On The Glenn Beck Program, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina discussed the California water crisis and how liberal environmentalists are to blame for what she deems “a man-made disaster.”
“With different policies over the last 20 years, all of this could be avoided,” she said. “Despite the fact that California has suffered from droughts for millennia, liberal environmentalists have prevented the building of a single new reservoir or a single new water conveyance system over decades during a period in which California’s population has doubled.”
“It is a man-made disaster,” Fiorina argued.
“California is a classic case of liberals being willing to sacrifice other people’s lives and livelihoods at the alter of their ideology,” she fired.
“This is all about politics and policy, and it is liberal environmentalists who have brought us this tragedy,” Fiorina said.
“The Senate and the President could wave some of those water restrictions. They have been asked to do so and they’ve refused to do so…”
She went on to say that big government and its “complexity” are reasons why she is considering running for president in 2016:
“We must, absolutely must, get government under control, which means reducing its size and its power and its complexity in really fundamental ways,” Fiorina told Glenn. “And that is why I am seriously considering running for president, and will make a final decision over the next month or so.”
“Too many politicians have been captured in this system for too long and they no longer see what needs to be done,” she said.
For the rest of Carly Fiorina's remarks, watch the video below from Blaze TV.
The worsening drought situation in California prompted Gov. Jerry Brown (D-CA) to issue an emergency executive order on April 1 imposing harsh, unprecedented restrictions on water-use statewide. Under the governor’s order, Californians can face fines of $500 a day for “taking long showers,” watering their lawns, or using water in ways the state considers "wasteful," reported MRCTV.