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FLASHBACK: Trump has long history of warning Newsom over 'terrible' wildfire prevention - WFIN Local News

Jan 08, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    60% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    64% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -31% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Just roughly two weeks before Trump will be inaugurated as the nation's 47th president, he again took aim at Newsom's wildfire prevention leadership in the state, pinning blame for the LA County fires on Newsom and his environmental policies.
36% : HEIDI MONTAG, SPENCER PRATT LOSE HOME; CELEBRITIES FLEE RITZY NEIGHBORHOODTrump has a long history of putting Newsom's handling of wildfires under the microscope across his first four years in the White House, including in January 2019 when he threatened to cut off federal funds to California if reforms were not made to the state's forest management services.
31% : CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES RAGE ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY, FORCING THOUSANDS TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES"We're successfully waging war against thousands of fires started across the state in the last few weeks due to extreme weather created by climate change while Trump is conducting a full on assault against the antidotes," Newsom said in response to Trump's message, the Washington Post reported at the time.
26% : You are excused from this conversation," Newsom shot back at Trump in 2019, for example, after the president slammed him for his wildfire leadership.
22% : California Republicans, however, have echoed Trump that Newsom and other Democrats in the state "failed" in addressing forestry management.

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