Trump blames Newsom for 'apocalyptic' California wildfires

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : As The Hill reports, the amount of water that can be pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is limited under federal and state regulations to protect a fish called the smelt.
37% : PALISADES, Calif. - President-elect Donald Trump blamed California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the "apocalyptic" wildfires raging in Los Angeles County. What we know: "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 posted on his Truth Social account on Wednesday morning.
31% : Trump believes that what California is experiencing could have been preventable had his political foe signed the declaration.
20% : The other side: Newsom, who has never shied away from a verbal spar with Trump, fired back, saying that the declaration is "pure fiction." "There is no such document as the water restoration declaration - that is pure fiction.

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