Actor, singer and California resident Frank Stallone scrutinizes the response of state politicians and the lack of preparedness to the devastating wildfires, speaking of the “tragic” results.
As California's top politicians continue to defend their handling of the devastating and deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area, a longtime resident, singer and actor is paying attention to the “blame game” between leaders and victims who have done the most damage.
Frank Stallone said, “Honestly, we have definitely the worst governor in the history of California, probably in the entire United States. And we have an incompetent mayor and we just have incompetence all over the place.”FOX Business Live“Monday.
“Of course, we can't control the winds and stuff, but I believe there are a lot of fires. I think there's environmental terrorism going on,” he continued.
“Just because it's happening to the wealthy elite, it's front page news. If it was just Altadena and not the Palisades or Hollywood, you'd hear little about it. And that's what's so sad about the whole thing. These people They are poor. It's over.”
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As of early Monday, it was there Three active fires In the Los Angeles area, the death toll has risen to 24. Strong Santa Ana winds will also return this week, which could fuel wildfire growth.
Frank Stallone gives an on-the-ground view of the LA area fires on “FOX Business Live.” (FOX Business)
Gov. Gavin Newsom is made Two media appearances over the weekend and claimed that the state's water reservoirs in Southern California are “absolutely full” and deflected any blame, saying, “Let's just get the facts and get them out real quick… Let's stop the finger-pointing.” Let's just assess the truth. I'm not interested in who's to blame.
Brian Hitchcock, a resident of Altadena, California, explains residents' concerns about a lack of water to fight devastating wildfires.
Stallone also criticized Newsom for wanting to “Trump-protect” the state, while leaders should focus more on fighting the Golden State's wildfires.
He noted: Trump said four years ago that we should clean that brush. “But I mean, again, everybody's like paying. And all these people, probably 94% of them, bad mouthed me because I came on Fox. I've been going online (online) for four years. “And I'm making my case. It probably ruined my work, what's left of it.”
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Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., reacted to California holding a special legislative session to appropriate money to attack President-elect Donald Trump on “Evening Edition.”
But now everyone is like rah, rah! But all of them were blue-left who voted for these people. And now that their houses burned down, forget about the poor people in Altadena, they don't have anything…they probably…don't have insurance, they probably don't have a lot of money, so they're gone.
More than 24,000 people have signed up for fire assistance programs, and officials estimate more than 10,000 homes and buildings have been destroyed, FEMA Administrator Dean Criswell told Newsroom on Monday.
Hannah Panerak and the Fox News staff contributed to this report.