The president of the California Professional Firefighters union said this weekend that former President Trump “should be ashamed” of his threat to withhold federal firefighting aid to the state if he were elected.

Brian K. Rice, president of the California Professional Firefighters union, which represents more than 35,000 firefighters, said in a statement Saturday evening that it “is shocking that we have a presidential candidate who is threatening our public safety.”

“His rhetoric is dangerous, his ideas on public safety are dangerous, and his ignorant rhetoric has grown exponentially,” Rice said.

Trump, in a news conference at his Rancho Palos Verdes golf club on Friday, said that, in a second term, he would stop sending California federal firefighting aid unless Gov. Gavin Newsom — whom he repeatedly called “Newscum” — enacted his policy priorities on issues such as water and taxes.