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Pete Hegseth: “Gavin Newsom wasn't willing to do what was needed to prevent…”

Featuring: Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense | National

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Defense Secretary issues DEADLY WARNING after cartel strike

Published | Video Starts at 08:22

That's what we said we were going to do from the beginning, and that's what we did. So everything we did in Los Angeles was lawful and, by the way, effective. Gavin Newsom wasn't willing to do what was needed to prevent a Summer of Love 2.0. And so we got in there, secured the city alongside federal law enforcement. We supported them. That'll be appealed, that will be overturned. (08:22–08:29)

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Asserts that Governor Gavin Newsom did not take necessary actions to prevent unrest.

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