Actor Mel Gibson denounced California Governor Gavin Newsom over the ongoing Los Angeles area wildfires while appearing on a Thursday episode of The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Newsom, a Democrat, has been facing heavy criticism from Republicans including President-elect Donald Trump since several major fires erupted and quickly spread out of control in Southern California earlier this week.

Mel Gibson revealed that he lost his Malibu home in the Los Angeles fires while in Austin filming an episode of Joe Rogan's podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.

The finger-pointing at diversity and inclusion efforts is part of a broader push to blame liberal policies for the perception of chaos and lawlessness in blue states.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday went after President-elect Trump for recent comments he made about ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area. “People are literally fleeing,” Newsom told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in an interview that aired on his show Wednesday.

Californians are waking up to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's incompetence as they see their state continue to burn. On Thursday, a clip filmed by Sky News and posted to social media platform X, showed one woman running up to Newsom as he is about to enter a black SUV -- demanding answers.