California Gov. Gavin Newsom swallowed his pride and officially applied for disaster relief assistance from President Donald Trump.
In a statement on the approval for aid, Trump’s Small Business Administration (SBA) said it took weeks for Newsom to ask for federal disaster relief in the midst of violent and destructive pro-illegal immigration riots in Los Angeles.
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.
President Donald Trump’s Small Business Administration approved a disaster relief request from California Gov. Gavin Newsom (left) to help businesses in downtown Los Angeles with operations after the violent riots last month
Rioters protesting Trump’s immigration policies caused $1 billion in damages to downtown Los Angeles businesses and shops
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.’
SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler said Gov. Newsom needs to take accountability for the ‘state-sanctioned crisis’
Pro-immigration rioters took to the streets of Los Angeles engaged in violent clashes with law enforcement last month
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.
She insisted that while the SBA is sending aid to ‘innocent victims,’ Newsom should be held accountable for his ‘state-sanctioned crisis.’
