Gavin Newsom: “We had 700 active duty Marines that were not sent overseas…”

“Look, for me, you know, just contextualize the way I process this. This, you know, future happened here first in June of last year, where we had 4,000 National Guard that were federalized. We had 700 active duty Marines that were not sent overseas to protect our interests, were sent to seize control of [Los Angeles]. the second largest city in the United States of America, Los angeles. Close to 5,000 federalized troops on the streets of an American city last June.” (00:50–00:59)

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