Wildfires Spark New War Between Trump, Newsom | RealClearPolitics
CARLSBAD, Calif. While the world watches thousands of acres of some of Los Angeles County s most beautiful landscapes incinerate, a shocked nation asks how this third-world catastrophe could take place in one of the most affluent areas of the country.
Fueled by Santa Ana winds that reached 90 miles per hour in a drought-afflicted region, five separate wildfires raged down from the mountains in populous towns and neighborhoods, destroying thousands of homes and other buildings, taking at least five lives, injuring many more, and leaving a pall of toxic smoke over the Los Angeles basin.
While California citizens experiencing the loss of their homes and loved ones are traumatized by the devastation, many aren t shocked after years of watching blaze after blaze destroy communities across the state while the governing class fails to take meaningful preventive actions.
Instead politicians and their followers retreat to ideological corners.
For Democrats, climate change was the go-to talking point. Eight months since the area has seen rain, Sen. Bernie Sanders tweeted. The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable. Climate change is real, not a hoax. Donald Trump must treat this like the existential crisis it is.
Republicans, starting with the president-elect, instantly identified another culprit: the Democratic Party leaders in this heavily blue state, especially Gov. Gavin Newsom.
A sad story all round.