Newsom invites Trump to California amid wildfires response feud

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."

Standing in front of destroyed buildings, the governor said

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."

Newsom called on Trump to visit the disaster scene, commenting

I'm not interested in politicizing a natural disaster."

In his X post on Friday, Newsom wrote

As you prepare to assume the presidency once more, I invite you to come to California again — to meet with the Americans affected by these fires, see the devastation firsthand, and join me and others in thanking the heroic firefighters and first responders who are putting their lives on the line,

Newsom said

In this spirit of this great country, we must not politicize human tragedy or spread disinformation from the sidelines,

Newsom wrote in a letter to Trump

The Governor is focused on protecting people, not playing politics, and making sure firefighters have all the resources they need,

Gardon added

To basically tie those two together is nothing short of irresponsible … It’s just throwing gasoline on the fire, and the fire is bad enough,

said Mark Gold, director of water scarcity solutions at the Natural Resources Defense Council

I will demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is the blame for this,

Trump wrote Wednesday on his social media platform, Truth Social

NO WATER IN THE FIRE HYDRANTS, NO MONEY IN FEMA. THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING ME. THANKS JOE!”

Trump said Wednesday on Truth Social

At any given year, there’s a fairly rigorous process to allocate water based on availability, looking at what’s in storage and being able to evaluate how much water can be used this year versus what we need to save in case we have a drought next year,

said Erik Porse, director of the California Institute for Water Resources

I am not exaggerating when I say we have record storage as we speak.”

Gold now serves on the board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and noted

Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way,

Trump wrote on Wednesday

Cal Fire is bringing in generators to get these pumps up and working again,

he said

I can understand, if you are not a water person per se, you might not know all the details that go into this system,

she said

We have 150,000 people still under mandatory evacuation orders. These fires are not out, though,

Newsom said

We've faced hurricane-force winds of lies and disinformation,

he said

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There are certain things we can do to prevent things from being — if the same thing occurred from as much damage occurring. And that costs money, but it also saves money. There is climate change. There is climate change. This is part of it. We have to deal with it,

Biden said

I cannot impress upon you, personally, on behalf of 40 million Americans that live in the great state of California, how proud we are of you, the vice president, and your leadership,

Newsom said

And that's just a point of personal privilege that I share that with you because it infects real people that are out there. People I meet every single day, people the mayor has been meeting with, and they're having conversations that are not the typical conversations you'd have at this time be in,

he added

I ask you, we gotta deal with this misinformation, there are hurricane force winds of mis and disinformation, lies, people who want to divide this country and we're going to have to address that as well,

Newsom said