GAI Director of Research Seamus Bruner blasted California lawmakers and insurance companies for failing Golden State residents on the latest round of deadly wildfires.
Recent reports from multiple outlets reveal major insurance companies like State Farm refusing to renew home insurance policies on houses vulnerable to dangerous wildfires. State Farm nonrenewed 1,626 policies in Pacific Palisades in 2024 due to wildfire risks, reflecting growing insurance challenges in fire-prone areas.
“It’s certainly well-timed,” Bruner said. “People think of insurance companies as casinos — and the house always wins. We know that in Florida they cancel policies before hurricanes. I don’t know if it indicates a
conspiracy — I don’t have evidence for that yet, but it is just egregious.”
“The broader conversation around this is the failure in leadership and DEI taking over what should be agencies dedicated to protecting Americans and protecting their homes and property. The failures in leadership in California are legion,” OAN host Chanel Rion said.
Multiple outlets have blasted Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for prioritizing diversity initiatives over common-sense firefighting policies.
“Yes, the DEI stuff is probably the most outrageous part of this whole thing. DEI has been on life support for the past couple of years. You saw McDonald’s isn’t going to be using it anymore,” Bruner said. “A lot of the Fortune 500 companies are doing away with it. This has to be the end of DEI, this forest fire.”
“It circles back to what you’ve written about in Controligarchs,” Rion said, referencing Bruner’s book. “The big money sources that help push these (DEI) programs are now showing the entire world what the result of years of that kind of ideology will render on the people.”
Rion also noted that California fire departments sent firefighting supplies to Ukraine — this is true.
According to Newsweek, “The Los Angeles County Fire Department said in March 2022 that it would gather and donate surplus equipment and gear to help first responders in Ukraine. Those items included hoses, nozzles, turnouts, helmets, body armor, and other associated personal protective equipment.”
“As Ukrainian firefighters continue to work under extreme peril to remove victims with limited resources, we felt the need to step up and help in some way,” Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl L. Osby said in a statement.
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