Gavin Newsom: “Those same Guard men and women were actually called up to…”

“But this is the same people, you know, so it was actually a wake up call for me. You know, it's interesting because we, I Federalized well, before they were federalized, our National Guard in Southern California, Those same Guard men and women were actually called up to help with the wildfire recovery in Los Angeles. And the same exact examples of selfies. One of the biggest challenges we had was all the food and water people coming up, thanking them for being there.” (02:49–02:57)

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