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Gavin Newsom Attempts To Burn Trump Over LA Wildfires — It Immediately Blows Up In His Face
Gavin Newsom Attempts To Burn Trump Over LA Wildfires — It Immediately Blows Up In His Face
Newsom's press office blasted Trump for critiquing the state's wildfire preparedness while omitting that a reservoir in the Palisades area reportedly sat empty.
dailycaller.com
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office blasted President Donald Trump for critiquing the state’s water supply to fight wildfire preparedness Wednesday while omitting that a reservoir in the Pacific Palisades area reportedly sat empty while flames engulfed Southern California.
The press office X account argued that state reservoirs were at “historic highs” at the time and referenced a January post which states that “many of our largest reservoirs are at or above their historic average storage for this time of year,” though the post does not list the Santa Ynez reservoir that reportedly sat empty in the Pacific Palisades region for months ahead of the catastrophe. The Palisades fire burned for 24 days in January, wiping out over 20,000 acres, eviscerating thousands of homes and ending dozens of lives, while some local officials signaled that water infrastructure problems led to fire hydrants running dry.
“Unfortunately, the President of the United States is a bumbling idiot,” the press office wrote Wednesday. “THERE WAS PLENTY OF WATER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (IN FACT, STATE RESERVOIRS WERE AT HISTORIC HIGHS!)”
Unfortunately, the President of the United States is a bumbling idiot.
THERE WAS PLENTY OF WATER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (IN FACT, STATE RESERVOIRS WERE AT HISTORIC HIGHS!)
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) September 3, 2025
Newsom’s office told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the Santa Ynez reservoir is managed locally and a spokesperson for the California Department of Water Resources told the DCNF that the Santa Ynez reservoir was dry because it was awaiting “required repairs.”
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Newsom’s post railing against Trump also failed to mention that local officials reportedly failed to address known water infrastructure issues in the Palisades area ahead of the fire as hydrants and water tanks also reportedly ran dry as emergency responders tried to extinguish the flames. Following the disaster, devastated parts of Southern California have struggled to rebuild quickly thanks in part to strict permitting requirements, energy policy experts explained to the DCNF previously.
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The hydrant failures stemmed from the city’s water infrastructure being unable to handle the sudden surge in demand, rather than a shortage of water in the broader system, according to Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) CEO Janisse Quiñones. Notably, the state allows billions of gallons of runoff flow into the Pacific each year because it lacks the infrastructure to capture significant amounts of stormwater, the Los Angeles Times reported in March 2024.
Additionally, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that it is suing the utility company Southern California Edison over alleged negligence that sparked a 2022 fire as well as the Eaton fire in January, which overlapped with the Palisades fire.
Edison and Bass’ office did not respond to the DCNF’s requests for comment.
Commentary:
Unfortunately. like all Democrats. Gavin Newsom will never accept responsibility for his failures. His failures are the very reason CA is not just losing people, but in over $50 billion worth of debt, full of illegals, homeless and out of control crime/criminals. California's infrastructure is falling apart - all of it. Their electricity is monopolized by single companies and they charge exorbitant charges for it, all while people are told during summer months to turn their thermostats up because of rolling blackouts. EVs are almost shoved down people’s throats, but then during the summer they’re told not to charge them during heatwaves because the grid can’t handle it. The state is nothing short of a mismanaged, decaying progressive hellhole where the DSA Marxist Democrats are ruining it beyond repair.
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