Gavin Newsom

So yes, I've changed.

The facts have changed.

We need to change and we need to stand up to this authoritarian.

We need to stand up at this moment.

It is foundational.

Again, it is not about Republican versus Democrat.

This guy is an invasive species.

Do Democrats feel betrayed by their elected leaders?

Sure.

Sure.

Has never been afraid of his shadow.

Exactly.

Spoken his mind.

We are not going to let the communists destroy a great American city, let alone the nation's capital.

And let's just also address another thing.

All these demonstrators that you've seen out here in recent days, all of these elderly white hippies, they're not part of the city and never have been.

And by the way, most of the citizens who live in Washington, D.C.

are black.

This is not a city that has had any safety for its black citizens for generations.

And President Trump is the one who is fixing that with the support of the Metropolitan Police Department, the support of the National Guard, and our federal law enforcement officers.