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From Fox News: Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., appeared to deflect when he was confronted about Los Angeles residents being angry over his wildfire response, saying local leaders and people on his own team weren’t giving him a clear picture of the devastation.
In an interview with liberal podcast, “Pod Save America,” released on Saturday, the governor said he has struggled to get “straight answers” about went wrong with the wildfire response from lower-level leaders, suggesting that it has hampered his response.
“So, I’m the governor of California and wanna know the answer. I’ve got that question, I can’t tell you, by how many people, ‘What happened?’ – on my own team, ‘What happened?’… I’ll be candid with you, I wasn’t getting straight answers,” Newsom told co-host Jon Favreau, referencing his conversations with local leaders.
Favreau mentioned how one of his “best friends” who lost his home in The Palisades suggested that Newsom is “just trying to pass the blame” for the crisis. He added that many residents are “so angry” about the state’s response to the devastating blaze and asked him to respond as the man who is “ultimately responsible” for the state.
Newsom defiantly then started pointing fingers and blaming others, admitting he doesn’t have the answers, and claimed, “We had my team start talking to local leaders, saying, ‘What’s going on?’”
“I was getting different answers… and so, for me, that’s not a… when you start getting different answers, then I’m not getting the actual story,” he claimed.
Newsom then tried to cast blame on President-elect Donald Trump, who warned him about the risks back in 2018, and has criticized Newsom again this week for routing water out into the ocean.
Accusing Trump of spreading misinformation, Newsom sneered, “It’s words. It’s a salad. It’s the form and substance of fog. It’s made up. It’s delusional and it’s a consistent mantra from Trump going back years and years and years, and it’s reinforced over and over and over within the right wing.”
Newsom claimed Trump has “no empathy and no compassion.”
Watch the interview below:
Newsom released a letter on Friday to the LA Water Department and the LA County Public Works, saying he is demanding answers about the low water supplies.
🚨Wow. Gavin Newsom is starting to point fingers after totally botching the immediate response to the fires in California:
“We need answers.” pic.twitter.com/tBIEKsWRPP
— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) January 10, 2025
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