Democrat Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey has claimed that the Los Angeles fires are the result of a climate change “disaster” stoked by President-elect Donald Trump’s embrace of “Big Oil” — and there is “more death” coming as a result. [emphasis, links added]
“Trump has been bought for $1 billion by Big Oil. Just a payoff to kill the IRA and the Green New Deal. We know what will happen. More fires, more climate disasters, more death. The LA fires are preview of coming atrocities,” Markey wrote on X on Saturday:
Trump has been bought for $1 billion by Big Oil. Just a payoff to kill the IRA and the Green New Deal. We know what will happen. More fires, more climate disasters, more death. The LA fires are preview of coming atrocities.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) January 11, 2025
In another post from Friday, the left-wing senator said Trump is adding “fuel to the fire” by expressing support for more natural gas drilling:
Los Angeles is on fire. Donald Trump says drill baby drill and stop wind and solar. He will add fuel to the fire.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) January 10, 2025
As multiple fires burn through thousands of acres in Los Angeles, Markey has been harping on Republicans for not supporting the Green New Deal:
Republicans say that we can’t afford a Green New Deal. What we really can’t afford is to sacrifice our lives, homes, and communities in fires fueled by the climate crisis. We need a system change, not climate change. https://t.co/i3JEN41ibb
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) January 10, 2025
“Republicans say that we can’t afford a Green New Deal,” he wrote in yet another social media post. “What we really can’t afford is to sacrifice our lives, homes, and communities in fires fueled by the climate crisis. We need a system change, not climate change.”
Markey, who served 20 years in the U.S. House before being elected as his state’s junior senator in 2013, cosponsored the Green New Deal with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) in 2019 to transition the country to using zero-emission energy resources, though it failed to advance in the Senate.
As Markey invokes climate change as the cause behind the ongoing fires — which have already claimed the lives of at least 16 people and destroyed thousands of homes since the first blaze sparked in the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday — Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Chief Kristin Crowley has admitted that city officials “failed” in getting her agency the resources they need:
JUST IN: Los Angeles Fire Department chief Kristin Crowley turns on Los Angeles leadership, says they failed her.
Remarkable interview.
Crowley called out the city for having no water in the Santa Ynez Reservoir.
Reporter: “Did the city of Los Angeles fail you and your… pic.twitter.com/fUQPoW32QA
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 10, 2025
Trump has placed the blame on California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), writing on Truth Social that his disastrous environmental policies have led to the lack of water that the LAFD is currently dealing with:
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 8, 2025
The president-elect has warned about California wildfire mismanagement for years, including as recently as September 2024, Breitbart News reported.
Trump has since called on Newsom to resign, saying it is “all his fault!”:
BREAKING: President Trump just called on Gavin Newsom to resign as Governor of California. pic.twitter.com/603oKI8fWr
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 9, 2025
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