Statement record

Ed Markey — Jan 11, 2025

U.S. Senator (D-MA) · Jan 11, 2025

January 10, 2025 (@SenMarkey): “Los Angeles is on fire. Donald Trump says drill baby drill and stop wind and solar. He will add fuel to the fire.” Same day: “Republicans say that we can’t afford a Green New Deal. What we really can’t afford is to sacrifice our lives, homes, and communities in fires fueled by the climate crisis.” January 11, 2025 (@SenMarkey): “Trump has been bought for $1 billion by Big Oil. Just a payoff to kill the IRA and the Green New Deal. We know what will happen. More fires, more climate disasters, more death. The LA fires are preview of coming atrocities.” (Quoted in New York Post, Jan 11, 2025; tweet dates confirmed in contemporaneous roundups.)

Analysis notes

Core senator. In-window on Palisades and Eaton. Disaster Mention yes (LA fires). Climate Connection yes. Mentioned Republican Obstruction of Climate Action yes: names Trump/GOP payoff to kill the IRA and Green New Deal and ties that to these fires. Not disaster-aid politics. Recoded 2026-09-03 after independent recode.

Codes

Disaster Mention yes — Names the LA fires while they are burning.
Climate Connection yes — Climate crisis / climate disasters / fires fueled by the climate crisis.
Mentioned Republican Obstruction of Climate Action yes — Kill the IRA and Green New Deal; Republicans say we cannot afford a Green New Deal — tied to these fires.