He didn’t begin the hearth!
However don’t inform lefty metropolis Comptroller and mayoral wannabe Brad Lander, who virtually accused President-elect Donald Trump for the comb fireplace in Prospect Park.
Lander on Saturday joined the rising variety of far-left pols blaming local weather change for wildfires plaguing New Jersey and a brushfire that broke out Friday night time in Prospect Park amid a stretch of traditionally dry climate all through the Northeast.
Nevertheless, the Democratic socialist and presumptive 2025 mayoral candidate took it a step additional, all however accusing Trump and different conservatives of lighting a match and beginning the blazes.
“Let’s be clear: These brush fires are due to drought accelerated by local weather change,” Lander wrote on Fb.
“When Trump/MAGA roll again local weather motion, they’re burning down the issues we love. We’ll must combat fiercely & work extra creatively than ever to guard them.”
Lander, who lives close to the enduring inexperienced house in Park Slope, thanked FDNY firefighters for placing out the blaze.
He added, “my coronary heart aches over yesterday’s fireplace in our beloved @prospect_park, the place of so a lot of our household’s best joys, from baseball to b-day events to Rejoice BK, that saved our lives within the pandemic, my respite at all times.”
Councilman Robert Holden, a average Queens Dem, stated Lander’s remarks about Trump are the most recent instance of him pandering to the far-left.
“Brad Pander, the poster youngster for political irrelevance, outdoes himself but once more with one other pitiful show—shameless as ever, as a result of disgrace requires self-awareness,” he stated.
“When his doomed mayoral bid crashes and burns, he’ll little question level fingers at Trump earlier than crawling again into the obscurity he by no means ought to have left.”
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