Aurora Culpo rips Democratic leaders for lack of wildfire preparedness, calls on Newsom, Bass to resign

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As firefighters continue to battle raging wildfires tearing into five California counties, celebrities and residents of the Golden State are sharply criticizing government officials, including Gov.

Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, for their lack of preparedness. Local law enforcement has reported that at least 10 individuals have been killed, and more than 10,000 homes and buildings have been destroyed by fire since Tuesday. "If this was a business, every single person in office would be fired," Aurora Culpo, host of the podcast "Barely Filtered," told Fox News Digital. "The fact that no one wants to take responsibility and own up to egregious negligence just further proves the lack of true leadership we have in our state." Sarah Michelle Gellar, Patricia Heaton and Jillian Michaels are among other vocal celebrities providing government officials with scathing reviews.

Culpo, originally from Rhode Island, is a Manhattan Beach resident who fled the area with her children on Thursday. "This disaster did not come out of left field," Culpo said. "We were well aware of the possibility for fire, and we had the preparedness of a third world country in a place that pays some of the highest taxes in the world.Those in power should be forced to take responsibility and resign." She added that expectations of government officials should be "extremely high," and political accountability should be enforced with rigor. "Their lack of competence cost lives, communities and billions of dollars," Culpo said of both Gov.

Newsom and Bass. "The captain goes down with the ship," she said. "Resign." "I don't care if Newsom is Republican or Democrat, at all, in this case," she said.