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Parts of Los Angeles are on fire, and many want to pin the blame on someone besides Mother Nature.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. She was in Ghana when the deadly fires broke out, a terrible look for the big-city leader. Her budget cuts, including $17.6 million for the city’s fire department, also are catching up to her.

Now, some wonder if the progressive city’s DEI efforts fueled the crisis.

Enter Adam Carolla or, at least, testimony he shared with Congress nearly eight years ago.

The comedian appeared before the government body to defend free speech, part of his “No Safe Spaces” project. He used the opportunity to share tales from his youth, including the time he tried to become an L.A. fire fighter.

It didn’t go well.

“I graduated North Hollywood High with a 1.7 GPA and could not find a job. I walked to a fire station. I was 19 and living in the garage of my family home and my mom was on welfare and food stamps. I said, ‘Can I get a job as a fireman?’ and they said, ‘No, because you’re not black, Hispanic or a woman and we’ll see you in about seven years.’”

He eventually got the invite to apply – roughly seven years later, he recalled during his testimony. He took the written exam and queried a fellow applicant while waiting at the government office.

“I had a young woman of color standing behind me in line, and I said to her, ‘Just out of curiosity, when did you sign up to become a fire man?’ … she said, ‘Wednesday.’ That is an example of my white privilege.”

He shared the anecdote to critique race-based policies, particularly those taught on college campuses. Now, the clip is going viral for different reasons.

X owner Elon Musk shared a post featuring Carolla’s testimony on his platform and it quickly amassed more than 4.4 million views.

And counting.

Others are aggressively reposting the 2017 era clip, including Carolla. The comic has been excoriating DEI-style policies for years on his self-titled podcast and on “The Adam and Dr. Drew Show.”

This week, he doubled down on how LA-area Democrats left the city vulnerable to natural disasters like this.

He also played up concerns that DEI priorities may have cost area residents dearly.

Fire fighters are still working to extinguish the fires. We don’t know all the facts behind why the fires broke out in the first place or why some containtment efforts have stalled.

Carolla’s story, and suspicions that DEI prioritizes diversity over competence, won’t fade anytime soon.