California Governor Gavin Newsom rebuffed the criticism he is facing over his handling of the Los Angeles wildfires Friday.
Newsom posted on X that he is “not interested in politicizing a natural disaster” inviting President-elect Donald Trump to visit the devastated zone in person to “understand the magnitude” of the situation.
“I’m not interested in politicizing an event like this, I don’t like the venality of it, I don’t like the inhumanity of that, I would like people to focus on a collaboration between the executive in Washington D.C. and in the state of California to help rebuild a community that’s been completely ravaged.”
“I’d like to have that conversation with the next president of the United States. Let’s turn the page as it relates to the incoming president,”
“We’d like him to have the spirit of the current president and have the backs of people so we can recover,”
“I want him to visit and understand the magnitude of this scope.”
11 people have died in the apocalyptic Los Angeles wildfires that ravaged more than 37,000 acres since Tuesday.
