Newsom Asks Biden To Combat Criticism Over His Disastrous Fire Response

California Governor Gavin Newsom asked President Joe Biden during a video conference call on Friday afternoon to combat criticism over his disastrous response to the wildfires that erupted this week.

Newsom’s call with Biden comes after several fires erupted in Los Angeles on Tuesday that have, in just a matter of a few days, destroyed approximately 10,000 structures and caused $50 billion in damages and economic loss.

“I ask you, we’ve got to deal with this misinformation,” Newsom said. “There were hurricane force winds of mis[information] and disinformation — lies.”

“People want to divide this country, and we’re gonna have to address that as well,” he claimed. “And it breaks my heart, as people are suffering and struggling, that we’re up against those hurricane forces as well, and that’s just a point of personal privilege that I share that with you, because it infects real people that are out there, people I meet every single day, people the mayor has been meeting with, and they’re having conversations that are not the typical conversations you’d have at this time, and you wonder where this stuff comes from and it’s very damaging as well.”

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“There are hurricane force winds of mis- and disinformation. People want to divide this country. We’ll have to address that as well. It breaks my heart. … You wonder where this stuff comes from.”

— California Gov. Gavin Newsom during wildfire briefing with Biden and Harris pic.twitter.com/AOdhTu2xKO

— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) January 10, 2025

The remarks from Newsom come as President-elect Donald Trump has repeatedly called for him to resign this week over his lack of preparedness for the wildfires.

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Some of Trump’s posts about Newsom included:

• “One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America is burning down to the ground,” Trump wrote. “It’s ashes, and Gavin Newscum should resign. This is all his fault!!!”
• “Governor Gavin Newscum should immediately go to Northern California and open up the water main, and let the water flow into his dry, starving, burning State, instead of having it go out into the Pacific Ocean,. It ought to be done right now, NO MORE EXCUSES FROM THIS INCOMPETENT GOVERNOR. IT’S ALREADY FAR TOO LATE!”
• “Fire is spreading rapidly for 3 days — ZERO CONTAINMENT. Nobody has ever seen such failed numbers before! Gross incompetence by Gavin Newscum and Karen Bass….And Biden’s FEMA has no money — all wasted on the Green New Scam! L.A. is a total wipeout!!!”
• “The fires in Los Angeles may go down, in dollar amount, as the worst in the History of our Country. In many circles, they’re doubting whether insurance companies will even have enough money to pay for this catastrophe. Let this serve, and be emblematic, of the gross incompetence and mismanagement of the Biden/Newscum Duo. January 20th cannot come fast enough!”