Gavin Newsom: “The president was going to send the National Guard here [to…”

“I imagine if I called him, he'd probably pick up. I bet he would pick up right now. Yeah. And I mean, we have his. I have a cell phone. I … The president was going to send the National Guard here [to San Francisco]. … bringing up the issue of the National Guard, he brought up the fact that he really liked my nickname and said, what do I think of it? New Scum.” (03:25–03:29)

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