Melania Trump Sends Heartfelt Message to LA Fire Victims: ‘Praying For You’
Incoming first lady Melania Trump sent a touching message to everyone impacted by the massive wildfires in and around Los Angeles, telling Fox News co-host Ainsley Earhardt during an interview scheduled to air Monday she’s “praying” for all of them.
“The fires in California, it is devastating. I’m thinking about those people, and I pray for them. So many people lost their homes, and I have a gentleman here on the crew working with me; he lost three homes. It is devastating. I just hope everybody evacuated and that they are safe. I hope that the government and FEMA is there to help them,” Melania told Earhardt.
Meanwhile, a California mother who went viral for confronting Gov. Gavin Newsom over his handling of state fire policies following the breakout of the Los Angeles fires said she was stunned by his response to her criticism.
Rachel Darvish told Fox News host Jesse Watters she was furious with Newsom after she confronted him and witnessed his struggle to provide a coherent explanation.
Newsom claimed he had been trying to reach President Biden by phone but was unable to get cell service—a claim Darvish argued highlighted his broader mismanagement of the crisis.
“There was no cellphone reception in certain areas, but that’s a big problem in and of itself,” Darvish told host Jesse Watters. “Why doesn’t he have a satellite truck? The fact that he couldn’t get cell reception was really frustrating.”
Her concerns mirror those of many Los Angeles residents who have criticized the response to the wildfires, which have already claimed at least 10 lives and destroyed more than 10,000 homes and buildings, including consuming the ritzy Pacific Palisades neighborhood and the multimillion-dollar homes of many celebrities.
She correctly said that, “It’s time for something new. It doesn’t have to be an R, it doesn’t have to be a D. Why can’t it be someone who knows what they’re doing?”
Criticism of Newsom’s handling of the crisis has focused on his decision to reduce California’s funding for wildfire and forest resilience by $101 million less than a year before the Los Angeles fires erupted, the DailyMail.com
