As devastating fires continue to ravage Los Angeles, some Christian leaders and influencers are taking to social media to question whether the infernos are the result of God’s judgment on a Democrat-governed city and state.
While the total number of casualties is unknown as of Thursday (Jan. 9), the fires have reportedly claimed the lives of at least five people, and nearly 180,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.
At least five fires are burning in the greater Los Angeles area.
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While first responders and local and state officials work to address the unprecedented natural disaster, some conservative figures have argued that leadership failures of political opponents are to blame for the fires.
Perhaps most notably, President-elect Donald Trump pinned the blame for the fires on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whom Trump derisively refers to as “Newscum.”
“As of this moment, Gavin Newscum and his Los Angeles crew have contained exactly ZERO percent of the fire. It is burning at levels that even surpass last night,” Trump said in a social media post on Wednesday. “This is not Government. I can’t wait till January 20th!”
Trump said in a later post that President Joe Biden was also to blame, falsely alleging that “Biden’s FEMA has no money.”
Other conservatives have weighed in with similar sentiments. In an interview with Jesse Watters on Fox News, actor Zachary Levi accused Newsom of being “criminally negligent.”
Levi has become increasingly outspoken on both political and spiritual issues. While he speaks often about God, he has described himself as “Christian-adjacent.”
“At some point, it goes beyond just ‘whoopsie,’” Levi told Watters. “At some point, it goes beyond negligence. There’s something that’s almost criminally intentional about this.”
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Christian political activist Charlie Kirk said in a social media post, “The dark truth about the LA fires: It’s not an act of God, it’s a lack of action from man.”
