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Gavin Newsom: “American citizens gunned down and killed in American cities…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

JUST IN: Gov. Gavin Newsom Details Record-Breaking Seizure Of Illicit Fentanyl In California

Published February 2, 2026 | Video Starts at 43:53

Because of Donald Trump. So this is a public safety issue broadly, and that's how abjectly ruinous this administration's been on this policy. And that's why people are outraged. American citizens gunned down and killed in American cities, the militarization of American cities. I mean, I was over in Europe. They can't believe what they're seeing. This is not the United States of America. I was just back east. I was in Wisconsin. (43:53–44:00)

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