Shocker! Democrats Try to Politicize California Fires

Just like they tried to do with the Kansas tornadoes and I-35 Bridge Collapse in Minnesota, Democrats are already politicizing the California fires.

A firefighter speaks on his radio while battling fires in Canyon Country, California. Firefighters battled out-of-control wildfires in southern California that forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and prompted the deployment of National Guard soldiers.(AFP/J. Emilio Flores)

Move America Forward blasted Barbara Boxer for her outrageous and false comments on the Senate floor about the War in Iraq and the fires in California.

Earlier on Tuesday in comments on Capitol Hill, Boxer attacked the mission in Iraq, laying blame on America’s effort to destroy terrorism with the deployment of U.S. troops in Iraq for hindering fire-fighting efforts in California.

“Shame on Barbara Boxer for trying to take a political shot at the missions and abilities of our troops during a time of crisis in San Diego,” said Howard Kaloogian, San Diego County resident and founder of Move America Forward.

Former State Assemblyman Howard Kaloogian was part of thousands of people evacuated from their homes in San Diego County on Monday. Kaloogian lives in San Elijo Hills. Move America Forward’s Vice Chairman, Lt. Colonel Buzz Patterson (USAF, Ret.) has prepared his family for evacuation in Simi Valley, CA, as the Malibu fire is threatening to come over the mountain into populated parts of Ventura County. The family of Move America Forward Grassroots coordinator, Joe Wierzbicki, was forced to evacuate from their homes in Fallbrook to the ocean after flames approached.

“Now is a time for people to come together to help one another during this awful natural disaster. Thousands of Californians have lost their homes, or may lose them in the next 24 hours, and the focus should be on how to help these people, not play petty and pathetic political games,” said Colonel Patterson, Move America Forward Vice Chairman.

Patterson also pointed out that if, “Senator Boxer was so concerned about insufficient military equipment, she should stop voting against military appropriations.”

Besides being shameless, Senator Boxer’s comments are also inaccurate. As Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Paul McHale declared today:

“I can tell you unequivocally that the ongoing war-fighting activities … have had no negative effect at all (on) our ability to provide sufficient forces to assist civilian authorities in fighting the wildfires…. There is no manpower shortage,” McHale has publicly stated.

But, unfortunately the truth means nothing to Democrats who see any tragedy as an opportunity for political gain- whether it is true or not.

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