Gov. Gavin Newsom is firing again at President-elect Donald Trump for feedback he made Wednesday in regards to the response to lethal wildfires presently devastating Southern California.
Trump spoke with reporters after attending conferences Wednesday on Capitol Hill and accused Newsom of not “[doing] a superb job,” however famous they “labored effectively collectively” and would once more when he takes workplace later this month.
“It’s very unhappy as a result of I’ve been making an attempt to get Gavin Newsom to permit water to come back – you’d have large water up there, they ship it out from the Pacific – as a result of they’re making an attempt to guard a tiny little fish,” Trump stated. “For the sake of a smelt, they haven’t any water… It’s a mistake of the governor, and you can say, the administration.”
Newsom’s press office launched an announcement on social media following Trump’s remarks saying there was a motive for not utilizing the pumps.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and President-elect Trump have clashed on varied points, together with the California wildfires. (Getty/AP)
“LADWP stated that due to the excessive water demand, pump stations at decrease elevations didn’t have sufficient strain refill tanks at greater elevations, and the continuing fireplace hampered the power of crews to entry the pumps,” Newsom’s press workplace wrote on X.
His workplace added that town used water tenders to produce water, which is a standard tactic in wildland firefighting.
Newsom’s workplace additionally dismissed claims there’s a water scarcity.
MALIBU, CA – January 08: Firefighters proceed to battle wind and fireplace as properties go up in flames in Malibu alongside Pacific Coast Highway close to Carbon Canyon Road within the Palisades Fire on Wednesday, January 8, 2025. (David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News through Getty Images)
“Broadly talking, there is no such thing as a water scarcity in Southern California proper now, regardless of Trump’s claims that he would open some imaginary spigot,” Newsom’s workplace stated.
The workplace posted quite a few quotes from California officials saying water reliability and water provide are steady.
One of the feedback stated there was sufficient water to produce 40 million individuals for a yr.
Earlier within the afternoon, Trump accused Newsom of refusing to signal a water restoration declaration and criticized him for the low fire containment.
“Let this serve, and be emblematic, of the gross incompetence and mismanagement of the Biden/Newscum Duo. January twentieth can not come quick sufficient!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) fired again at President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday after accusations that he was mishandling the California wildfires. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Newsom’s workplace stated there was no such factor as a water restoration declaration.
They additionally famous that the availability and transport of water are unrelated.
“Trump is conflating two completely unrelated issues: the conveyance of water to Southern California and provide from native storage,” based on the submit. “And once more, there is no such thing as a such doc because the water restoration declaration – that is pure fiction.”
Still, Trump was not achieved along with his criticism of Newsom.
In a scathing late-night submit on Truth Social, Trump stated the wildfires had been “all his fault!!!”
Trump additionally referred to as on Newsom to resign.
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“One of the most effective and most lovely components of the United States of America is burning right down to the bottom,” Trump wrote. “It’s ashes, and Gavin Newscum ought to resign. This is all his fault!!!”
In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper earlier on Wednesday, Newsom was requested on the whole about Trump blaming him for the wildfire catastrophe.
“One cannot even reply to it. I imply… you realize, persons are actually fleeing. People have misplaced their lives. Kids misplaced their colleges. Families utterly torn aside. Churches burned down,” Newsom instructed Cooper. “This man wished to politicize it. I’ve numerous ideas, and I do know what I wish to say – I received‘t.”
Newsom went on to reward President Biden, saying he “didn‘t play politics.”
Biden visited a hearth station Wednesday in Los Angeles alongside Newsom for a briefing from authorities on the raging wildfires.
The California wildfires, which ignited Tuesday afternoon, have already compelled greater than 100,000 individuals to flee their properties. The Los Angeles space fires are threatening a minimum of 28,000 buildings. At least 5 individuals had been killed.
Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday after the Palisades fireplace grew to an unmanageable degree.
