Spin Cycle: Wildfires Rage, And Politicians Fan The Blame

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

29% : Criswell, fresh off her agency's scandalous behavior in the southeast -- refusing to knock on doors and offer federal assistance where signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump were visible -- assured Karl that the federal government was prepared to handle the aftermath of the devastating fires in addition to what was already on their plate.
10% : Meanwhile, Governor Gavin Newsom joined NBC News' "Meet the Press" -- where he said that Trump had not yet responded to an invitation to tour the damaged areas of his state.Saying that the fires would be viewed as one of the worst natural disasters to be recorded in American history, Newsom also claimed that he still had complete confidence in the leadership in place -- including L.A.'s Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, who was on a taxpayer-funded trip to Africa when the fires began.

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