Say, “It didn't have to happen this way.” Sarah Gonzalez The ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles have already burned 40,000 acres, destroyed 1,300 monuments and killed at least 24 people.
“If the city had been prepared for something like this, it wouldn't have gotten out of control like this,” she sighs.
The blame has been placed on others, including Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who cut funding for the city's fire department, and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who refused to sign a water bill that would have significantly increased the city's water supply. California authorities.
But humility doesn't seem to be in either of their wheelhouses.
Mr. Newsom is at odds with his own Californians and the American public in general, but he has made it clear that he accepts no responsibility for Los Angeles' lack of preparation.
Sara Gonzalez plays a video clip of a recent phone call between Newsom and President Biden in which the California governor made it clear what the real problem is: misinformation.
“We have to deal with this misinformation. There was a hurricane of winds of misinformation and disinformation, lies. People want to divide this country. , we have to deal with that as well. And it pains me that we too are standing against the force of the hurricane while people are still suffering and struggling,” Newsom said. told.
Pointing to Californians who are “suffering and struggling,” Sarah asked, “The people you ignored and threw away, Gavin, to eat smelt instead?”
For those who don't know, Gavin Newsom vetoed a water bill that would have provided more water to the state because he prioritized protecting a fish called smelt.
Donald Trump criticized him for that society of truth:
But now Newsom and the mainstream media are running a cover-up, claiming President Trump is spreading misinformation.
Newsom is “California Fire Facts” Web Page To combat this supposed “misinformation.”
For example, the site claims that accusations that California has cut fire department budgets are false.
The following posts from Newsom are cited as “evidence.”
However, Sarah does a fact check on the fact checker using the actual receipt.
She noted that Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has criticized Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who cut the fire department by “more than $17 million.”
Last month, Mr. Crowley sent a letter to Mr. Bass warning that budget cuts have “significantly limited the department's ability to prepare for, train for, and respond to large-scale emergencies such as wildfires,” Crowley said. Sarah says, reading from the correspondence.
While Sarah isn't necessarily absolving Crowley of all responsibility, she understands that “we can't cut the budget like that” since his main focus since becoming chief has been on DEI efforts. We hope that the system will run smoothly.
Mr. Newsom's fact-checking page also denies accusations that California's reservoirs are empty.
“The reservoir is absolutely full,” Newsom said in an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press,” before blaming “Donald Trump's insults” as the real problem.
But when an interviewer pointed out that the reservoir in the Palisades area, where the most devastating wildfires have occurred, was not full, Newsom responded, “That's exactly what I want investigators to understand what's going on.'' It was the trigger for my desire,” which is a complete contradiction. His previous claims.
“You're talking like a snake out of both sides of your mouth,” Sarah criticizes.
To hear more about Newsom's fact-checks debunked by real evidence, watch the episode above.
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