Newsom accepts Trump's offer to 'bail him out' of LA riot damage
SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler approved $2 million in an Economic Injury Disaster Loan for businesses to apply for in order to support their normal operating expenses like payroll, rent and utilities.
Newsom spoke disparagingly about Trump and his administration's reaction to the riots as leaders in the state sought to downplay the violence and bump up the reason for unrest – mass deportation policies and crack down on illegal immigration. Loeffler said the California Democrat finally asked for the administration to 'bail him out.'
'After weeks of no real solutions and inflammatory social media statements, Governor Newsom finally requested federal disaster relief to bail him out – again,' she said. The statement claims that normal expenses could 'not be met' by California businesses 'due to the destruction enabled by Newsom's failed governance.' 'Unlike Gavin Newsom, the Trump Administration will always put the American people above partisan political stunts,' the statement concludes.
Newsom's office did not immediately respond to the Daily Mail's request for comment Thursday morning. Storefronts and businesses in Los Angeles were ransacked, robbed, mobbed and faced with vandalism and destruction by thousands of rioters who took to the streets last month in protest against Trump's anti-illegal immigration policies and specifically the growing number of raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Rioters threw rocks and other weapons at law enforcement and set fires while waving Mexican flags.
It's estimated that they caused $1 billion in damages to downtown Los Angeles. Loeffler said on her X account on Tuesday that Newsom last week requested federal aid to help small businesses recover from the 'migrant riots.' Small businesses impacted by the riots can apply from EIDL loans up to $2 million.
'Governor Newsom allowed a mob to rampage Los Angeles – standing with violent rioters, paid protestors, and criminal illegal aliens over law-abiding citizens,' Loeffler wrote in a statement on the approved relief request. 'Despite an estimated $1 billion in damage, he refused federal relief for weeks, insisting that the riots were peaceful even as small business owners stood in the rubble,' said Loeffler.
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