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Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way.
The president-elect wrote He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn't work!), but didn't care about the people of California,
Kids lost their schools, families completely torn asunder, churches burned down,
One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America is burning down to the ground. It's ashes, and Gavin Newscum should resign. This is all his fault!!!"
Posting on his Truth Social website late on Wednesday, Trump said This is all his fault!!!
Addressing the governor in a post on his Truth Social website, Trump wrote There is no such document as the water restoration declaration, that is pure fiction. The Governor is focused on protecting people, not playing politics, and making sure firefighters have all the resources they need."
Responding to Newsweek, Izzy Gardon, Newsom's director of communications, said If Gavin Newsom is responsible for the fires in California — then Ron DeSantis is responsible for Hurricane Helene, along with the treasonous North Carolina GOP."
The popular 'USMCLiberal' X account, which has over 51,000 followers, wrote People are literally fleeing. People have lost their lives, kids lost their schools. Families completely torn asunder, churches burned down, and this guy wanted to politicize it. I have a lot of thoughts and I know what I want to say – I won't."
Newsom addressed Trump's criticism on Wednesday during an interview with CNN in which he said I really hope this is the final nail is Gavin Newsom's loathsome career."
Conservative commentator Hannah Cox, who has over 92,000 X (formerly Twitter) followers, used the platform to post We’ll force it down his throat and we’ll say, Gavin, if you don’t do it, we’re not giving you any of that fire money that we send you for all the forest fires that you have,
said the president-elect at a campaign rally in Coachella One can’t even respond to it,
said Newsom in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper as the two stood in front of a burning property And he had the backs of every single person in this community. He didn’t play politics, didn’t try to divide any of us,
said Newsom, who declared a state of emergency in California on Tuesday Southern California residents -- please remain vigilant tonight. Listen to local officials and be ready to evacuate if you're near impacted areas,
The fires in Los Angeles may go down, in dollar amount, as the worst in the History of our Country. In many circles, they’re doubting whether insurance companies will even have enough money to pay for this catastrophe,
the president-elect wrote I've approved Governor Newsom’s request for a major disaster declaration and ordered Federal assistance to supplement response efforts in areas affected by wildfires, ensuring impacted communities and survivors have immediate access to funds and resources to begin their recovery.”
We’ll continue to focus on what matters: saving lives and putting out these unprecedented fires,
Must also do burns and cut fire stoppers
I told him from the first day we met that he must 'clean' his forest floors regardless of what his bosses, the environmentalists, DEMAND of him,
