{"id":2523843,"date":"2025-12-21T22:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-to-appeal-trumps-denial-of-disaster-relief-funds\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T22:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T03:40:05","slug":"colorado-to-appeal-trumps-denial-of-disaster-relief-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-to-appeal-trumps-denial-of-disaster-relief-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado to appeal Trump&#8217;s denial of disaster relief funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolorado-to-appeal-trumps-denial-of-disaster-relief-funds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2523843&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the state of Colorado, led by Governor Jared Polis, plans to appeal the Trump administrationS recent denial of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-stossel-obama-propaganda\/\" title=\"John Stossel: Obama Propaganda\">disaster relief funds<\/a> related to severe wildfires and flooding earlier this year. The rejected requests covered the Elk and Lee fires,which burned large areas over the summer,and subsequent flooding in southwestern Colorado. Polis condemned the decision as politically motivated and urged reconsideration, emphasizing that affected Coloradans deserve support. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper also criticized the denial, with Bennet calling it &#8220;malicious and obscene.&#8221; The White House denied any politicization in the decision and pointed to federal assistance already provided, including aerial firefighting resources. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >dispute highlights ongoing tensions<\/a> between President Trump and Colorado&#8217;s Democratic leaders.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Colorado to appeal Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;malicious&rsquo; denial of disaster relief funds for wildfires and flooding<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2449373\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The state of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/colorado\">Colorado<\/a> will appeal the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a>&lsquo;s decision not to provide disaster relief funds for wildfires and flooding that occurred earlier in the year, Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Polis said the administration denied his disaster declaration requests Saturday night for the Elk and Lee fires, as well as for flooding in the western part of the state. Those wildfires began over the summer, with the Lee fire burning over 137,000 acres. Both were contained by September, while severe flooding hit parts of Colorado months later in October.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4312422\/vance-swings-at-newsom-harris-americafest\/\">Vance swings at Newsom and Harris following 2028 endorsements at AmericaFest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3915698\/jd-vance-2028-election-presidential-primary-2026-midterms\/\">What can JD Vance do to stay ahead of the pack for 2028?&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4135252\/trump-blakeman-endorsement-new-york-governor\/\">Trump quickly endorses Blakeman for New York governor after Stefanik bows out<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.gov\/governor\/news\/governor-polis-senators-bennet-and-hickenlooper-call-president-trump-reverse-denial-colorados\">press release<\/a> announcing the impending appeal, Polis accused President Donald Trump of engaging in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-directly-undermines-kamala-harris-as-she-appears-on-the-view\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Directly Undermines Kamala Harris as She Appears on &#039;The View&#039;\">political games&#038;rdquo<\/a>; through the denial of funds.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Coloradans impacted by the Elk and Lee fires and the flooding in Southwestern Colorado deserve better than the political games President Trump is playing,&rdquo; Polis said. &ldquo;I call on the President&rsquo;s better angels and urge him to reconsider these requests. This is about the Coloradans who need this support, and we won&rsquo;t stop fighting for them to get what they deserve. Colorado will be appealing this decision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) joined Polis in condemning the move, with Bennet calling it &ldquo;malicious and obscene.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A disaster is a disaster, regardless of what state in the country it took place. Together with Governor Polis and the Colorado delegation, I will take every available step to appeal this decision,&rdquo; Bennet said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House rejected the Colorado Democrats&rsquo; characterization of the decision, with spokeswoman Abigail Jackson saying &ldquo;there is &ldquo;no politicization&rdquo; to Trump&rsquo;s decisions&nbsp;on disaster aid.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson also said the Trump administration provided two aerial firefighting systems that were then loaded onto military aircraft to help contain the two wildfires.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/4108405\/trumps-alcoholics-personality-comes-through-white-house-report-card\/\">TRUMP&rsquo;S &lsquo;ALCOHOLIC&rsquo;S PERSONALITY&rsquo; COMES THROUGH: WHITE HOUSE REPORT CARD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump, however, has frequently sparred with Colorado&rsquo;s Democrat leadership, targeting Polis over everything from illegal immigration and crime to a portrait of the president in Colorado&rsquo;s Capitol building.<\/p>\n<p>Trump most recently <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3906697\/trump-scolds-colorado-gov-polis-for-tina-peters\/\">attacked<\/a> Polis over the imprisonment of Tina Peters, a former clerk in Colorado&rsquo;s Mesa County who was convicted for attempting to overturn the 2020 election and who Trump has pardoned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado to appeal Trump&#8217;s denial of wildfire, flood aid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2523844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-ylwhk40mg-1766372789168.jpg?1766354878&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6024,42075,3634],"class_list":["post-2523843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-colorado","tag-disaster-relief","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-collage-ylwhk40mg-1766372789168.jpg?1766354878&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523843"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523847,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523843\/revisions\/2523847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2523844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2523843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2523843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}