Newsom: I Have Backs of Fire Victims, That’s Good Quality for POTUS

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Newsom: I Have Backs of Fire Victims, That’s Good Quality for POTUS

Ian Hanchett 5 Jan 2026

During an interview with MS NOW Senior Political and National Reporter Jacob Soboroff released on Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) responded to a question on what qualities he demonstrated in response to fires in the state that are good ones for a president by saying that, “I’m still there, having the backs of the folks down there…unlike the president of the United States, who’s not done a damn thing, hasn’t lifted a finger. So, you talk about the attributes for a president of the United States, take a look at what you’ve got and consider the opposite, and that’s what the American people deserve.”

Soboroff asked, “You’re thinking about running for president of the United States. You’ve said that fate will ultimately determine that. But your record in California, including on these fires, will also determine that. When you have Americans looking at the way that you responded to these wildfires one year ago, what are the qualities that you think they should see that are befitting of a future commander-in-chief?”

Newsom responded by recommending Sobroff’s book on the fires, saying, “I think you did a rather decent job, didn’t like everything I read in it, but I thought it painted a pretty fair picture of a Governor of California trying to do his best in a remarkable and challenging time. Look, no other state in America has done more to try to address the issue of climate crisis in the first place. I’ve 10xed vegetation and forest management. Donald Trump’s cutting those budgets. I’ve doubled the size of CAL FIRE, … largest civilian aerial firefighting fleet in the world. We fast-tracked our vegetation and forest management, our fuel breaks. We have flooded the zone in terms of support. We flooded the zone with the biggest prepositioning in California history for these fires, it was on the scene, didn’t leave, for weeks and weeks, I’m proud of that. I’m still there, having the backs of the folks down there. You’re going to find folks, of course, people are out there, furious, upset, I get it. Their lives have been completely torn asunder. But we continue to go back, and we’ll have their backs, unlike the president of the United States, who’s not done a damn thing, hasn’t lifted a finger. So, you talk about the attributes for a president of the United States, take a look at what you’ve got and consider the opposite, and that’s what the American people deserve.”

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[DefiantMassRINO]

Gruesome Newsom, no, you don't have fire victims' backs.

Has he actually spoken with fire victims?

Has the press independently interviewed fire victims to confirm Governor Greaseball's self-aplomb?

[Wingnut]

Gruesome Newsom, no, you don't have fire victims' backs.

Has he actually spoken with fire victims?

Has the press independently interviewed fire victims to confirm Governor Greaseball's self-aplomb?

Who can forget him "Talking" to Trump on his cell and brushing off a home owner who asked to speak to the Pres.  Oh the call got dropped!  Sorry.

[Smokin Joe]

Where is the $100,000,000.00 from "Fire Aid"?

Investigation?

The only he has their backs is to swing from knife handle to knife handle.

[MeganC]

In Malibu over 700 homes burned. A year later only 22 building permits have been issued.

Newsom could clear the way for these people to rebuild but he won't.

Don't let him forget this.

[Polly Ticks]

Good Lord.
Was it his intention to prove how out of touch he really is?  If so, well done.

[Cyber Liberty]

He's lying again.  He's the modern day Joe Isuzu.

[Wingnut]

He's lying again.  He's the modern day Joe Isuzu.

That guy was a hoot! 

[Canuck Conservative]

"Newsom: I Have Backs of Fire Victims"

... yeah, so he can plunge a knife into each one, as he uses people on his climb to the election ...

[mountaineer]

Greasy Gav's press office (run, apparently, by 14-year-olds, considering the X account's profile picture*) actually posted this:

Governor Newsom Press Office
@GovPressOffice
Nearly 1 year since the devastating LA firestorms and we’ve had the fastest debris removal in modern US history.
Ever since, communities have been eagerly awaiting the White House for the federal disaster relief they are rightfully owed as taxpayers as they seek to recovery and rebuild.
10:01 PM · Jan 5, 2026


MG
@_MG_
1 year later and construction has started on only 3% of the destroyed structures. But congrats on the debris removal…
11:00 PM · Jan 5, 2026

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[rangerrebew]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/07/palisades-fire-families-hit-l-a-california-with-wrongful-death-lawsuits/

I think Newsom should get a production team together and walk through the streets of Palisades for a few days to test how residents feel about have their backs so well covered.

[DefiantMassRINO]

I'm thinking green-screen, Computer Generated Imaging, and AI generated resident avatars ... a job for George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic?

Gruesome Newsom will need it to be a better fake than the Moon Landing to pull it off.  These are the times its good to have friends in Hollyweird.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/07/palisades-fire-families-hit-l-a-california-with-wrongful-death-lawsuits/

I think Newsom should get a production team together and walk through the streets of Palisades for a few days to test how residents feel about have their backs so well covered.