What if a Category 4 or 5 hurricane were to slam the Texas coast, killing many people and destroying billions of dollars in property?

Or … what if a similar storm blasts Florida, causing that kiind of damage?

How about if an F-4 tornado swept across Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, tearing apart valuable farm land?

Would the Republicans in Congress be so eager to attach strings to the damage the way are demanding of California in the wake of the wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes, killing dozens of people? Of course not!

Why? Because those previous states are governed by Republicans, which tells me in the plainest language possible that the congressional GOP is politicizing aid to Americans that should be far above any political concerns.

The debate over whether we can afford aid to Americans who live in one of our United States simply makes me sick to my stomach.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Donald J. Trump should be ashamed of themselves. That is, if they have any shame left.