Has the grift become an endless cycle in California, much like the failure of the state to adequately prepare for predictable and cyclical wildfire risks?
Duane mentioned this briefly in his earlier post about Gavin Newsom’s attempts to spin his way out of accountability, but let’s take a closer look at fundraising on the Left over the wildfires. A number of efforts have begun to raise money for victims of the wildfires, most of them no doubt legitimate and worthy. However, Newsom chose to raise money through his own campaign super-PAC, which is serviced by a Democrat Party fundraising machine that is already under scrutiny in several different states over its business practices.
People began howling on social media about the hidden grift over the weekend, and the New York Post picked up on it:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom sparked fierce outrage Suday for soliciting donations to victims of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires via his super PAC, which pushed users to add their personal information to a Democratic fundraising site.
Newsom, 57, posted a link on X to californiafirefacts.com, a website set up by his campaign committee, in response to what he…
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