California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) press office said President Trump was “making things up again” after Trump made a claim about low-incoming housing in an area of Los Angeles destroyed by wildfire.
On Tuesday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he had “just learned, that Gavin Newscum, the Governor of California, is in final stages of approval to build Low Income Housing in Pacific Palisades.”
“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 continued, in a post highlighted by Mediaite.
“Lee Zeldin, EPA Administrator, and I, as President, have done the job, and produced all Permits long before anybody expected that to happen. Unfortunately, the Governor of California and Mayor Karen Bass failed you,” he added.
Newsom’s press office quickly went after the president for the post, responding about an hour later.
“Take your dementia meds, grandpa. You are making things up again,” the office said in a post on the social platform X, which was also highlighted by Mediaite.
The press office also said, “there is no state effort targeting new low-income housing in the Pacific Palisades,” an area affected by blazes earlier this year.
Newsom in July announced $101 million in new funding to assist in rebuilding multifamily rental affordable housing in Los Angeles areas that were decimated by the wildfires, which tore through the region in January.
The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment.
