Leroy N. Soetoro
2020-09-18 03:58:06 UTC
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-newsom-harris-photo-op
The family says they haven't even been allowed to survey their own loss
A family in California says Sen. Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom
trespassed on their fire-ravaged property for a photo opportunity.
The California lawmakers visited Fresno County Tuesday to survey the
damage of the flames engulfing much of the West Coast, and received a
briefing from Cal Fire and U.S. Forest Service officials.
They stopped by Pine Ridge Elementary in Auberry, Calif., before walking
across the street to observe a residence burnt to the ground.
"The fire just swept through. So everything is gone except the chimney.
Those chimneys, they remind me - when you look at a neighborhood that's
been wiped out, those chimneys remind me of tombstones, the Democratic
vice presidential nominee said Tuesday.
In a Facebook post with over 1,000 shares, Trampas Patten says he is the
son of the homeowners whose property was used in Harris photo. He said
his family is frustrated that lawmakers can use his familys loss for a
photo op before the family itself has been allowed back on the property.
What has me really frustrated right now is the fact that these two
politicians used my parents loss for a photo opportunity to push their
political agenda! Political party wouldnt have made a difference in this
moment, Patten wrote. Decent human beings that have character and class,
wouldnt air someone elses misfortune on national television!
For the record, my parents havent even been let back in yet themselves,
to sort through what is left of their lives, but these two felt the need
to go traipsing around my parents property without permission, he
continued. I guess those property taxes my parents pay allow politicians
to do this! Private property doesnt exist in California anymore!
His sister, Bailee Patten, told Fox 26 seeing the pile of rubble that was
once their home for the first time on social media was a major blow.
When we saw those photos, it was -- there aren't words, because it's
like, we haven't even seen our house. We haven't seen our property. There
is no house, we haven't even seen our property, she said.
Bailee Patten
on Tuesday
Dear Governor Newsom you dont know me but Im one of your CA citizens.
That truck you are standing by is my dads work truck. He has had that
thing for as long as I can remember. That land with all the rubble your
standing next too, thats my house I grew up in. You never got my parents
permission to go on our property, nor did you ask if we needed help. What
you did do is take my families loss and parade it all over social media
and news networks to push your agenda.
That agenda can wait, right now you should be caring about the families of
this state. Thankfully this community is #mountainstrong and we will
thrive.
The home is still in an area under an evacuation order so owners have not
been allowed to check on their property.
This isn't just devastation, this is our lives. This is where we grew up,
these are our memories. And to not have that -- to feel so helpless -- and
I guess that's what we've all been thinking, is that we were so helpless,
Patten continued. Because we weren't there, we haven't gotten to deal
with our loss. Instead, we're having to watch it play out on social media
and news."
Harris told reporters as they filmed her around the property: "These are
the stories behind these fires."
"The people who are victimized by these, they could care less - and their
children could care less - who they voted for in the last election, she
said.
Patten wrote on Facebook that she feels Newsom took her familys loss to
parade it all over social media and news networks to push your agenda.
That agenda can wait, she said, calling on the governor to care for the
families suffering such loss.
During the visit, Newsom and Harris pointed to climate change as they
spoke about the wildfires.
CALIFORNIA'S NEWSOM THANKS TRUMP FOR HELP WITH FIRES, SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE
CONTRIBUTES TO BLAZES
"It is incumbent on us, in terms of the leadership of our nation, to take
seriously the extreme changes in our climate," Harris said.
Climate change is real. If you don't believe in science, come to
California and observe it with your own eyes. You cannot be in denial
about this reality, Newsom said.
"Do you want this kind of leadership, using you and your loss for
political gain?!" Trampas Patten asked in his post.
When asked for comment, a Harris spokesperson told Fox 26, I'm not going
to have anything about that.
Comments:
randho8
4 minutes ago
My mind pictures those two standing in the middle of an area of smoke and
fire a little latter in life...way later.
Reply
ToHellandBack243
4 minutes ago
So now arsonists are listed as climate change? Trees do appear to
"explode" once they reach their temperature of combustion. Have you ever
left a smoldering log in a fireplace with no visible flame, but the hearth
has glowing coals? Once those coals heat the temperature of the log it
sometimes "bursts" into flame. I hate the democrats.
Reply
Cramirez1
5 minutes ago
I heard they arrested to climate changers on arson within the past week.
Reply
DelDBee
9 minutes ago
Lock em up!!!
Reply
Raptor714
9 minutes ago
The fires are Newsoms. The COVID-19 deaths in California are due to
Newsom. The ruination of the California economy are due to Newsom. The out
of Contol homeless problem in California is Newsoms. He has done nothing
for the state except line his pockets!
Reply
Vapor
Raptor714
6 minutes ago
Can't you tell he is related to Pelosi.
Reply
DAHSHAAYS
10 minutes ago
What so surprise that the socialists left thinks everything are theirs.
There is a reason looting everywhere, it starts from their leaders.
Reply
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."
The family says they haven't even been allowed to survey their own loss
A family in California says Sen. Kamala Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom
trespassed on their fire-ravaged property for a photo opportunity.
The California lawmakers visited Fresno County Tuesday to survey the
damage of the flames engulfing much of the West Coast, and received a
briefing from Cal Fire and U.S. Forest Service officials.
They stopped by Pine Ridge Elementary in Auberry, Calif., before walking
across the street to observe a residence burnt to the ground.
"The fire just swept through. So everything is gone except the chimney.
Those chimneys, they remind me - when you look at a neighborhood that's
been wiped out, those chimneys remind me of tombstones, the Democratic
vice presidential nominee said Tuesday.
In a Facebook post with over 1,000 shares, Trampas Patten says he is the
son of the homeowners whose property was used in Harris photo. He said
his family is frustrated that lawmakers can use his familys loss for a
photo op before the family itself has been allowed back on the property.
What has me really frustrated right now is the fact that these two
politicians used my parents loss for a photo opportunity to push their
political agenda! Political party wouldnt have made a difference in this
moment, Patten wrote. Decent human beings that have character and class,
wouldnt air someone elses misfortune on national television!
For the record, my parents havent even been let back in yet themselves,
to sort through what is left of their lives, but these two felt the need
to go traipsing around my parents property without permission, he
continued. I guess those property taxes my parents pay allow politicians
to do this! Private property doesnt exist in California anymore!
His sister, Bailee Patten, told Fox 26 seeing the pile of rubble that was
once their home for the first time on social media was a major blow.
When we saw those photos, it was -- there aren't words, because it's
like, we haven't even seen our house. We haven't seen our property. There
is no house, we haven't even seen our property, she said.
Bailee Patten
on Tuesday
Dear Governor Newsom you dont know me but Im one of your CA citizens.
That truck you are standing by is my dads work truck. He has had that
thing for as long as I can remember. That land with all the rubble your
standing next too, thats my house I grew up in. You never got my parents
permission to go on our property, nor did you ask if we needed help. What
you did do is take my families loss and parade it all over social media
and news networks to push your agenda.
That agenda can wait, right now you should be caring about the families of
this state. Thankfully this community is #mountainstrong and we will
thrive.
The home is still in an area under an evacuation order so owners have not
been allowed to check on their property.
This isn't just devastation, this is our lives. This is where we grew up,
these are our memories. And to not have that -- to feel so helpless -- and
I guess that's what we've all been thinking, is that we were so helpless,
Patten continued. Because we weren't there, we haven't gotten to deal
with our loss. Instead, we're having to watch it play out on social media
and news."
Harris told reporters as they filmed her around the property: "These are
the stories behind these fires."
"The people who are victimized by these, they could care less - and their
children could care less - who they voted for in the last election, she
said.
Patten wrote on Facebook that she feels Newsom took her familys loss to
parade it all over social media and news networks to push your agenda.
That agenda can wait, she said, calling on the governor to care for the
families suffering such loss.
During the visit, Newsom and Harris pointed to climate change as they
spoke about the wildfires.
CALIFORNIA'S NEWSOM THANKS TRUMP FOR HELP WITH FIRES, SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE
CONTRIBUTES TO BLAZES
"It is incumbent on us, in terms of the leadership of our nation, to take
seriously the extreme changes in our climate," Harris said.
Climate change is real. If you don't believe in science, come to
California and observe it with your own eyes. You cannot be in denial
about this reality, Newsom said.
"Do you want this kind of leadership, using you and your loss for
political gain?!" Trampas Patten asked in his post.
When asked for comment, a Harris spokesperson told Fox 26, I'm not going
to have anything about that.
Comments:
randho8
4 minutes ago
My mind pictures those two standing in the middle of an area of smoke and
fire a little latter in life...way later.
Reply
ToHellandBack243
4 minutes ago
So now arsonists are listed as climate change? Trees do appear to
"explode" once they reach their temperature of combustion. Have you ever
left a smoldering log in a fireplace with no visible flame, but the hearth
has glowing coals? Once those coals heat the temperature of the log it
sometimes "bursts" into flame. I hate the democrats.
Reply
Cramirez1
5 minutes ago
I heard they arrested to climate changers on arson within the past week.
Reply
DelDBee
9 minutes ago
Lock em up!!!
Reply
Raptor714
9 minutes ago
The fires are Newsoms. The COVID-19 deaths in California are due to
Newsom. The ruination of the California economy are due to Newsom. The out
of Contol homeless problem in California is Newsoms. He has done nothing
for the state except line his pockets!
Reply
Vapor
Raptor714
6 minutes ago
Can't you tell he is related to Pelosi.
Reply
DAHSHAAYS
10 minutes ago
What so surprise that the socialists left thinks everything are theirs.
There is a reason looting everywhere, it starts from their leaders.
Reply
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."