Elon Musk makes use of wildfires to assault California’s DEI practices — as MAGA trustworthy unfold wild conspiracies | EUROtoday

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Elon Musk has lashed out at California hearth officers, baselessly accusing them of placing DEI measures over “saving lives and homes,” as MAGA supporters are spreading conspiracy theories on social media concerning the catastrophic wildfires ripping by Los Angeles County.

Musk joined President-elect Donald Trump in inserting blame that didn’t embody local weather change for the fires which have thus far unfold to greater than 27,000 acres throughout Southern California.

At least 5 folks have died and an unknown quantity have been injured on account of the fires, officers stated at a press convention on Wednesday. More than 100,000 residents have been compelled to evacuate town, areas of which have now develop into unrecognizable.

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On Wednesday afternoon, Musk reposted a touch upon his social media platform X from the right-wing account Libs of TikTok, which hit out on the Los Angeles Fire Department’s range hiring insurance policies.

“They prioritized DEI [diversity, equity inclusion principles] over saving lives and homes,” Musk baselessly claimed, with out providing any proof or rationalization.

As the fires exploded in dimension on Wednesday, Trumpworld seized on the devastation to assault California and its Democratic management, as unfounded conspiracies started to unfold on-line.

One prolific Trump-supporting account claimed that state leaders “used public funds to house illegals” as an alternative of constructing infrastructure to retailer water.

In response, one other account baselessly linked the catastrophe to cloud seeding — a way that shocks clouds to artificially stimulate rainfall. “Money was spent on cloud seeding to ‘increase rainfall’ even though California has no infrastructure to support it. 80% of rainfall flows back into the ocean,” it stated. “It’s on purpose. They want the state reliant on government for water.”

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Donald Trump Jr additionally weighed in, criticizing the LAFD’s donation of surplus gear to Ukraine to assist with the struggle effort in 2022. “Oh look of course The LA fire department donated a bunch of their supplies to Ukraine,” he stated, with out including any additional perception.

In 2022, the LAFD stated it despatched surplus objects similar to hoses, nozzles, and helmets to the war-torn nation.

The criticism echoes that of the president-elect, who blasted California governor Gavin Newsom, claiming he prioritized “a worthless fish called a smelt” over Californians.

“Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way,” Trump fumed on Truth Social.

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“He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid.”

But the governor’s workplace hit again in an announcement accusing the president-elect of making “pure fiction.”

“There is no such document as the water restoration declaration — that is pure fiction,” the assertion stated. “The Governor is focused on protecting people, not playing politics, and making sure firefighters have all the resources they need.”

Trump additionally criticized Biden in a comply with up put up. “NO WATER IN THE FIRE HYDRANTS, NO MONEY IN FEMA,” he wrote. “THIS IS WHAT JOE BIDEN IS LEAVING ME. THANKS JOE!”