Gavin Newsom of California opened the last night of the Democratic National Convention in 2020 with a strong warning: “If you are in denial about climate change, then come to California.”
Newsom, speaking of a pre-recorded message taken on a mobile phone as his state fights more than 370 wildfires amid a crippling heat wave and a resurgence in the coronavirus pandemic, used his two minutes to argue that action must be taken to slow the rate of global climate change.
“The hots are getting harder, the dry ones are getting drier,” Newsom said as he stood among a forest of trees. “If you deny climate change, then come to California.”
Newsom continued: “This is an extraordinary moment in our history. Mother Nature has now joined this conversation about climate change. ”
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An incredible news release slammed President Trump for threatening to repel wildfire repression because “we have not enough leaves.”
“You can’t make that up,” Newsom said. “Nor can you ignore the fact that we are involved in more than 90 lawsuits with the Trump administration over clean air, over clean water, over endangered species, over pesticides.”
Newsom and Trump have had a testy relationship since the Democratic governor took office in 2019 – with the state acting as foil for much of the Trump administration’s deregulation.
While tensions began to rise between the two in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, both Trump and Newsom have recently renewed their attacks on each other, as the outbreak of the deadly virus is not far in the way. looks.
‘I see again, the forest fires are starting. They’re starting up in California, “Trump said Thursday at a campaign event in Old Forge, Pa. And I said, you have to clean your floors. You need to clean your woods.
“They’ve had massive fires in California again,” he added. ‘Maybe we should just pay them because they do not listen to us. We say you have to get rid of the leaves, you have to get rid of the pound, you have to get rid of the fallen trees. “
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Trump’s comments reflect those he made after the Battle of Fire in November 2018 that destroyed much of the rural Butte County town of Paradise and killed 84 people. Despite Trump’s debt to California, the federal government oversees more than half of California’s land, while state and local agencies control about three percent.
In his brief address, Newsom added: “There is so much at stake in this election, no more important than the work that Joe Biden did with Barack Obama on the standards for emitted cars.”
Newsom said he had to quickly jump out of the car on his way to a fire department to express my deep respect, my admiration for Joe Biden, to Kamala Harris … for her commitment, not only to the environment but to the common good, to our children, to our grandchildren, to our grandchildren, to our descendants. ”
