As wildfires raged out of control across the Los Angeles area on Wednesday, consuming more than 28,000 hectares of land, destroying thousands of homes and buildings including entire neighborhoods, and causing at least five deaths, President-elect Donald Trump, his MAGA acolytes. , right-wing commentators, conservative media outlets, and far-right conspiracists all blamed not climate change or eight months without rain, but wakeism.
Trump – who strongly supports the expansion and use of fossil fuels, which scientific consensus directly links to an increase in extreme weather events – used the tragedy to attack his long-time adversary, California governor Gavin Newsom. He said that the Democrat’s acceptance of environmental issues is the reason for the failure of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) to stop what has become the worst fire in the history of California.
“Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration proclamation that was put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from heavy rain and snowmelt from the North, to flow every day to many areas of California, including areas that are currently burning. in an almost apocalyptic way,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He wanted to protect a really useless fish called smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but he didn’t care about the people of California.”
The governor’s press office issued a statement on Wednesday criticizing Trump’s comments and pointed out that “there is no such thing as a declaration of water restoration – that is pure fiction.”
Democrats’ embrace of so-called woke policies has become a target of the right in recent years. As in previous generations they blame political correctness and affirmative action on various issues, after major events like the assassination attempt on Trump last July and the collapse of the Baltimore Bridge last March, they now constantly blame the rise and diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI).
“Can we rename DEI to DIE since that seems to be happening to people below those who put power over ability?!?”, wrote Donald Trump Jr on Truth Social on Wednesday.
Trump confidant and owner of centibillionaire X, Elon Musk, who has never shied away from a conspiracy theory, has been using his platform to promote new information about what causes wildfires.
“DEI means people are DYING,” Musk wrote in one post, while several other posts criticized LAFD chief Kristin Crowley, a 22-year veteran of the department who was credited with saving nine homes from total destruction during the Woolsey Fire. 2018 and his wife.
Crowley is the first woman and first member of the LGBTQ community to hold the position of fire chief in LA.
Musk shared a post from Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the hate-filled, anti-LGBTQ account LibsOfTikTok: “Meet Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley. She boasts of being the first female and LGBTQ fire chief in the LA Fire Department. Developing DEI’s culture is a top priority for him. Does this make you feel safe?” The post has been viewed more than five million times.