Should Californians have to pay federal taxes?

The Trump administration has rejected California's request for a disaster declaration for six destructive wildfires that burned hundreds of thousands of acres across the state, including a massive central California wildfire that has become the single largest in state history.

"The request for a Major Presidential Disaster Declaration for early September fires has been denied by the federal administration," Brian Ferguson, a spokesperson for the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, confirmed to CNN. The state plans to appeal the decision.

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Since the beginning of this fire season, more than 8,500 wildfires have burned well over 4.1 million acres across the state, Cal Fire said in a press release on Thursday. Thirty-one people died as a result of the wildfires and more than 9,200 structures have been destroyed.

The Trump administration's decision falls in line with the President's combative history with the reliably Democratic state.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment.

  CNN

Despicable.

Also, are there no Trump supporters living and suffering in California?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 7pm:

Sometimes blowback works.  I'd sure like to have been a fly on the wall in the panicked GOP huddle and to know what they said to him to make him back down.  They must have convinced him he might still have a chance to win reelection.