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Johnson considering Trump's call to condition California wildfire aid on voter ID crackdown
DORAL, Fla. — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., suggested Monday that he is open to conditioning California wildfire aid on forcing the state to embrace voter ID laws.
President Donald Trump floated the idea on Friday, the same day he visited flame-ravaged Los Angeles.
Johnson said he had not spoken with Trump personally about the issue yet but criticized the progressive stronghold’s handling of elections and other policy decisions that led to the fire.
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Speaker Mike Johnson suggested he could support President Trump’s call to condition wildfire aid to California. (Getty Images/Shutterstock)
“Listen, there are a lot of issues going on in California, and we have been lamenting the lack of voter security there for some time,” Johnson said.
He then referenced three seats in California that Republicans lost in close House races this past November – though there have been no reports or instances of fraud detected in any of those matchups.
“We saw three of our seats, frankly, slip away from us in the weeks that it took to continue counting ballots in California, when seemingly every other state in the nation, in America, can get it done. It’s inexcusable,” Johnson said. “[California Gov. Gavin Newsom] provides, I think, such a lack of leadership there in so many ways, and it was highlighted by the disaster with the fires.”
Newsom and Trump face off on the tarmac in Los Angeles. (Pool)
Democrats, including Newsom, have widely panned Republican suggestions of conditioning wildfire aid to California. Several have noted in their attacks that Johnson’s home state of Louisiana has been a recipient of federal aid through multiple hurricane seasons.
But Johnson said the discussions were “a common sense notion that is supported by the vast majority of the American people who do not want to subsidize crazy California leftist policies.”
“Now, what the terms are and the details of that, we will be working it out. But entwined in all of that is the concern about election security in California. And voter ID is a matter that, again, comports with common sense, that most American people see the value in,” Johnson said.
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People watch the smoke and flames from the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Jan. 7, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Tiffany Rose/Getty Images)
Johnson and other House GOP leaders held a press conference to kick off their annual issues conference at Trump’s golf course near Miami, Florida.
They will be in South Florida through Wednesday discussing how to carry out Trump’s vision for an active first 100 days of his new administration.
Johnson also suggested that conditioning wildfire aid to California will be a topic of discussion when Trump meets with House Republicans during their retreat on Monday evening.
Newsom told reporters when asked about Trump’s suggestion, “I have all the confidence in the world we’ll work that out.”
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High school
Basketball
Girls
Monday
Kenai Central 63, Nikiski 33
Colony 68, Grace Christian 46
Tuesday
South 33, East 22
Service 62, Dimond 47
Redington 47, Houston 17
Wasilla 60, Mountain City Christian Academy 44
Kenai Central 54, Homer 27
Bartlett 53, Chugiak 29
Mt. Edgecumbe 59, Sitka 50
Wednesday
Shishmaref 82, Aniguiin 34
Shaktoolik 73, Anthony Andrews 25
Savoonga 61, White Mountain 56
Glennallen 68, Nenana 26
Seward 72, Houston 8
Service 65, South 26
Brevig Mission 65, Koyuk Malimiut 47
Chief Ivan Blunka 67, Manokotak 30
Thursday
White Mountain 76, Anthony Andrews 50
Hoonah 44, Skagway 21
Koyuk Malimiut 53, Aniguiin 51
Nunamiut 74, Kali 17
Glennallen 25, Delta 20
Birchwood Christian 42, Nanwalek 24
Ninilchik 33, Lumen Christi 30
Dimond 59, Chugiak 54
Shaktoolik 57, Savoonga 24
Colony 43, Mountain City Christian 41
Alak 67, Meade River 66
Lathrop 42, West Valley 34
Seward 78, Nikiski 32
Grace Christian 56, Soldotna 41
Kenai Central 56, Houston 10
Wasilla 72, Palmer 27
Bristol Bay 55, Chief Ivan Blunka 30
Nome-Beltz 33, Bethel 24
Scammon Bay 46, Ignatius Beans 28
Aniak 83, Akiachak 45
Shishmaref 53, Brevig Mission 51
Metlakatla 64, Haines 21
Friday
Chief Ivan Blunka 68, Togiak 38
Meade River 80, Nuiqsut Trapper 34
Nunamiut 68, Alak 50
Cook Inlet Academy 33, Birchwood Christian 32
Meade River 71, Kali 46
Kalskag 62, Akiachak 47
Hoonah 39, Kake 37
Soldotna 36, Palmer 23
Delta 54, Valdez 45
Unalakleet 61, Chevak 45
Minto 46, Hutchison 26
West 71, Bartlett 65
Seward 63, Homer 19
North Pole 61, West Valley 25
Newhalen 78, Chief Ivan Blunka 40
Birchwood Christian 43, Nanwalek 28
Bethel 42, Nome-Beltz 35
Aniak 65, Tuluksak 50
Scammon Bay 49, St. Mary’s 38
Monroe Catholic 84, Galena 42
Ketchikan 57, Redington 24
Meade River 69, Alak 62
Fort Yukon 60, Jimmy Huntington 19
Grace Christian 50, Kenai Central 45
Shaktoolik 44, Shishmaref 34
Wrangell 44, Petersburg 31
Saturday
Unalakleet 41, Chevak 37
Meade River 54, Nunamiut 51
Monroe Catholic 68, Galena 32
Newhalen 32, Bristol Bay 26
Cook Inlet Academy 65, Birchwood Christian 32
Soldotna 55, Palmer 42
Nunamiut 48, Meade River 46
Boys
Sunday
SISD 51, Yakutat 18
Monday
Eagle River 54, Birchwood Christian 52
Colony 69, Grace Christian 64
Kenai Central 68, Nikiski 30
Tuesday
Susitna Valley 48, Lumen Christi 46
Dimond 54, Service 47
South 50, East 46
Houston 53, Redington 40
Wasilla 63, Mountain City Christian Academy 50
Kenai Central 74, Homer 47
Chugiak 66, Bartlett 45
Wednesday
SISD 59, Yakutat 17
Shishmaref 85, Savoonga 45
Hydaburg 58, Hoonah 51
Shaktoolik 103, Martin L Olson 49
Skagway 68, Gustavus 24
Davis-Romoth 108, Kobuk 31
Klawock 68, SISD 27
Glennallen 61, Nenana 57
Gambell 46, James C Isabell 31
South 63, Service 60
Seward 81, Houston 73
Bristol Bay 80, Chief Ivan Blunka 61
Mt. Edgecumbe 68, Sitka 59
Scammon Bay 79, Ignatius Beans 34
Brevig Mission 73, Aniguiin 67
Thursday
Savoonga 69, James C Isabell 61
Hoonah 64, Yakutat 45
Alak 88, Meade River 38
Shaktoolik 110, Brevig Mission 30
Chief Ivan Blunka 62, Tanalian 39
Nunamiut 66, Kali 48
Davis-Romoth 91, Buckland 45
Ninilchik 83, Lumen Christi 38
Monroe Catholic 43, North Pole 42
King Cove 57, Bristol Bay 41
Metlakatla 52, Haines 46
Nome-Beltz 62, Bethel 45
Skagway 79, Angoon 30
Birchwood Christian 69, Nanwalek 63
Dimond 60, Chugiak 57
Colony 75, Mountain City Christian Academy 49
Wasilla 66, Palmer 40
Klawock 63, Hydaburg 49
Shishmaref 58, Gambell 47
Grace Christian 63, Soldotna 52
Seward 66, Nikiski 51
Kenai Central 61, Houston 48
Nuiqsut Trapper 64, Alak 51
West Valley 51, Lathrop 44
Akiachak 83, Akiak 64
Scammon Bay 62, Marshall 54
Friday
Hoonah 71, SISD 38
Hydaburg 61, Kake 50
Chief Ivan Blunka 73, Bristol Bay 68
Kali 63, Meade River 45
Nunamiut 80, Nuiqsut Trapper 62
Service 58, East 50
Angoon 61, Hoonah 56
Cook Inlet Academy 73, Birchwood Christian 34
King Cove 75, Newhalen 39
Petersburg 53, Wrangell 20
Skagway 46, Klawock 43
Metlakatla 50, Haines 42
Nome-Beltz 71, Bethel 43
Juneau-Douglas 67, Tri-Valley 45
Wasilla 73, Chugiak 43
West 83, Bartlett 36
Colony 73, Kodiak 32
Delta 62, Valdez 54
West Valley 72, North Pole 46
Palmer 57, Soldotna 47
Nenana 55, Cordova 53
Chief Ivan Blunka 63, Manokotak 48
Scammon Bay 67, St. Mary’s 54
Unalakleet 87, Chevak 64
Shaktoolik 73, Shishmaref 54
Saturday
Unalakleet 95, Chevak 44
Cook Inlet Academy 95, Birchwood Christian 50
South 73, Eagle River 35
Palmer 45, Soldotna 40
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College
Hockey
Friday
UAF 2, UAA 0
Saturday
UAA vs. UAF (Late)
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Women’s basketball
Thursday
UAA 79, Western Oregon 58
Saint Martin’s 99, UAF 59
Saturday
Western Oregon 73, UAF 58
UAA vs. Saint Martin’s (Late)
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Men’s basketball
Thursday
Saint Martin’s 77, UAF 65
UAA 80, Western Oregon 59
Saturday
UAF 82, Western Oregon 74
UAA vs. Saint Martin’s (Late)
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NAHL
Friday
Anchorage Wolverines 5, Chippewa Steel 4
Saturday
Anchorage Wolverines vs. Chippewa Steel (Late)
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