California Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s press office fired back at President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his latest false claim about the state.

Trump said in a Truth Social post that Newsom is in the “final stages” of approving low income housing in the Pacific Palisades, which was slammed by the devastating wildfires earlier this year. Trump also repeated his false claim that Newsom did not allow water from the Pacific Northwest to flow into Los Angeles to combat the wildfires.

“How unfair is that to the people that have suffered so much! Newscum allowed their houses to burn by not accepting Hundreds of Millions of Gallons of Water from the Pacific Northwest, and now, the Low Income Housing starts rising long before he gets Permits for California Citizens to rebuild, but long after the Federal Permits were issued,” Trump wrote, referring to the governor as “Newscum”.

“Lee Zeldin, EPA Administrator, and I, as President, have done the job, and produced all Permits long before anybody expected that to happen. Unfortunately, theGovernor of California and Mayor Karen Bass failed you,” he added.

Newsom’s press office rebuked Trump’s post on social media platform X by breaking down his false claims about low-income housing and the wildfires.

The press office quoted a piece from The Los Angeles Times, saying that misinformation and conspiracy theories are “falsely asserting that the wealthy community would be rezoned for mass building of low-income apartments.” The press office also...

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