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Gavin Newsom: “In June of this year, in the second largest city in the…”

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The only invasion or mayhem that's occurring is happening because the Trump administration is visiting it upon our city. This is not who we are as Americans. We have checks and balances. We have the courts. In June of this year, in the second largest city in the United States of America, President [of the] United States called up 700 active duty marines. He didn't send them overseas. He sent them to, to an American city. It was just days after he had federalized some 4,000 National Guard. (00:13–00:24)

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