Gavin Newsom: “San Francisco, which is now, as we said, it's a historic…”

“Eight of the top 10 murder states, red states. So you're exactly right. Crime is a big issue in this country. But crime, I mean, San Francisco, which is now, as we said, it's a historic drop in crime over the past year, 60 year low and homicides on its way to 75, 28% across the board. But San Francisco had become a symbol of the failure of liberal Democratic policy. Because it was exploited and colored in. It's part of the California derangement syndrome.” (15:05–15:11)

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