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by Sharon Udasin - 02/07/25 12:28 PM ET
A Southern California Democrat blasted President Trump on Thursday for ordering a release of water in the state’s Central Valley, describing the move as both wasteful and destructive to the region.
“When you solve for the wrong problem, not only do you not get the solution, you
can cause harm,” Rep. Ted Lieu (D) said at a session of the House Committee on
the Judiciary focused on “California Fires and the Consequences of Overregulation.”
“Donald Trump has it in his mind that somehow there’s a spigot in Northern California, and he’s going to open a valve and dump water to Southern California,” added Lieu, who serves the South Bay and Westside areas of Los Angeles.
The congressman was referring to Trump’s order last week to release billions of
gallons of water from two lakes in California’s agriculture-rich Tulare County —
with the purported goal of dousing fires that were already contained and located
about 100 miles away [it's actually 175 miles away].
The releases, conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, occurred following an executive order that directed U.S. government agencies to override California’s water policies, while also censuring the state’s handling of the
wildfires that ravaged the Los Angeles region in recent weeks.
While Trump declared that “once empty ‘halfpipes’ are now brimming with beautiful, clean water” and flowing to Los Angeles, experts and California lawmakers were quick to decry his statements as inaccurate [aka lies].
The water from the lakes in question, they explained, does not usually reach the
Los Angeles area. In addition, many officials and scientists expressed concern that the premature release of water may have jeopardized supply availability in the spring.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5132904-ted-lieu-trump-california-water-release/
All of that is *exactly* right. The federal dams and canals are *not connected* to the system that takes water to Los Angeles and the rest of southern California. Not one drop of the water Trump wasted will reach southern California. It is all going to go to the ocean. The only use for that water is farms in the lower San Joaquin valley, and they can't use the water at this time
of year. The water is all going to end up in the Kern River, then in the San Joaquin river, then into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, then into San Pablo Bay, and then the Pacific Ocean — every fucking drop of it. But Kremlin Girl and
Skeeter-Shit and "pothole" and Blue Bitch will think that Trump has "owned the libs" again, and so they will stupidly be happy.
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