California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday went after President-elect Trump for recent comments he made about ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

“People are literally fleeing,” Newsom told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in an interview that aired on his show Wednesday. “People have lost their lives. Kids lost their schools, families completely torn asunder, churches burned down.”

“This guy wanted to politicize it,” he added, talking about Trump. “I have a lot of thoughts, and I know what I wanna say. I won't. I stood next to a President of the United States of America today, and I was proud to be with Joe Biden,........

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