Gavin Newsom (D) invited President-elect Trump to California on Friday amid a war of words between the two leaders over the Los Angeles area wildfires.
The letter comes as the California governor and the president-elect have clashed over Newsom’s response to the wildfires.
!” Additionally, the president-elect said Newsom should have signed a declaration to pump additional water through California to avert the situation.
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Governor of California. Amid the two leaders’ verbal sparring over the wildfires in the Los Angeles area, Gavin Newsom (D) extended an invitation to President-elect Trump to visit California on Friday.
In a letter to Trump, Newsom stated, “We must not politicize human tragedy or propagate misinformation from the sidelines in the spirit of this great country.”. To ensure a speedy recovery and reconstruction, hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been displaced from their homes and are afraid for the future deserve to see us all working in their best interests. “.”.
Trump’s 2018 trip to California amid the Camp and Woolsey fires was mentioned by Newsom.
As you get ready to take office again, he wrote, “I invite you to come to California again–to meet with the Americans affected by these fires, witness 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 also expressed gratitude to President Biden for his prompt declaration of a disaster and for his help in battling the fires.
The letter was sent amid a dispute between the president-elect and the governor of California over Newsom’s handling of the wildfires.
Trump called for Newsom’s resignation in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday.
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Trump claimed that one of the most stunning and best areas of the United States of America was on fire. Gavin Newscum ought to step down because it’s all ashes. He is solely responsible for this.
The president-elect also stated that in order to prevent the crisis, Newsom ought to have signed a proclamation to pump more water through California.
The accusation was rebutted by Newsom’s office, which described it as “pure fiction.”. “.”.
In retaliation, the governor charged that Trump had politicized the fires.
In an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN that aired on Wednesday, Newsom stated, “People are literally fleeing.”. “Lives have been lost.”. Churches burned down, families were utterly destroyed, and children lost their schools. “.”.
In reference to Trump, he continued, “This guy wanted to politicize it.”. “I know what I want to say, and I have a lot of ideas. I refuse to. Joe Biden was the president of the United States of America today, and I was honored to be standing next to him. He didn’t play politics and had the support of everyone in this community. “”.
Over 10,000 buildings have been destroyed and at least 10 people have died as a result of the wildfires. There are warnings or orders for the evacuation of over 300,000 residents.
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