Who You Gonna Call? – Digby's Hullabaloo

Not these guys

So the GOP California House delegation hurried to Mar-a-Lago this weekend for an audience with Dear Leader while fellow Californians were trying to get through an epic firestorm. But why not? Their constituents won’t care. It’s just a bunch of Los Angelenos. Let ’em burn.

The rest of the world is not as callous:

Even after how America/Trump has treated Canada and Mexico, they have dispatched crews to help with the California fires. Showing how adults and allies truly act during a crisis. pic.twitter.com/6AoGUlmNdD
— JJ (@McGannJack) January 12, 2025

Firefighters from Mexico, Canada, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and New Mexico are here. Our local, regional, and state partners have all stepped up to help.

It’s all hands on deck to fight these fires.

This is unity and partnership in action. pic.twitter.com/McmBMsvWCg
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) January 12, 2025

Here are some locals with more compassion than GOP leaders:

Hasan and Caroline Kwan are talking to the incarcerated firefighters while they are on their downtime. Prisoners who are risking their lives battling the fires for pennies on the dollar, sleeping on forest floors at night.
Twitter hates outside links in posts, but he is currently… pic.twitter.com/ZYA2Ltdwht
— 🥀_ Imposter_🥀 (@Imposter_Edits) January 12, 2025

Most of these guys are just grateful for the opportunity to get out and do something, despite the low pay they are earning "good time" credits pic.twitter.com/VliF2qt4VI
— 🥀_ Imposter_🥀 (@Imposter_Edits) January 12, 2025