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His federalism is: if you're nice to me, then I will be nice to you,
said Timothy Kneeland, a professor at Nazareth University in Rochester, New York, who has authored a book on the politics of natural disasters Newsom should be living in Los Angeles right now and be very focused on this disaster,
said Jon Fleischman, former executive director of the California Republican Party DEI means people will DIE,
Musk wrote on his social media platform X, referring to diversity, equity and inclusion programs The wildfires in California, that have [cost] lives and [destroyed] structures?”
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of neighboring Nevada told The Independent It has to do with being ready the next time because this was a gross failure this time,
I think we need to give them aid,
Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, the new chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, told The Independent, adding This is a climate catastrophe caused by the oil and gas industry,
What we don't want to do is politicize this issue right now, and what we should be doing is let's get the crisis over with,
The fires are still raging in L.A. The incompetent pols have no idea how to put them out,
Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday Not one building burned or store looted in the aftermath of the Trump assassination attempt. MAGA because we are not animals."
The meme depicts a burning building with the words It's not climate change. It's Democrats."
One of Trump's posts featured an image of the wildfires with the caption This governor is not capable of governing the fifth largest economy in the world, and he's not capable of governing California in the time of a crisis,
This is emblematic of who he is as a leader, and I think this is emblematic of who he is as a politician, and he has no depth,
Economy said in an interview Monday At the moment, most people in Los Angeles County are focusing on the effects of the fire: loss of life and property, evacuations, power outages, and insurance worries,
Pitney, who lives a few miles form the Eaton Fire, said Not only would I of course live here, but I also would not travel internationally — the only places I would go would be D.C., Sacramento, San Francisco and New York, in relation to LA,
Bass told the New York Times in October 2021 It's about 9,000 signatures a day,
I don't know how anybody could be prepared for this,
Readers still should have the context that the same group of far-right Trump acolytes have launched six different recall attempts against the governor since he's taken office, each of which have failed spectacularly,
spokesperson Nathan Click told Newsweek on Monday When they investigate this and look back, I'm sure they're going to find things that maybe could've been better or, you know, if they had only done this instead of that, something might've happened differently,
There are two kinds of Angelenos right now: those who have suffered a personal catastrophe and those who are scared that they will be next,
