Long-time California resident and Fox News contributor Caitlyn Jenner predicts that there will be a “change” in thinking across the state after the way leadership handled the wildfires still affecting parts of Los Angeles County.Jenner, who said she has lived in California since 1973, recalled the first time she saw the state’s “Welcome to California, the Golden State” sign on Highway 82.“Boy, have I seen this state decline over the years.We’re not gold, we’re not silver, we’re not bronze.
We don’t even make the finals anymore,” Jenner told “The Story,” arguing that the state’s decline is because of the politicians running it.The former 2021 Republican recall election candidate argued that the details emerging from how officials failed to prepare for the wildfires are going to shine a “bright light” on California’s “weaknesses.”“Light is good because it’s a disinfectant.I mean, we have so many issues here, mostly with the politicians,” said Jenner, likening the politician’s responses to problems like a game of “whack-a-mole.”“You know that game when you play, when you have the mole and you have the board in front of you and the head pops up, you got a hammer, and you bang it down? And then another one comes up over here, and you bang it down,” she described.“That’s what they do.
Soon as the problem comes up, then they try to do what they can do to fix it.Instead of being on the offensive a year before the fires,” Jenner further explained her analogy.Jenner criticized Gov.
Gavin Newsom’s response to the wildfires, highlighting how she has had properties affected by several fires over the years and that they happen “all the time.”“This is devastating stuff.And they’re not on the offense,” said Jenner, acknowledging the massive winds that contributed to the level of devastation from the flames.Outside of the unusually windy conditions, California has been dealing with a water infrastructure pro...