Newsom launches webpage he says is to combat bad info spreading about wildfires

By Free Republic | Created at 2025-01-12 02:37:02 | Updated at 2025-01-12 05:25:44 2 hours ago
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Newsom launches webpage he says is to combat bad info spreading about wildfires
NBC Los Angeles ^ | Jan 11, 2025 | NBC Staff

Posted on 01/11/2025 6:36:42 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday launched a page on his campaign website he says is to combat "misinformation and disinformation" being spread online and by political leaders regarding the ongoing wildfires in Southern California.

He says the site will "continue to update and provide valuable, fact-based information to the public around policies, budget allocations, personnel on the ground and more.."

The webpage is notably located on Newsom's campaign website funded by Newsom for California, and not on an official government site.

“There is an astonishing amount of mis- and dis-information being spread online -- much of it by so-called leaders and partisan media outlets who seek to divide this country for their own political gain. It breaks my heart that families in Los Angeles don’t just have to worry about the fires but also this malicious disinformation as well,” Newsom said in a written statement.

Initial postings on the page took aim at several claims made by Trump about the state's water management, as well as a Fox News report that claims Newsom cut $100 million from the state's fire budget months before the latest wildfires broke out.

"A ridiculous lie. We have doubled the size of our firefighting army, built the world’s largest aerial firefighting fleet, and increased the forest management ten-fold since taking office," Newsom posted on X in response to the report.

"Time to serve these folks the facts," he added.

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