… ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to, quote, open the valves and release water from two reservoirs in the Central Valley as he was trying to politicize the LA fires. The end result of that was not any sort of relief to the fires in Los Angeles, but 2 billion gallons of water, wasted water, no longer available for growers come the hot, dry summer months. For a president so obsessed with fighting waste, fraud and abuse, I think I know where he can find it. He just has to look in the mirror. (02:51–03:07)
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Asserts that 2 billion gallons of water were wasted, not aiding LA fires.
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