Posted on 01/11/2025 4:36:13 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., appeared to deflect when he was confronted about Los Angeles residents being angry over his wildfire response, saying local leaders and people on his own team weren’t giving him a clear picture of the devastation.
In an interview with liberal podcast, "Pod Save America," released on Saturday, the governor said he has struggled to get "straight answers" about went wrong with the wildfire response from lower-level leaders, suggesting that it has hampered his response.
"So, I’m the governor of California and wanna know the answer. I’ve got that question, I can’t tell you, by how many people, ‘What happened?’ – on my own team, ‘What happened?’… I’ll be candid with you, I wasn’t getting straight answers," Newsom told co-host Jon Favreau, referencing his conversations with local leaders.
Favreau mentioned how one of his "best friends" who lost his home in The Palisades suggested that Newsom is "just trying to pass the blame" for the crisis. He added that many residents are "so angry" about the state’s response to the devastating blaze and asked him to respond as the man who is "ultimately responsible" for the state.
Newsom admitted he wasn’t fully clued in to why the response was lagging and appeared to pass the buck to other leaders.
"We had my team start talking to local leaders, saying, ‘What’s going on?’" Newsom began.
"And you weren’t getting straight answers from the local leaders?" Favreau cut in. "I was getting different answers," Newsom affirmed, adding, "and so, for me, that’s not a – when you start getting different answers, then I’m not getting the actual story."
Newsom added that he has been giving these leaders "a little bit of grace," as he understands they’re "assessing" the "emergency environment."
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Remember when Virginia Governor Northam refused to order snowplows out during a snowstorm just after he was defeated in 2022, then blamed incoming Governor Youngkin for the ensuing disaster, even though Youngkin was several weeks away from taking office?
I think he didn’t order the plows into action out of spite.
Most glaring characteristic of a narcissist; if something goes wrong it’s never their fault.
Trump should NEVER supply ANY support for this turd.
Sink his 2028 ship IMMEDIATELY.
tOTALLY INDEPENDENTLY PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE la victims of ‘Rats.
And let them know who’s got their backs.
He is not the whole problem, but he is part of the problem. It took a lot of people to set up the conditions for this disaster.
The VIDEO of Trump and Newscum in 2018 is the smoking gun.
Newscum can point fingers at locals who are equally guilty.
But the video where Trump at the scene of a fire tells him to get his house in order is the video that ENDED Newscum’s national political ambitions.
**He is not the whole problem, but he is part of the problem.**
Never mind! Just pile on and don’t be so understanding.
True. Good point.
The locals were following their leader. Buck stops at the top.
Remember when Washington Gov (D) fired snow plow drivers just before snow storms because they wouldn’t take the damn vaxx.
Biden is still POTUS so you can’t pin anything on Trump. Rub their noses in it.
Any federal funds that go to California after Trump takes office need to have pretty severe oversight lest they disappear into the pockets of various grifting relief organizations at the state level.
You had this Nuisance out and then voted him back in
Newsom is guilty of complete and utter negligence and deserves jail.
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., appeared to deflect when he was confronted about Los Angeles residents being angry over his wildfire response, saying local leaders and people on his own team weren’t giving him a clear picture of the devastation.”
When his medium contacted her medium, the connection was a little cloudy and unclear.
Divert responsibility so that his presidential aspirations don’t go up in smoke! Slimy greaseball snake… watch the mediapukes pull his walnuts out of the fire and be reelected.
Many of the big donors live in L.A. They're not going to forget. They'll support someone else instead like Gretchen Whitmer.
I’d be surprised if Newsom had any political future at all.
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