'You're Telling Us The Helicopters Have Yet To Show Up?': Press Grills DoD's Singh Over LA Fire Aid

Deputy Pentagon Spokesperson Sabrina Singh was asked about the Defense Department's deployment of 10 Nay helicopters to assist California in battling the wildfires in Los Angeles.

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[lonewolfmh]

This administration has not had their shit together on any issue the last 4 years. Jan 20 can’t come fast enough

[dblvictory]

what the heck is she saying: 'helicopters are standing by until CA is ready to receive them' --- ???

[CEOsario]

You just can't make this shit up...

[willyhighfilo]

Is this a special education class?
WTF

[JamesbaconFiyah]

Incompetence at its finest. These DEI people have never had to deliver. If they get asked to deliver they hide behind discrimination.

[thisisshaun]

I have zero confidence in this administration

[Myjet]

She has no clue what is going on, what a clown show.

[vincentbugalia]

What she is trying to say is that the federal effort under Biden is just as incompetent as the state effort under Newsom. They are going to leave this mess for Trump.

[kleinster]

We can’t get these totally incompetents out fast enough

[robertjohnson]

How does California...the richest state in the United States not have hundreds and hundreds of helicopters?
What did you spend the money on ?

[angelacompton]

How are they going to get back into their homes that are no longer there because they’ve burnt to the ground and there is NO WATER?!

[ghenrycars]

“FEMA is leading the Federal response…” I think that covers the delay.

[ljjonesy]

She finds this funny... And with hands like a goalkeeper 😐

[stankenosky-jgyn]

With the leadership demonstrated here, I have zero confidence.

[jussimatikainen]

This is just joke... C'mon... People are dying...

[Steve]

She has a degree in BS. A helicopter flies in with water and drops it - goes and gets another - what the F is there to organise? This is not the first ever fire they have had in CA ... happens every other year - this lack of preparedness and action is of proportions that normal incometence cannot equal.

[ChristopherAtkinsongus]

Wow…

“They are waiting to be certified by Cal Fire”!!!???!

Who the heck can’t waive that requirement and give a highly condensed briefing of “here’s how we are going to coordinate”

[shotopper]

I didn't think Democrats could look worse, but this debacle definitely makes them look worse.

[lemigu]

Sabrina says she's not going to talk for CA yet she explains why CA hasn't requested the Helos. So disingenuine.

[sherrystacyrn]

Cannot make any sense out of gibberish.