Minneapolis Mayor Asks Trump For Aid After Riots Cause At Least $55 Million In Damage

[mystery-ak]

Minneapolis Mayor Asks Trump For Aid After Riots Cause At Least $55 Million In Damage
By  Tim Pearce
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Jun 5th, 2020   DailyWire.com



The Minneapolis mayor is asking for federal help cleaning up and rebuilding his city after rioters caused at least $55 million worth of damage through looting, burning, and defacing public and private property.

That cost estimate is likely to increase in the coming days as government officials continue to tally the damage done in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Mayor Jacob Frey said according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and the state’s congressional delegation are also pushing the Trump administration and Congress for funding.

On Tuesday, city officials released an initial estimate of $55 million in damage done to at least 220 buildings. The mayor said that the number was likely a lowball estimate and that the total cost of the riots across Minneapolis and the state capital of St. Paul is likely to be “tens, if not hundreds of millions” of dollars.

“We will do everything we can as we shift to recovery mode,” Frey said, according to the Star Tribune. “We’re recovering from crises sandwiched on top of each other, from COVID-19 to the police killing and then the looting which took place afterward.”

City and state officials are attempting to get financial support from Congress or through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Neither option looks promising, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) said.

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[PeteS in CA]

Why should any taxpayer outside of Minneapolis pay for the failure of Minneapolis to stop the rioting and looting?

[roamer_1]

I would not give them a single thin dime.
They made their bed, let em lie in it.

[bigheadfred]

I would not give them a single thin dime.
They made their bed, let em lie in it.

comon

Suicide is painless.

[Absalom]

Why should any taxpayer outside of Minneapolis pay for the failure of Minneapolis to stop the rioting and looting?

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Wise, as bad behavior changes only when we cannot bear the penalty
and/or we come to terms w/our actions resolving to change.

[mystery-ak]

I would not give them a single thin dime.
They made their bed, let em lie in it.

Agreed...besides the idiot Mayor thought it was okay to let them burn their city down so it would make the rioters feel better...remember..buildings are just things and can be replaced..

[bigheadfred]

That cost estimate is likely to increase

FFS

Just add it to the defense budget or the farm bill.

[truth_seeker]

An alternate take on this:


Minnesota  didn't invite him, he was a career criminal from Houston Texas.

[bigheadfred]

An alternate take on this:


Minnesota  didn't invite him, he was a career criminal from Houston Texas.

Please post all immigration issues on the riot thread.

@Cyber Liberty

[roamer_1]

Agreed...besides the idiot Mayor thought it was okay to let them burn their city down so it would make the rioters feel better...remember..buildings are just things and can be replaced..

Right. So let em replace them... Out of pocket. Maybe then they'll better appreciate what they have.

You broke it, you bought it.

[cato potatoe]

The property owners and insurance companies should seek reimbursement from the local democrats.  Actually, this is just the cost of doing business in a looter's paradise.