Gov. Gavin Newsom slams Trump’s disinformation about California wildfires

California Gov. Gavin Newsom blasted President-elect Donald Trump’s response to the California wildfires in an interview on NBC Information’ “Meet the Press” recorded Saturday, saying, “Mis- and disinformation I don’t suppose benefits or aids any of us.”
Newsom seemed to be referring to Trump’s posts on Reality Social blasting Newsom, President Joe Biden and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for the reason that fires broke out Tuesday.
In a single submit, the president-elect baselessly claimed Newsom had blocked a measure that will have allowed water to circulate from Northern California to Southern California.
“Governor Gavin Newscum refused to signal the water restoration declaration put earlier than him that will have allowed tens of millions of gallons of water, from extra rain and snow soften from the North, to circulate day by day into many components of California, together with the areas which can be presently burning in a nearly apocalyptic approach,” Trump wrote, utilizing an insulting nickname for Newsom.
In that submit, Trump added that Newsom “wished to guard an basically nugatory fish known as a smelt, by giving it much less water (it didn’t work!)” and “he’s the blame for this.”
“Responding to Donald Trump’s insults, we’d spend one other month,” Newsom informed NBC Information’ Jacob Soboroff. “I’m very aware of them. Each elected official that he disagrees with may be very aware of them.”
He added that Trump was “someway connecting the delta smelt to this fireplace, which is inexcusable as a result of it’s inaccurate. Additionally, incomprehensible to anybody that understands water coverage within the state.”
In one other submit, Trump wrote, “NO WATER IN THE FIRE HYDRANTS, NO MONEY IN FEMA. THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING ME. THANKS JOE!” and appeared to falsely declare, as he did final yr within the aftermath of a number of hurricanes, that cash had been drained from the Federal Emergency Administration Company, or FEMA.
At the least 16 individuals have died in devastating wildfires throughout the better Los Angeles space.
On Friday, Newsom wrote a letter to Trump inviting him to come back to his state and tour the destruction.
“I invite you to come back to California once more — to fulfill with the Individuals affected by these fires, see the devastation firsthand, and be part of me and others in thanking the heroic firefighters and first responders who’re placing their lives on the road,” the governor wrote.
Newsom informed Soboroff on Saturday that he had not obtained a response to the letter.
He added that he’s anxious the president-elect might make good on his threats to withhold catastrophe assist from the state after his inauguration.
Newsom cited Trump’s previous efforts to withhold federal catastrophe assist from states with leaders he was feuding with.
“He’s accomplished it in Utah. He’s accomplished it in Michigan, did it in Puerto Rico. He did it to California again earlier than I used to be even governor, in 2018,” Newsom mentioned.
“So he’s been at this for years and years and years. It transcends the states, together with, by the way in which, Georgia he threatened equally. In order that’s his fashion. And we take it critically to the extent that previously it’s taken somewhat bit extra time [to get federal aid],” the governor added.