Take, for instance, some of the responses conservatives shared about wildfires endangering Southern California. When Robby Starbuck, a far-right activist, suggested DEI is “deadly,” claiming it “made the damage of these fires worse,

It’s hard to ignore the fact that California’s leaders made DEI a priority over anything else in the state, including battling wildfires.

Rather than months without rain or the effects of climate change, figures like Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr. are pointing to a familiar scapegoat as entire neighborhoods burn.