Summary
As California battles its worst wildfire, consuming 28,000 acres and killing five, MAGA figures, including Trump and Elon Musk, blame DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) initiatives instead of climate change.
Trump attacked Gov. Gavin Newsom over false claims about water policies, while right-wing media targeted Kristin Crowley, LA’s first LGBTQ fire chief, for prioritizing DEI.
Musk amplified conspiracy theories, and MAGA commentators linked DEI to the state’s firefighting challenges.
Critics dismissed these claims, citing unprecedented fire strain, climate change, and misinformation.
Conservative Playbook:
Find something. Anything. Literally anything. Doesn’t matter if it’s real or not.
Whine and complain.
Convince the other absolute dumbest members of society that the people they also don’t like are the root cause of the thing, whatever it is, real or not.
Gain control through these fear/ignorance tactics.
Do absolutely, positively nothing, at all, for the average American while in power.
Rinse and repeat.
I would change step 5: Do things that make life actively worse for the average American while in power. Convince the morons that it was somehow the other parties fault.
Canada is at step 4.5: push the incumbent non-conservative out of office so that can be used in election attack ads later: “cool hair guy ran away.”
Fear centers engaged. Brain disabled.