The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump ATTACKS on LA should be CRIMINAL…I was EVACUATED!!

Episode Date: January 9, 2025

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas who was evacuated from the LA fires reports on Donald Trump’s awful behavior regarding the fires. Rocket Money: Let Rocket Money reach your financial goals faster by going to https://rocketmoney.com/meidastouch Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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free of charge bet mgm operates pursuant to an operating agreement with iGaming ontario hey everybody so i live in los angeles i had to be evacuated my family is okay I don't know what's going to happen with my house, but I just pray for everybody's safety. I'll just tell you what's pissing me off so much right now after seeing the devastation of so many people here. It's just the lies over and over again from Donald Trump and all of these right-wing so-called leaders. It's lie after lie, and it's politicizing the pain and suffering of so many people here in Los Angeles. And this isn't unique to Los Angeles. This is precisely what they do every time there's a natural disaster. When there were hurricanes that hit the East Coast, they lied and said that FEMA was not there to help the people and migrants were getting all of the money and people weren't getting relief. Every single thing MAGA uses as a political wedge

issue. You know, once upon a time, we as a country, when there would be terrorist attacks or natural disasters, it wasn't a political thing. We came together, we tried to solve the problems and we stood as one. We stood as Americans.

And so when I read this filth, this hate from Donald Trump and MAGA, it just compounds the pain and suffering that we have here in Los Angeles. But frankly, this is not unique to us. This is how he treats people. This is how he treats marginalized communities. This is how he treats everybody. It's always a political wedge to make us all hate each other. Enough. Enough of this crap. Here's what Donald Trump posts. He goes, Governor Gavin Newsom, by the way, I don't show Trump video and audio. You don't have to worry about me playing it. Trump goes, Governor Gavin Newsom refused to sign water restoration declarations put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water from excess rain and snow melt from the north to flow daily into many parts of California. He wanted to protect essentially worthless fish called smelt, but didn't care about the people of California.

Now the ultimate price is being paid, an incompetent governor. Then Donald Trump says he is to blame for this. On top of it all, no water for fire hydrants, not firefighting planes, a true disaster. And folks, what Donald Trump is saying is false. But here's the thing. This false statement spreads, I hate to use the term, like wildfire, pun intended or no pun intended. I can't even tell you how many people have reached out to me and they said, oh, I heard the issue is that Gavin Newsom's doing something with smelt and you don't have water there. No, this is a once in a generation event, but that is getting increasingly worse as our climate gets warmer. We're having once in generational droughts,

and this is a catastrophic event. People are suffering. Gavin Newsom has marshaled resources, and he's done that in advance of this as well, planning how to deal with this. And this is a horrific, horrific event that is a natural disaster, and Trump's using it as a wedge issue. But all of MAGA is, quite frankly.

This is what Donald Trump Jr. goes. Can we rename DEI to die, since that's what seems to be happening to the people downstream of those who place woke virtue signaling far above competency? I mean, shut up, Don Jr. You go to Greenland and film documentaries there as you cosplay trying to conquer it, you freaking idiot. What are you even talking? DEI, die. There are real people who are suffering in Los Angeles right now, but I don't want to make it about just us in Los Angeles.

I want to make it about other Americans who have gone through natural disasters or terrorist attacks or what have you, and constantly a barrage of, this is the Democrats' fault, this is the woke fault, this is the transgenders did this, the migrants did this. Y'all are a bunch of divisive, you know what? I'll try to temper my language. Maybe I shouldn't. Donald Trump goes, as of this moment, Gavin Newsom and his Los Angeles crew have contained exactly 0% of the fire. It's burning at levels that even surpassed last night. This is not government.

I can't wait to January 20th. And again, I'm not going to show you video or audio of Trump, but I'll tell you what he said. Trump goes, I know these areas well. This is what he said at the Rotunda where he again politicized the death of Jimmy Carter in the Rotunda to talk about this. He goes, it's a true tragedy. Nobody ever thought, I mean, virtually Beverly Hills and areas surrounding Beverly Hills are being decimated. A basic research would show you that Beverly Hills is not one of the affected areas that's not being decimated. You're just an idiot who wants to pander and divide Americans. Let me show you what Gavinavin newsom said though governor newsom said when

anderson cooper said donald trump's choosing to attack you here's what governor newsom said play this clip even asked this question but the president-elect chose to attack you blame you for this uh one can't even respond to it i mean it's it's, uh, you know, people are literally fleeing. People have lost their lives. Kids, uh, lost their schools, families completely torn asunder, churches burned down. This guy wanted to politicize it. I, I, I have a lot of thoughts and I know what I want to say. I won't. Um, I stood next to a president of the United States of America today, and I was proud to be with Joe Biden. president of the United States of America today, and I was proud to be with Joe Biden.

And he had the backs of every single person in this community. He didn't play politics, didn't try to divide any of us. Finally, your message. Again, also the language calling him new scum. What are you, a third grade bully? No offense to third grade bullies. Who behaves like that? Oh, others in MAGA.

All night on Fox, Sean Hannity. this is DEI, this is woke. Donald Trump warned about this 10 years ago or eight years ago, and you refused to listen. Donald Trump would have fixed all of this. Again, the propaganda here puts North Korea's propaganda machine to shame. Donald Trump didn't say crap. Donald Trump doesn't know anything what he's talking about. He thinks the fires are in Beverly Hills. He talks about windmills killing whales. The guy's a freaking moron, but worse than that, he is a divisive hate monger is what he is. And here's a divisive hate monger, Jesse Waters, who goes, this right here, ladies and gentlemen, this is the leadership of the L.A. Fire Department. I sure hope they know what they're doing. And he's pointing to a group of women and he has a clear intent on what he's trying to say there.

And he goes, oh, again, Trump warned about this years ago. Trump would have saved this. Trump would have saved this. Trump would have stopped this. Talking about. Don Jr., of course, uses it as a way to attack Ukraine. Oh, look, of course, the LA Fire Department donated a bunch of their supplies to Ukraine. Then you have MAGA Republican senators like Mike Lee. They were responding to the LA fires by attacking California Democrats and echoing Trump's talking points about protections for Delta smelt playing a role. You have Benny Johnson using a clip where Governor Newsom was being briefed about the fire and he was right there. Newsom getting briefing from fire chiefs. And Benny Johnson's

like, California Governor Gavin Newsom shows up on site of the Palisades fire, offering nothing but a glance and his hands in his pocket. Again, I'm not even going to show you the clip if you want to watch it, but it's like six seconds of it. And that's the type of propaganda that they spew out there. Other right-wing influencers like John LaFarge goes, Trump was right about the fires in California. It's not climate change. It's the Democrats. This next guy, so sad to see all the fires burning in California.

It's a disaster on scumbag news scum. MAGA Republican Congress member Andy Biggs goes on Newsmax and says that the fires are caused by Democrats. They're skipping right over thoughts and prayers. Elon Musk chimes in. They've prioritized DEI over saving lives and homes. Alex Jones, the propagandist who defamed, mocked the parents of kids who died in school shootings, got a judgment against him and runs away from that judgment, goes, ESG and DEI all brought to you by BlackRock

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to support areas that are impacted and help reimburse the state of California for the immediate firefighting costs. My administration will do everything it can to support the response. I urge the residents of Pacific Palisades and the surrounding areas of Los Angeles to stay vigilant and listen to local officials. President Biden posts, over 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate communities impacted by the Southern California wildfires. At least two people have been killed and many more are injured, including firefighters. It's devastating. To the residents of Southern California, we are with you. He also posts, already my team has provided 24-7 weather forecast support, sent five air tankers and 10 firefighting helicopters, pre-positioned dozens of fire engines, approved grants to reimburse firefighting costs, and I have approved Governor Newsom's request

for a major disaster declaration. Brandon Richards, whose rapid response for Governor Newsom talks specifically about how Gavin Newsom ordered and pre-positioned critical assets like 75 local government fire engines, seven water tenders, seven helicopters, nine dozers, more than 105 specialized personnel in LA, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. The state strategically moved California fire firefighting resources from Northern California into Southern California, including 45 additional fire engines and six additional hand crews to Los Angeles. But then on the other hand, you've got MAGA Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene saying, Governor Newsom failed so miserably in water and

land management, and now the state of Canada is sending firefighting planes to bail him out. Again, joking, mocking, or perhaps actually threatening our allies in Canada by calling them the 51st state, the state of Canada. I mean, these are truly deplorable people. I mean, Hillary Clinton, this is deplorable. Who behaves like this? And by the way, Canada is helping Canadian crews because they are our allies. We're sending their crews to help us extinguish the LA fires because that's what allies do. They don't threaten to take each other over and attack each other. That's awful. There's a broader point, folks, though, which is the question is this, where you have someone like a President Biden or Democrats who are out there saying, here's what we're doing, here's what we're focused on, and they're speaking positively about, and they're speaking in a way that's constructive about how to get things done. And they're not attacking the other side. They're not blaming.

They're working. They're doing the work. They're rolling the sleeves up. But then on the other side, you have someone blaming, blaming, blaming. It's their fault, their fault, their fault, their fault. But there's no volleying back. Democrats aren't saying they're to blame, they're to blame. So all the people are, you see the strategy here that MAGA is using to divide us because

all the people are hearing is on the one side, MAGA is blaming Democrats and Newsom always for no matter what it is. Democrats are like, we can't deal with that now. We are focusing on helping people and saving lives. But there's only one narrative out there in terms of who's to blame because Republicans, the MAGA, they're out there blaming people, Democrats for things that Americans never blamed Americans for at all. That's the issue. And I could just tell you here, I'll leave with this.

My heart goes out to everybody who is going through incredible tough times right now. I mean, do I hope that my home is okay? I do, but my baby girl's here my wife's here my family is safe and i know that makes me fortunate and blessed and there's i'm sure many people out there who did not get out in time and for people who are injured so when you're hit with things like this. All that matters is your family, their health and safety. And so that's where we're at. Anyway, thanks for watching.

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