'Disgusting And Gross': LA News Anchor Blasts Politicization Of Wildfires
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Fox 11's Elex Michaelson warned that it'd be "disastrous" if the government doesn't "get its act together."
Elex Michaelson, a news anchor with Fox 11 Los Angeles, issued a brutal reminder to elected officials that “people are really hurting” amid his city’s devastating wildfires as he scolded those who’ve tried to politicize the tragedy.
“It is disgusting and gross that any leader would take this opportunity as a moment to score political points,” said Michaelson, when asked by progressive podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen what he makes of President-elect Donald Trump “exploiting” the fires to attack California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
“And any of those people, Democrat or Republican, I invite them to come to Pacific Palisades. Come to Altadena and walk those streets like I did yesterday. Look around and then say the same thing in good conscience.”
Earlier in the interview published on Sunday, Michaelson said officials are “finger-pointing” and there “isn’t a lot of working together” publicly amid the fires, which have killed at least 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
He noted that Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley declared that the city failed her department, Newsom issued a letter to the city’s department of water and power calling for a probe into the loss of water pressure to fire hydrants and Trump blamed the governor for the fires altogether.
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