Thread by @81stinfbde

1/12 What kind of IDIOT has his head so FAR up his ass he can't seem to RESEARCH shit, and INSTEAD chooses, as ALL Trump supporters do, to spew complete BULLSHIT about Democrats. Funny you DON'T mention the ONE BILLION that Trump and the ReTRUMPlicans STOLE from California, a

https://twitter.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1960125710145847493

2/12 state which PAYS for NUMEROUS red state projects due to the large amount of taxes they pay to the government. But onto your claim, PAL. Governor Newsom DID NOT steal $100 million in fire victim funds, but a July 2025 controversy over the charity concert Fire Aid sparked

3/12 confusion and misinformation. The issue centered on how the $100 million raised for wildfire victims was distributed, with critics and Gunther the author of the below tweet WRONGLY tying Governor Newsom to the mismanagement. The facts ARE:
1. The money came from the Fire Aid

4/12 concert, NOT FROM a government fund. That fact ALONE proves YOU are full of shit, GUNTHER. The concert raised $100 million in January 2025 to help victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires. It was an independent charity effort, NOT a government initiative. Controversy arose

5/12 over how Fire Aid distributed the funds. Some fire victims were angered and confused after finding that the money was not being paid directly to individuals, as some had expected. Instead, Fire Aid distributed the funds in the form of grants to 188 established nonprofits

6/12 that provide various forms of relief services. Gov. Newsom was FALSELY accused on social media, from the SAME rejects as the author of this tweet, who can't seem to fucking find the time to RESEARCH shit before spewing COMPLETE garbage out to the masses. Trump's CONSISTENT

7/12 lying just trickles down to his followers, who have to be people with NO morals or ethics OR integrity if they are still following the Marmalade Mussolini after the shit he is doing to our country. The WORST of those among us. Following the backlash, social media posts,

8/12 including from figures like Spencer Pratt and YES, Donald Trump accused Newsom and his wife of being involved in a "scam" or using the money for their own nonprofit. COMPLETE fucking BULLSHIT. However, law enforcement investigators, fact-checkers and news agencies confirmed

9/12 that Newsom and his wife WERE NOT involved with Fire Aid OR the California Volunteers fund, which was mistakenly linked to the charity. Calls for investigation followed the complaints. In July 2025, Representative Kevin Kiley called for a U.S. Department of Justice

10/12 investigation into the Fire Aid funds. The Fire Aid organizers have defended their process and offered to be transparent with investigators. They ADAMANTLY denied ANY involvement with Gov Newsome or ANY government agency. Separately, Newsom DID cut some wildfire funding.

11/12 In January 2025, Newsom did approve cuts of over $100 million to one time wildfire related budget initiatives due to a state deficit. But this was a separate budgetary decision and NOT related to the Fire Aid concert controversy. So THAT is the truth, and ALL you had to do

12/12 GUNTHER was RESEARCH shit like I DID when I heard this garbage. I KNEW it wasn't true. Gov Newsome would make an AWESOME President someday. Trump WILL eventually fall, and those who were dumb enough to have followed him will NEVER admit they followed this EVIL monstrosity.

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