By The Daily Caller (Opinion) | Created at 2025-01-15 19:40:57 | Updated at 2025-01-15 22:53:32
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January 15, 2025 1:31 PM ET
During the ongoing L.A. fires, the DEI-driven government of Los Angeles has shown how ineffectual it is when it is really needed.
Looking for photo ops in preparation for his — to this point — inevitable run for the White House, Gavin Newsom showed up for the cameras. He was draped in self-righteousness and brought his own set of facts. His hair arrived separately for fear it might be an accelerant. U-Haul sponsored his TV segments. In Gavin’s case, his feckless, DEI-driven governing style was laid bare for all the nation to see.
I am not always sure what DEI means. But with Newsom, in guessing D and I must stand for dental implants, and E for ego.
Maudlin handwringing has followed this predictable man-made disaster. And an illegal with a blowtorch is reported to be the “man” in “man-made.” Citizens had to make an arrest. The guy might face charges in California because he used a gas blowtorch and not an electric one. (RELATED: HART: The Anniversary Of January 6 And Our Two-Tiered System)
All these politicians show up, spinning the disaster to their own benefit. Gov. Newsom just got back the emergency powers he had during his draconian rule under COVID. They feed his ego and ambitions. And just try to get a nice table at the French Laundry without power.
TOPSHOT – In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen from above during the Palisades fire near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 9, 2025. Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles remained totally uncontained January 9, 2025, authorities said, as US National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder. Swaths of the United States’ second-largest city lay in ruins, with smoke blanketing the sky and an acrid smell pervading almost every building. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
To make matters worse, Biden showed up. He cannot even go to the disaster scene because cadaver dogs go nuts barking. Gavin is dogged by bad decisions, affairs with married women, a 19-year-old, and a drinking problem. Biden welcomed him like a long-lost son.
Native Californian Kamala Harris hasn’t helped much since she is not currently running. She will only go out and help if the fires start to reach wine country.
Over 12 million people live in the L.A. area. These fires in Hollywood did one good thing. They got people there talking about something other than what usually consumes them day to day: how to get their screenplays produced. The fires took the entertainment business by surprise. An agent at the William Morris Agency woke up, saw the raging fires consuming him and just assumed he’d died.
This is what happens when you are a local government virtue-signaling on global warming. You do not keep your fire hydrants and reservoirs filled with water. California probably did not stock enough fire retardants because it felt that the word “retardant” was offensive.
But do not worry, L.A. is focused on diversity, and capability be damned. Their “historic first” leaders involved are all at least one of the LGBTQ consonant mosaics. Now, if only they could get an illegal Hispanic albino transgendered person in a wheelchair, then, and only then, will we be made complete as a nation. As president, Gavin could bring the California dream to the rest of America: an illegal with a $1,000 smartphone checking his EBT balance from a $800,000 government housing unit.
When you pursue “Trump-proofing” your government, DEI obsessions, and your mayor is on a boondoggle attending the inauguration of the mayor of Ghana (a person she had never met before), Rome burns. With the highest tax rates in the USA, 12.3% on top of the federal 37% for a nice round 50% rate, you’d think politicians could protect their citizens.
Government should be simple and limited. Have competent police and fire and minimal regulations. Do not let your people be killed by something you could have prevented. And realize that the type of dikes you are installing are not the ones filled with water that contain fires.
If Gavin cared about the “average person,” gas would not be $4.99 a gallon in L.A. I just paid $2.45 in the Free State of Tennessee. There would not be robberies all over the city. I got robbed at a gas station in Los Angeles the last time I was there. Fortunately, I was able to get a good look at the thief: it was pump number four at the Wilshire Boulevard Chevron.
The homeless situation is so bad there that if you call an Uber, it’s likely to be a shopping cart.
With Gavin’s policies in California, the state might get onboard to build a wall. This one would keep more disgruntled taxpayers from escaping to Tennessee and Texas.
We all can learn from this. For example, Gavin Newsom and his cronies just learned that water is helpful in fighting raging fires.
