Why Gavin Newsom's love for a tiny fish is being blamed for wildfires

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : Firefighters are battling a series of major blazes that have killed at least five people, destroyed communities and forced thousands to fleeTrump has supported measures that prioritize sending water throughout the state that is used to supply water to cities and farmers rather than pumping it into the ocean.
38% : '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 his platform, TruthSocial.
22% : Donald Trump has seized on the 'essentially worthless' three-inch fish native to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in California.
21% : Trump blasted the Democratic Governor on social media and specifically targeted the smelt - the fish which the pair have traded barbs over since Trump's first term.
16% : Trump has long criticized the state's approach to balancing the distribution of water to farms and cities with the need to protect endangered species including the Delta smelt.

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