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Gavin Newsom: “We saw 700 active duty Marines not sent overseas, but sent…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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FULL SPEECH: California Gov. Gavin Newsom talks Prop 50 win

Published | Video Starts at 03:03

They are not screwing around. In June of this year, we saw 4,000 National Guard federalized in the state of California. We saw 700 active duty Marines not sent overseas, but sent to the second largest city in the United States of America to militarize our streets. We said in June this was a preview of things to come. What more evidence do you need than what happened in Washington, D.C. what's happening up in Portland? (03:03–03:14)

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Asserts that 700 active duty Marines were deployed domestically to militarize streets in a major U.S. city.

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