The finger-pointing at diversity and inclusion efforts is part of a broader push to blame liberal policies for the perception of chaos and lawlessness in blue states.

"He is the blame for this," Trump wrote about Newsom on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, but Newsom's office called that "fiction."

President-elect Donald Trump has reignited a long-standing feud with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) as California grapples with the costliest wildfire in history. Government officials estimated the Los Angeles fires would cause more than $50 billion in total damages,