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Los Angeles’ Garcetti mocked over tweet urging residents to conserve energy
Sustainability Sep 14, 2020
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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the city’s Democrat widely seen to have national ambitions, was roundly mocked on Twitter late Sunday after he urged residents to turn off major appliances to conserve energy during a historic heatwave. “It’s almost 3 p.m.,” Garcetti’s tweet read. “Time to turn off major appliances, set the thermostat to 78 degrees (or use a fan instead), turn off excess lights and unplug any appliances you’re not using. We need every Californian to help conserve energy. Please do your part.” Fox 11 reported that thousands of residents across Los Angeles County were without power and a California Independent System Operator declared a Stage 2 Emergency, which means the city is “taking all the steps to protect the grid, manage transmission loss and avoid outages.” Garcetti’s tweet got the attention of Eric Trump, one of President Trump’s sons, who tweeted, “Hard to believe this tweet is real from the Mayor of LA. This is what the democrats will do to this country… #Blackouts.” Another commenter posted, “What do our extremely high taxes pay for? Police have been defunded. Public schools are not in session. Where’s the money and resources going?” Garcetti’s office did not immediately respond […]
