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As wildfires rage through California, leaving a trail of devastation in their wake, Sen. Bernie SandersI-Vt., faces pushback for promoting climate alarmism.
Sanders claimed that “climate change is real” and that President-elect donald trump the “existential crisis” must be dealt with.
“80,000 people told to evacuate. Fires 0% contained. Eight months since the area has seen rain. The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable. Climate change is real, not ‘a hoax’. Donald Trump has to treat this as the existential crisis that it is,” Sanders told the publication Wednesday morning.
Mike Solana, editor-in-chief of Pirate Wires, scoffed at the senator’s comments, writing in a post on X: “‘(G)lobal warming ate my homework’ doesn’t work anymore. literally every politician in California responsible for the The catastrophic failure to prepare for this, from water management and controlled burns to the fire department budget, is a Democrat.”
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Sen. Bernie Sanders wants President-elect Donald Trump to treat the Palisade fires as an “existential crisis.” (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Conservative commentator and author Justin Haskins, director of the Heartland Institute’s Socialism Research Center, noted, “Wildfires, including much larger ones than this one, have been happening in California forever.”
Nicole Shanahan, who was Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential running mate. last year before the couple ditched and supported Republican nominee Donald Trump, she was also one of the people who responded to Sanders’ comments.
“State mismanagement is real, Bernie,” he noted.
Sanders has been issuing such dire warnings for some time.
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A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, California, on January 8, 2025. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)
“Climate change is an existential disaster facing the entire world,” he stated in a tweet nearly six years ago in February 2019. “We must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable energy. A Green New Deal can save the planet and create millions of new jobs.”
business magnate Elon Musk has claimed that the regulations are preventing action from being taken to prevent wildfires in California.
“The risk of climate change is real, much slower than the alarmists claim. The immense loss of homes in LA is primarily due to: 1. Senseless overregulation that prevented building firebreaks and clearing brush. 2. Poor governance at the state and local level led to water shortages,” Musk opined in a post on X.
Sanders wasn’t the only left-leaning lawmaker to deploy the climate narrative amid the disaster.
“I am so heartbroken by the devastation that is continually being inflicted on our country and the world and the elected ‘leaders’ are ignorant, powerless or simply incompetent to do the smart thing, which is to recognize that climate change is real and begin to resolve this,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, lamented in a post. “California, stay safe. First responders, we appreciate your selflessness. I join the chorus of prayers for all, but as an elected official, I want to really work!”
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California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tour the Pacific Palisades Central Business District as the Palisades Fire continues to burn on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
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Freshman Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., the first member of Congress to identify as transgender, described the fire as a climate catastrophe.
“I am praying for the victims of the fires in Los Angeles. The loss of lives, homes, businesses and entire neighborhoods is devastating. I am ready to work with my colleagues who represent these communities to ensure they have the resources necessary to contain these fires, recover, rebuild, and prevent these climate catastrophes in the future,” McBride said in a post on X.
Trump has declared that California Governor Gavin Newsom should resign.
“One of the best and most beautiful parts of the United States of America is burning to the ground. It’s ashes, and Gavin Newscum should resign. This is all his fault!!!” Trump stated in a Truth Social post Wednesday night.
On Wednesday evening, Newsom noted in a post on X: “People are literally fleeing. Children have lost their schools. Communities have lost their churches. Families have lost their homes. Some have even lost their life. And the president-elect’s response is to politicize it. We will continue to focus on what matters: saving lives and putting out these unprecedented fires.”
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection currently reports the Lidia and Hurst fires as partially contained, while others are listed as 0% contained on fire.ca.gov.
Danielle Wallace of Fox News Digital contributed to this report
