Gavin Newsom: “Mississippi's got a murder rate. It's 180% higher than Los…”

“Of course, Mississippi leads the nation as the number one murder state in America. Imagine this in particular may resonate with the President of the United States. It's Mississippi's got a murder rate. It's 180% higher than Los Angeles. Interesting. Louisiana has more people. These are all per capita numbers, more people than Los Angeles. Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi.” (18:27–18:45)

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