Hollywood star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/zachary-levi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zachary Levi</a> said Democratic politicians in California need to be held criminally responsible for the wildfires still burning in Los Angeles county as of Thursday.
During the 44-year-old actor’s appearance on <a href="https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1877187129286983709">Fox News</a>, Levi didn’t hold back and said the destruction caused by the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires is due to “incredible mismanagement” and “incredibly poor leadership.” As of Thursday, the three fires remain zero percent contained and have forced the evacuations of tens of thousands of people in the Southern California area, with many losing their homes.
“I would go so far as to say that it’s criminally negligent because Gavin Newsom has been the governor either for five years or Lt. Governor prior to that for eight, nine years,” Levi explained. “Some of the worst fires we have ever had under that watch.”
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Actor <a href="https://twitter.com/ZacharyLevi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ZacharyLevi</a> lays out a compelling case for holding Democrat politicians accountable for criminal negligence with these fires.
He also sounds like a man who should run for office because he’d be 1000x better than what they have now in California. <a href="https://t.co/v6RAGOPHT6">pic.twitter.com/v6RAGOPHT6</a>
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“He clearly knows that the biggest problem that we suffer in California are these fires. Oh, and by the way, the mudslides that follow,” he added. “And for them to do not just nothing, but essentially worse than nothing, when firefighter budgets are being cut, when they are specifically, essentially work that could be done to avoid these problems or to be able to serve them effectively when they are happening.”
“At some point, it goes just beyond whoopsie, at some point it goes beyond negligence, there is something that’s almost criminally intentional about this,” the “Shazam!” star continued.
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Levi said this is just “not good leadership,” and the politicians “must be held responsible.”
The actor wasn’t the only star who has blasted the Democratic leadership in the state and city for the disaster.
Actress Sarah Foster took to <a href="https://x.com/saramfoster/status/1877161637926641687">X</a> and pointed out that leftist policies have utterly ruined the state of California as she called on Newsom and others to resign immediately.
“We pay the highest taxes in California. Our fire hydrants were empty,” Foster wrote to her followers. “Our vegetation was overgrown, brush not cleared.”
“Our reservoirs were emptied by our governor because tribal leaders wanted to save fish,” she added. “Our fire department budget was cut by our mayor. But thank god drug addicts are getting their drug kits. @MayorOfLA @GavinNewsom RESIGN. Your far left policies have ruined our state. And also our party.”
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Our list of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">celebrities</a> are a mixture of movie and TV stars who refused to remain quiet about showing their support for President-elect Donald Trump ahead of the election.
<h3>Zachary Levi</h3>
In September, “Shazam!” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/zachary-levi">Zachary Levi</a> became one of the rare voices in Hollywood to endorse Trump, saying he believed the former president would “take back this country” and “make it great again,” as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actor-zachary-levi-endorses-trump-we-are-going-to-take-back-this-country">reported</a>.
Levi, who first supported Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for president, ended up throwing all his support behind Trump when RFK dropped out of the race and backed the former president.
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Speaking on “The Megyn Kelly Show,” the actor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P3jUcy3pjI&amp;t=15s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> while he hadn’t voted for Trump in the last two elections, he did think the then-former president did a “good job” — despite what Trump’s opponents said.
“For four years, the world didn’t blow up,” Levi said. “He didn’t turn into the Nazi fascist that everybody [said] he was going to be the first time around. We entered no more wars. Our economy was better. Our border was better.”
“Even if I don’t like all of his Trumpiness,” Levi said, that doesn’t change the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris “is not qualified in any way, shape, or form to be the Commander-in-Chief, the leader of the free world. Absolutely not.”
<h3>Dennis Quaid</h3>
“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/dennis-quaid">Reagan</a>” star Dennis Quaid definitely made headlines when he appeared alongside President-elect Trump on the campaign trail in October in California, ahead of the election.
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The 70-year-old actor took the stage and told the massive crowd of Trump supporters at Coachella he was voting for the former president, after previously telling <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPxS-l0F5sg&amp;t=2068s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Piers Morgan</a> that he “was ready not to vote for Trump … but I saw a weaponization of our justice system.”
“You know, I’m an actor and I just had this movie come out that’s, it was a famous last name: Reagan. My favorite president of the 20th century,” Quaid said at the rally, per <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/dennis-quaid-donald-trump-rally-coachella?srsltid=AfmBOorcKEX6Zpz6iXF6INymny8Rwsshphz6lTf3YOzuYonGW6SO5rg_" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vanity Fair</a>.
“We were a nation in decline,” he added. “That’s what they told us. Ronald Reagan came along and said, no, we’re not a nation in decline. We’re going there. And we followed him. The same with Trump. With President Trump. My favorite president of the 21st century.”
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Quaid previously joined Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on his “Sunday Special” series to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dennis-quaid-joins-ben-shapiro-on-sunday-special-reveals-what-led-him-to-accept-role-portraying-president-reagan-in-new-film" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discuss</a> what led him to take on the role, saying “Reagan was my favorite president.”
“I voted for Jimmy Carter in ’76. It was the first time I could vote, but then I voted for Reagan in ’80,” he added.
<h3>Drea de Matteo</h3>
“Sopranos” actress Drea de Matteo — who admitted she once suffered from “Trump derangement syndrome&#8221; — became an outspoken Trump supporter, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sopranos-star-slams-liberals-celebrating-trump-assassination-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously</a> reported.
“Say what you want about Trump, and I understand that a lot of people have Trump Derangement Syndrome,” the HBO star said. “I was one of them. But people can change. And it’s not that Trump changed, I changed. And I did my research, and I paid more attention to what was going on.”
In July, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-mortified-by-my-people-sopranos-star-slams-fellow-italians-dr-fauci-robert-de-niro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">52-year-old actress</a> blasted liberals who celebrated the attempted assassination of Trump at his rally in Pennsylvania on July 13.
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<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/sopranos-star-drea-de-matteo-reacts-hollywood-stars-mocking-trump-shooting-not-one-undertone-peace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Speaking to Fox News</a>, the actress and self-declared liberal admitted the hate and vitriol coming from the Left against Trump had surprised her, noting that she thought the party was all about “inclusivity” and “compassion.”
“Everybody has their right to their opinion, and they have freedom of speech, so here we are,” Matteo said. “But, again, I’m a liberal. I am a liberal who does not understand how the Left has become so rebellious, with not one undertone of peace, love, harmony, and compassion.”
“You’re supposed to be the party of inclusivity, of love, of peace,” she added. “And all of a sudden, these are the rioters. These are the mean-spirited folks out there. And I don’t understand that.”
<h3>Justine Bateman</h3>
Hollywood star and filmmaker Justine Bateman got everyone’s attention when she decided to deliver a brutal film critic’s take on the numerous meltdown videos all over social media after President-elect Trump’s victory.
In one <a href="https://x.com/JustineBateman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post after another</a> on X, the 58-year-old actress broke down the videos of Harris supporters melting down after Trump’s stunning victory, having some fun with them as she pointed out things like lighting and camera angles, even noting that using one’s car for their freakout video location has been “overused.”
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Later in an interview with Fox News in November, the 58-year-old actress said during her appearance on “<a href="https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/1857246154766876883">Jesse Watters Primetime</a>” that the election marked the end of the woke era, something she was definitely celebrating.
“The political correctness, the woke era is over because you need mob mentality momentum in order to keep that going,” Bateman told the host. “In order to threaten people if they are not thinking and talking the way you do.”
“To threaten their lives, threaten their careers, threaten their place in society,” she added. “You need that momentum in order to do that, and when Trump won [the] presidency again, that cut that momentum off. So, this whole woke era is over.”
Later, she talked about the “spiritual shift” she’s felt in the culture, saying there’s been a “stagnation” and that things “haven’t been moving forward” for the last four years or more.
“It started a little bit when Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X,” Bateman said. “And it really changed when Donald Trump won his presidency. I can feel it. For the last four years … there’s been kind of a pressing down, limiting what people can say, and what happens, too, is you limit what can even occur in society.”

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“Shazam!” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/zachary-levi">Zachary Levi</a> torched an entertainment outlet that attacked him for his support of President-elect Donald Trump following Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat in the election.
In a lengthy <a href="https://x.com/ZacharyLevi/status/1854135775102693855" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X post</a> on Wednesday, the 44-year-old actor hit back against the Hollywood entertainment outlet Showbiz 411 &#8212; run by Roger Friedman &#8212; after it said the “only consolation” in Trump’s victory is that Levi “will never be part of mainstream Hollywood after this. You can make movies with Mel Gibson and Dennis Quaid.”
“Oh, it’s all gravy, Roger!” the actor replied. “My goal has always been to leave it at some point anyway, and build a better system that actually values and compensates the artists more than enriching far too many executives that, by and large, compromise the creative integrity of the art whilst taking the lion share of the proceeds, which they don’t deserve.”
“In addition, I plan on creating a studio that protects and promotes certified organic, human-made content, while mainstream Hollywood continues to replace all of its workforce with AI, simply to maximize their dwindling profits,” he added. “Enjoy reporting on the sidelines of the Hollywood apocalypse!”
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Oh, it’s all gravy, Roger! My goal has always been to leave it at some point anyway, and build a better system that actually values and compensates the artists more than enriching far too many executives that, by and large, compromise the creative integrity of the art whilst… <a href="https://t.co/T7Y74RccTJ">https://t.co/T7Y74RccTJ</a>
— Zachary Levi (@ZacharyLevi) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZacharyLevi/status/1854135775102693855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
Speaking on “The Megyn Kelly Show,” the actor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P3jUcy3pjI&amp;t=15s">said</a> he hadn’t voted for Trump in the last two elections, but noted that the former president did a “good job” — despite what Trump’s opponents said.
“For four years, the world didn’t blow up,” Levi said. “He didn’t turn into the Nazi fascist that everybody [said] he was going to be the first time around. We entered no more wars. Our economy was better. Our border was better.”
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“Even if I don’t like all of his Trumpiness,” Levi said, that doesn’t change the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris “is not qualified in any way shape or form to be the Commander in Chief, the leader of the free world. Absolutely not.”
Levi said he wasn’t just voting for Trump — rather, he was “voting for Donald Trump, Bobby Kennedy, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, JD Vance, and everyone else that they’re going to bring in this team, this Avengers.”
“They’re going to get in there and actually do what Donald Trump said he was going to do the first time, which was drain the swamp,&#8221; he added.
Levi made headlines in September when he became one of the rare voices in Hollywood to endorse Trump, saying he believed the former president would “take back this country” and “make it great again,” as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actor-zachary-levi-endorses-trump-we-are-going-to-take-back-this-country">reported</a>.
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“Shazam!” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actor-zachary-levi-endorses-trump-we-are-going-to-take-back-this-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zachary Levi</a> spoke out about why he’s supporting former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> and the team he referred to as Trump&#8217;s  “Avengers.&#8221;
Speaking on “The Megyn Kelly Show,&#8221; the 44-year-old actor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P3jUcy3pjI&amp;t=15s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he hadn&#8217;t voted for Trump in the last two elections, but noted that the former president did a “good job” — despite what Trump&#8217;s opponents said.
“For four years, the world didn’t blow up,” Levi said. “He didn’t turn into the Nazi, fascist that everybody [said] he was going to be the first time around. We entered no more wars. Our economy was better. Our border was better.”
“Even if I don’t like all of his Trumpiness,&#8221; Levi said, that doesn&#8217;t change the fact that Vice President Kamala Harris &#8220;is not qualified in any way shape or form to be the Commander in Chief, the leader of the free world. Absolutely not.”
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Zachary Levi urges Trump voters in Hollywood to speak out and not fear backlash because the industry &#8220;is not going to exist very soon.&#8221;
“They’ve sent me lots of messages, plenty of people in Hollywood, who are terrified to publicly say they would vote for Donald Trump or be… <a href="https://t.co/Wiic2ba8oO">pic.twitter.com/Wiic2ba8oO</a>
— Variety (@Variety) <a href="https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1849905288700125656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
“I think, even if she’s not aware of it, that she would be a puppet of a much more nefarious system that I believe … that really wants us to stay in all these endless wars, keep all of us endlessly sick,” Levi continued. “So, that’s it to me.”
Kelly said there were likely others who have mixed feelings about Trump, but who might be swayed by the team Trump has assembled around him — people like X-owner Elon Musk, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, and former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Levi agreed, and said that he did not see it as just voting for Donald Trump — rather, he was “voting for Donald Trump, Bobby Kennedy, Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, JD Vance, and everyone else that they&#8217;re going to bring in this team, this Avengers,&#8221; Levi said. &#8220;They&#8217;re going to get in there and actually do what Donald Trump said he was going to do the first time, which was drain the swamp.&#8221;
“And now Trump is privately funding his own transition team, not waiting for the government, so they are ready to go, and they are not compromised,” he added. “That is the government that I want … Bobby and Tulsi are going to be let loose, to be the bulldogs that we need to hold people to account, and by the way, unable to do it fairly. They will do it civilly. They will do it in love.”
Levi made headlines last month when he became one of the rare voices in Hollywood to endorse Trump, saying he believed the former president would &#8220;take back this country&#8221; and “make it great again,&#8221; as The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actor-zachary-levi-endorses-trump-we-are-going-to-take-back-this-country">reported</a>.
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