MENDOCINO Co., 11/03/19 — It’s been a long couple weeks in California, with the power outages and many vegetation fires springing up around the state. Now President Donald Trump has once again re-ignited the debate over exactly why California catches fire, via, of course, Twitter. Trump went as far as to once again threaten to cut federal disaster funding to California, and to insist that we “clean” our forests.

The tweets were quickly responded to by a slew of California elected officials, including Governor Gavin Newsom at whom they were aimed, Senator Kamala Harris, and State Senator Mike McGuire, you can see their tweet responses below.

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Kate Maxwell is the publisher and a founder of The Mendocino Voice. She lives inland but goes to the ocean as much as possible.

Adrian Fernandez Baumann is the managing editor of The Mendocino Voice and a founder. He lives in the Willits area and has a dog named Bravo.