Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state tried to politicize the devastating wildfires in California and faced swift backlash on social media.
Firefighters are struggling to contain several wildfires in the Los Angeles area that have spread quickly because of high winds since Monday. More than 5,000 homes and businesses have been burned to the ground, and at least 10 people have died already.
‘That’s someone’s livelihood going up in flames as you cheer, you ignorant fool.’
Jayapal thought to take advantage of the natural disaster to harangue people about global warming in a post on social media Thursday.
“Corporations got us into this mess, but even they can’t escape the devastating reality of climate change,” wrote Jayapal, who added a video of a McDonald’s
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