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Actor, singer and California resident Frank Stallone examines state politicians’ response and lack of preparedness to destructive wildfires and discusses the “tragic” results.
As California’s top politicians continue to defend their handling of the destructive and fatal wildfires in the Los Angeles area, a longtime resident, singer and actor is highlighting the “blame game” of leaders and the victims who have suffered the most. lost
“We have, honestly, the absolute worst governor in the history of California, probably in the entire United States. And we have an inept mayor, and we just have ineptitude everywhere,” Frank Stallone said in “FOX Business Live“Monday.
“Of course we can’t control the winds and stuff, but I think there are a lot of house fires. I think it’s environmental terrorism,” he continued.
“Just because it happens to the rich elite, it’s front page news. If it was just Altadena and not the Palisades or Hollywood, you’d hear a little bit about it. And that’s the tragic thing about it all. These poor people are finished.”
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From early Monday, there were three active fires in the Los Angeles area with 24 deaths. Strong Santa Ana winds are also expected to return this week, which could fuel fire growth.
Frank Stallone provides an on-the-ground perspective on the Los Angeles-area wildfires on “FOX Business Live.” (FOX Business)
Governor Gavin Newsom did two media appearances over the weekend and claimed that the state’s water reservoirs in Southern California are “completely full” and deflected any blame by saying, “Let’s get the facts and get them out of the way quickly… Let’s to point the finger. Let’s just assess the truth. I don’t care who’s to blame, I want to know what happened.”
Altadena, California resident Bryan Hitchcock details residents’ concerns about the alleged lack of water to fight destructive wildfires.
Stallone also criticized Newsom for wanting to “Trump-proof” the state, when leaders should be focusing more on protecting the Golden State.
“Trump said four years ago that we had to clean up that brush,” he pointed out. “But I mean, again, everybody’s like, ‘Oh, it’s just happening. And all these people, probably 94 percent of them, vilified me because I came to Fox. I’ve been (online) exhibiting for four years. my case. It’s probably ruined my career, whatever’s left of it.”
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“But now everybody’s like rah, rah! But they were all blue-leftists who voted these people into office. And now that their houses have burned down, forget about the poor people of Altadena, they have nothing. .. They probably don’t have insurance, they probably don’t have a lot of money, so they’re wiped out.”
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told “America’s Newsroom” Monday that more than 24,000 people have registered for wildfire assistance programs and officials estimate more than 10,000 homes and buildings have been lost .
Fox News’ Hanna Panreck and staff contributed to this report.
