President Donald Trump on Friday halted Democratic California Rep. Brad Sherman’s defense of using the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the aftermath of the wildfires, calling attention to how insurance companies have left the state.
Trump and First Lady Melania Trump traveled to Southern California on Friday afternoon to tour areas devastated by the wildfires in early January, specifically seeing Southern California’s coastal town of Pacific Palisades. During a sit-down with state lawmakers and local officials, Sherman defended FEMA, saying that the number of available resources to assist the state would shrink without the agency’s involvement.
“How many people do you have in California?” Trump asked. “How many million people do you have? You have 40 million people. You’re not going to get a few thousand people. The problem with FEMA is they come from…
