Racist, silly crap—that’s not surprising. What we want is a tricky native and nationwide Democratic response. To all the pieces.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to the media earlier than going to view the wildfire injury within the Los Angeles space.
(Saul Loeb / AFP through Getty Pictures)
Copresidents-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk wasted no time racing to the political bottom within the wake of the devastating Los Angeles fires Wednesday, which have to this point killed at the very least 5 individuals, injured many extra, and destroyed 1000’s of constructions—many if not most of them properties.
No shock there.
On Fact Social Wednesday, the juvenile Trump denounced California Governor Gavin Newsom as “Newscum” and accused him of “refusing to signal the water restoration declaration…that may have allowed hundreds of thousands of gallons of water, from extra rain and snow soften from the North, to move each day into many components of California, together with the areas which can be at present burning.”
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As native information sources and others rapidly famous, that wasn’t true. “State officers together with Republican sources in California’s legislature confirmed to KCRA 3 on Wednesday there was by no means a ‘water restoration declaration’ positioned in entrance of Newsom,” the native station reported. “Since Newsom has been in workplace, there has not been laws that may do what Trump is describing.”
Copresident Musk went Trump one higher, as he often does. He blamed the disappointing (to everybody—it’s tragic) response to the hearth on DEI hires within the fireplace division. “They prioritized DEI [diversity, equity, inclusion principles] over saving lives and houses,” Musk claimed, ridiculously. On the identical time, he appeared in charge it on Jews, cosigning a put up by maniac Alex Jones that blamed a “globalist plot to wage financial warfare and deindustrialize the US earlier than triggering world collapse.”
“True,” Musk replied.
As journalist Ned Resnikoff noticed, concentrating on “a metropolis with a big Jewish inhabitants” for destruction would appear counterintuitive, however who actually is aware of.
Proper- and left-wing critics of liberal Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass extensively claimed that she’d lower the hearth division finances, which she didn’t, as Politico reported. “In actual fact, town’s fireplace finances elevated greater than $50 million year-over-year in comparison with the final finances cycle.”
However Politico positioned its reporting in a bit headlined that the hearth “threatens to finish Karen Bass’ prolonged honeymoon,” extensively quoting her critics.
Personally, I felt some sympathy for Bass, who was blindsided as she obtained off a aircraft from Ghana, the place she was attending the brand new president’s inauguration on the request of President Biden. She obtained the flight on Tuesday, arrived on Wednesday. Bass was baited getting off the aircraft by a reporter for Sky Information, the snooty Brit equal of Fox Information’s Peter Doocy. He blamed Bass for reducing the hearth division finances—as Politico reported, she elevated it by $50 million—and cited Musk’s criticism.
My first response was why ought to she reply to the likes of Musk, with all his racism? However Bass reacted just like the proverbial deer within the headlights, a species also called Democrats, usually standing silent. Anybody who didn’t acknowledge the ideological leanings of Sky Information would possibly suppose she didn’t have an enough reply to the trolling. Democrats, sadly, must get into the ring with these vicious, low-IQ demagogues.
Bass regrouped at a press convention later. As Politico reported: “That is going to be an effort of all of us coming collectively, and now we have to withstand any effort to tug us aside,” she mentioned, noting that she was on the telephone coordinating with officers “each hour” of her flights on each navy and industrial plane.
Newsom instructed Trump: “My message to the incoming administration—and I’m not right here to play any politics—is please don’t play any politics. There’s a time and place for that…. The dear moments now we have to evacuate, we don’t have any time for that mishegoss.”
Sorry, Governor Newsom, Trump has time for nothing however mishegoss. I hope President Biden can launch as a lot FEMA cash as potential earlier than he leaves at midday January 20. And I hope Democrats toughen up on protection—and ultimately, on offense. The way forward for Los Angeles will depend on it.
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