Wildfire disaster proves why 'competence,' not party, matters in electing leaders: L.A. Times owner

Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong hit American voters with an "I told you so" about their elected leaders' response to the L.A. area wildfires.

Slamming the competence of local officials, Soon-Shiong posted on X that their handling of the crisis proves exactly why voters should not be electing leaders based on party lines.

"Maybe the lesson we learned out of this catastrophe in California is to now vote not based on left or right or D versus R but perhaps based on competent...