Michael Schellenberger

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Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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372d
California is the richest state with the highest taxes and yet it cut funding for firefighting, which led directly to L.A.'s catastrophic fires. Why? Because Newsom & Bass diverted billions from preventing and fighting catastrophic fires to migrants, homeless, and climate.
2/28/2025, 4:00:15 PM
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Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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328d
Gavin and the media promote the Big Lie that nothing could have been done to prevent LA's fires. It's all outrageous nonsense.

People were raising the alarm for years. Dems defunded firefighting and fire prevention.
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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373d
Nothing could have been done to stop the catastrophic L.A. fires that killed 24, incinerated 12k homes, and cost $250B, say the media. Nonsense, says an LA firefighter. The failure by Newsom & Bass to mobilize firefighters before the fires began led to an avoidable catastrophe.
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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328d
Fire fighters and many others warned Gavin and LA's mayor that catastrophic fires were coming.

In response, they cut funding for fire prevention and fire fighters.

Why? Because they were focused on promoting DEI, transgenderism, and climate apocalypse
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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378d
Over the next few weeks you’re going to hear Governor Gavin Newsom, Mayor Karen Bass, and the Democratic Party tell you that there’s nothing that could have been done to prevent the fires from destroying Los Angeles.

Those will be lies. They could have prevented them. Governor…
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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328d
Everyone talks about the coming disastrous fires and "Big One" earthquake, so you'd think Gavin Newsom would be taking urgent action. He's not. Instead, he's attacking Trump and demanding $40 billion to pay for the LA fires that his leadership failures created.
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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328d
I thought the LA fires would wake California up. I was wrong. *Half* of LA fires are started by ~50k meth/fentanyl addicts/mentally ill homeless. LA has half the firefighters it needs. There's not enough hydrant water. And Gavin Newsom is focused like a laser on his podcast.
Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
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330d
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