Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong hit American voters with an “I told you so” about their elected leaders' response to the Los Angeles-area wildfires.
Criticizing the competence of local officials, Soon Xiong posted on X that their handling of the crisis proves exactly why voters do not elect leaders along party lines.
“Maybe the lesson we learn from this debacle in California is to vote now not on the basis of left or right or D versus R but perhaps on the basis of competence or lack of experience in running a job!!” Businessman He wrote from his account Thursday.
He added: “We have to elect on the basis of competence. Yes, competence is important.”
Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong said that the ongoing wildfire crisis in Los Angeles proves that voters should elect leaders based on merit, not political affiliation. ((Patrick T. Fallon/AFP | Marco Tacca/Getty Images | Fox News Digital))
Sun-Shiong has caused quite a stir over the past few months by emphasizing the follies of partisanship in American politics. His viewpoint prompted him to state that his newspaper would not endorse a candidate for the 2024 presidential election — a move that upset the outlet's staff and its audience, which leans liberal.
The owner also announced the creation of a new, more neutral editorial board for The Times, among other steps he proposed to ensure it does not become an “echo chamber of one side.”
Soon-Shiong said his goal was to make the newspaper “midwayA reliable news source.
The owner's emphasis on being nonpartisan has found its way into his recent criticism of leaders in California and Los Angeles, where he asserts that the wildfire disaster proves that the preoccupation with choosing leaders based on their political affiliations distracts from knowing whether they can handle it or not. calamity.
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Fire crews battle the Kenneth Fire in the West Hills area of Los Angeles, Thursday, January 9, 2025. (Ethan Swope/AP)
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In a follow-up post on Thursday, he wrote that “today’s ‘false’ evacuation alert to the entire Los Angeles County is another example” of the incompetence of California’s leaders.
Soon-Shiong was apparently referring to a false mass evacuation alert for the entire Los Angeles County that was sent out just before 4pm PT on Thursday and was quickly withdrawn.
A subsequent alert was issued to county residents that read, “Disregard last evacuation warning. It was for the Kenneth Fire only,” referring to residents living near Calabasas and Agoura Hills — near where the Kenneth Fire occurred.
A local official attributed the false evacuation order to a “technical error.”
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