Newsom Urges Trump To Accept Invite To Tour Damage From Wildfires: 'Respect' Our 'Pleas'
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The California governor said he's reached out to the president-elect and expects him to be there for Los Angeles residents "at a time of emergency" and "recovery."
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Saturday called on President-elect Donald Trump to accept his invitation to visit Los Angeles as wildfires continue to wreak havoc on the city.
“He’s an incoming American president,” said Newsom, who invited Trump to visit California on Friday, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
“I would expect any leader of the free world, the most powerful person in the United States of America, to respect the pleas of 40 million Americans that happen to live in the state of California ... to be here for the American people at a time of emergency and a time of recovery.”
In his letter to Trump, Newsom invited the president-elect to “see the devastation firsthand” in a visit where he could thank first responders who are “putting their lives on the line” amid the fires, which have killed at least 16 people and burned over 12,000 structures with about 57,000 others still at risk.
Earlier in the week, the governor dismissed Trump’s efforts to “play politics” after the president-elect took to his Truth Social platform to blame him for the fires.
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