Gov. Gavin Newsom Confronted by CA Wildfire Victim, Demands to Talk to President

2:50 PM PT — NieuwsomThe agency’s office tells TMZ… “After hearing from Rachel, the Governor immediately spoke to President Biden and as a result of that call, the President committed to covering 100% of recovery costs over the next 180 days. That’s a game changer.”

The governor’s representative also says they spoke with Rachel to “connect her with recovery services and local support and provide the latest information.”

They add: “This was not a normal fire. When this fire started, firefighters were battling flames fanned by hurricane winds traveling at 100 miles per hour.”

According to Newsom’s office, local officials say that before the Palisades fire, three million gallons of water (enough water to cover two football fields in a foot of water) had been stored in three large tanks as fire hydrants, but the supply was depleted because of the fire. extreme size of the fire and the extraordinary nature of this hurricane force storm.”

CA Government Gavin Newsom tried to use President Biden as a shield when a distraught wildfire victim confronted him Thursday — but his efforts kind of blew up in his face.

The woman, called a lawyer Rachel Darvishran up to Newsom as he got into his car – leaving a devastated Pacific Palisades behind – and started peppering him with questions about everything that went wrong for firefighters… and a Sky News camera crew captured the intense confrontation.

Darvish demanded answers about why there was no water pressure in fire hydrants to help firefighters put out the flames – Newsom quickly responded by holding up his phone and telling her he was talking to President Biden at the time about getting help to the victims .

Maybe he thought she would back off when he said that, but it only made her demand more answers — and in fact, she asked to speak to Biden. Newsom finally had to admit, “I’m sorry. I’ve tried five times, that’s why I’m walking around calling.”

Newsom suggested he couldn’t get a signal, but Darvish held him down and said… “Why isn’t the president taking your call?”

Look at their exchange…things only got more awkward after that.

Darvish was highly critical of Governor Newsom and the mayor of LA Karen Bass …accusing both of being caught flat-footed and failing to prepare for the worst ahead of this week’s hurricane-force Santa Ana, which fueled the firestorm.

She told Fox News: “There should have been some forethought. People were getting out of their cars to run from the fires.”

It’s also clear she didn’t believe Newsom’s claim about getting President Biden on the phone, and she continued to bombard him with questions about water dripping nearby… suggesting that might have made all the difference as the fire raged .