Gavin Newsom: “Upwards of a hundred, I think, just shy of a hundred. Child…”

“And so, you know, American taxpayers, be warned, your hard earned money is going to go to, to paying off violent criminals, many of whom have already found themselves back into, you know, into the criminal justice system for some pretty heinous crimes. Upwards of a hundred, I think, just shy of a hundred. Child molestation and reckless and I mean, all kinds of horrific crimes. One out of every 16 of these guys are back in jail. These great people. Yeah, exactly. It debunks the claim that, you know, that all along that these were great Americans that were simply inspired by, you know, what they saw as this horrendous, you know, corruption.” (41:04–41:17)

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