Gavin Newsom

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.

We hear these people outside screaming, free D.C.

Let's free D.C.

from lawlessness.

Let's free Washington, D.C.

from one of the highest murder rates in the entire world.

Let's free Washington, D.C.

so that young families can walk around and feel safe and secure.

That's what we're trying to free D.C.

from.

And as Stephen said, it's kind of bizarre that we have a bunch of old, primarily white people who are out there protesting the policies that keep people safe when they've never felt danger and they're

This is the national, cultural, and political capital of the world's greatest nation.

And you talk to people, black, brown, white, so many of them are afraid to bring their kids into public spaces.

It's a shame.