President-elect Trump attacked Governor Gavin Newsom while catastrophic fires still rage across Los Angeles, going so far as to say, "he is to blame for this!" The post ‘A True Disaster!’ Trump Attacks California Governor Gavin Newsom While Los Angeles Still Burns: ‘He is the Blame for This’ first appeared on Mediaite.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom passed the buck when asked about the public’s anger over the state’s response to the devastating wildfires engulfing Los Angeles — instead claiming local leaders were failing to provide adequate information.

Trump has said he would turn on “a very large faucet” that could send millions of gallons of water from the Columbia River to Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles wildfires were still raging uncontained when the finger-pointing started. The devastation was caused, not by prolonged drought or the Santa Ana winds, according to President-elect Donald Trump and others, but by Democrat politicians whose priorities allowed the fires to spread.

At least 24 people have died between the Eaton and Palisades fires and at least 16 people have been reported missing.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday tried to play semantics and weasel out of blame by saying state reservoirs were “completely full” when the LA fires broke out — even though a county ...

This is a highly dangerous windstorm that’s creating extreme fire risk — and we’re not out of the woods,” Newsom said in a statement.

Gavin Newsom ... of California and California State University budgets. We will explore ways to restore these cuts, particularly to the CSUs,” said John Sen. Laird, the Santa Cruz Democrat ...

Donald Trump blamed Gavin Newsom for “apocalyptic” wildfires ... The flames, fueled by the strong Santa Ana winds, also destroyed more than 1,000 homes and businesses.

Even Newsom's own office has more than doubled in size. At the end of 2024, the governor's office employed 381 people, according to payroll data provided by the State Controller's Office, compared to 150 at the end of 2018, before Newsom was sworn in.

At least 27 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage across Southern California.

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