tell our authorities how to manage fires. Like, you live thousands of miles away and have no idea about our weather conditions or forest management, but you think you know better than the professionals here? This in itself is an argument for states’ rights, because why should Alabama have a say on how California is governed?