Gavin Newsom and Elizabeth Warren Busted For Claiming 100% of Donations Go To Fire Victims When They Really Go To Democrat ActBlue PAC

How low can you go?…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Sen. Elizabeth Warren are both coming under fire after exploiting the wildfires in California to solicit Democrat donations.

Yesterday, Elizabeth Warren was fact-checked by Community Notes after asking her followers to donate to help those affected by the California wildfires.

She claimed that 100% of the donations went to the LAFD and United Way of Greater Los Angeles charity — when, in reality, the organization she linked to took a cut for Democrats!

Community Notes fact-checked her claims.

Here’s Warren’s post:

To help support the communities around L.A. being devastated by wildfires, can you split a donation between the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and United Way of Greater Los Angeles? 100% of your donation will go directly to these organizations: https://t.co/EtgMfHrEtq

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 11, 2025

Then, today, Gavin Newsom was caught doing a very similar think.

In an X post, linked to a supposed “fact-checking” website to combat so-called “wildfire misinformation”…but it was really just his own political campaign website…

Here’s his post:

A lot of misinformation out there.

Just launched a new site to ensure the public has access to fact-based data around the Southern CA wildfires.

The TRUTH:
– CA did NOT cut our firefighting budget. We have nearly doubled the size of our firefighting army and built the world’s…

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) January 11, 2025

The good thing about X is it makes it impossible for politicians to pull this crap anymore!

Community Notes and individual users on X are pointing out the scheme here.

Check out these reactions:

The Governor of California and Elizabeth Warren using the devastating fire to raise money for Democrats is straight up evil. This is a new low even for them. pic.twitter.com/IxiWLD4XNB

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 12, 2025

Pocahontas got caught scamming her followers.

Community Notes for the win! pic.twitter.com/VwCD54u789

— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) January 12, 2025

Community Notes stays undefeated.

Both Gavin Newsom and Elizabeth Warren were exposed for using the California fires to push Democrat fundraising efforts.

It doesn’t get much worse than this.

Americans, remember these receipts when you head to the polls. pic.twitter.com/RpNyL0g97a

— Jack (@jackunheard) January 12, 2025

Gavin Newscum and Elizabeth Warren using the devastating fire to raise money for Democrats is straight up a new low in Politics. pic.twitter.com/KwLYaqymBb

— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) January 12, 2025

The New York Post reported on the scandal:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom sparked fierce outrage for soliciting donations to victims of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires via his super PAC, which pushed users to add their personal information to a Democratic fundraising site.

Newsom, 57, posted a link on X to californiafirefacts.com, a website set up by his campaign committee, in response to what he claimed was misinformation on the wildfires.

But the site urges users to give money to the California Fire Foundation and links them to a module from ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s fundraising platform. The ActBlue donation box says the money is being raised by Campaign for Democracy, Newsom’s super PAC.

“Your donation will go directly towards supporting firefighters and the communities they serve, including direct financial support to impacted residents,” the site says.

The California Fire Foundation, which helps firefighters, their families and victims, allows users to donate directly without relying on a service like ActBlue to make those transactions.

Users who donate via Newsom’s fundraising appeal are also automatically signing up for text messages from his super PAC, if they provide their phone numbers…

ActBlue is a controversial platform. Last year, congressional Republicans flagged that scores of transactions on ActBlue had been flagged as potentially suspicious or fraudulent.

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Other Democrats including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have similarly shared ActBlue fundraisers as they solicit money for wildfire victims.

Fox News also confirmed:

Gov. Gavin Newsom defended his handling of the raging fires in the Los Angeles area with a new website intended to combat “misinformation” that also links to Democratic Party fundraising giant ActBlue, Fox News Digital found.

Fires have been raging in the Los Angeles area since Tuesday, destroying thousands of acres and homes and leaving more than a dozen people dead in its wake. Newsom, amid criticisms of his handling of the fires, unveiled a new website this weekend to combat “misinformation” on California fire prevention and emergency efforts, linking to a website that raises donations through ActBlue.