Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker's threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditions - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : He said his focus is to make sure the money doesn't get wasted through government inefficiency.
42% : California has long been a favorite target of Trump, who also referred to the fires in his inaugural address Monday.
37% : "I don't think we should give California anything until they let the water run down," Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity.
32% : Trump said earlier this week that discussions are underway in the White House to bring more water to perennially parched Los Angeles, alluding to rainfall runoff lost to the Pacific and the state's vast water storage and delivery system.
32% : That leaves GOP lawmakers from California in a political quandary: whether to forcefully stand up for their home state, often pilloried by the GOP as representing all that is wrong with America, while Republicans in Congress are eager to show a unified front and parlay their November election wins into what Trump has called a new "golden age" for the nation.
29% : In an interview aired Wednesday night, Trump said he may withhold aid to California until the state adjusts how it manages its scarce water resources.
23% : "Trump has made no mention of the multinational firefighting force deployed to contend with multiple blazes.
21% : "Trump plans to visit the state to see the damage firsthand on Friday.

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