PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — With the Los Angeles County fires still raging, the disaster has caused a backlash on both state and local leadership. Some residents told the Daily Caller News Foundation the fire was just the latest frustration with how the Democratic state is being run.
Evacuation orders began Tuesday in the coastal Southern California town of Pacific Palisades, but by evening more areas of the county were under threat as other fires sparked in various areas. By Wednesday morning, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom had canceled his trip to Washington, D.C., in order to visit some of the destruction sites in Pacific Palisades that same day and Thursday.
However, despite the governor’s attempt to dismiss President-elect Trump’s criticism of his leadership as a way to “politicize” the situation, residents affected in Pacific Palisades and Altadena have…
