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Newsom Compares Trump To “Failed Dictators” In Fiery Speech Over Troops In LA: “The Moment We Have Feared Has Arrived”
Gavin Newsom made a stand Wednesday for democracy in a fiery speech from the California Governor condemning Donald Trump for deploying troops in LA
In a quickly organized near primetime address coming on the fifth day of unrest in the City of Angels, the California Governor lambasted the “brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers and even our National Guard at risk.” “Trump is pulling a military dragnet all across Los Angeles, well beyond his stated intent to just go after violent and serious criminals,” Newsom said of the moves by Republican he has long been the foil for to round up undocumented immigrants in LA with masked and heavily armed ICE shock troops. Seen by many as a prelude to declaring the Insurrection Act, Trump’s order on putting National Guard boots on the tense streets of LA came without any consultation with Newsom, the Governor has said repeatedly the past few days.
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