Gavin Newsom

that California became the first pay-by-touch with EBT cards, saw 83% decline in fraud.

Just last year, you saw what we're doing and what the Trump administration's doing, to your question, with Dr. Oz.

You might have, well, you're living in Oz.

When he went down attacking the Armenian community just a few days ago, a business that's down now 30%.

Poor guy, small businessman.

running a bakery because he decided to do a little TikTok video or something.

Saying they're somehow connected to the mob around hospice.

Well, hospice, we've been after that for years and years before Oz was even on the scene.

2021, we did a moratorium on new hospice program.

280, we shuttered.

We've been after this for years and years and years.

We want an open hand, not a closed fist.

We absolutely are here to be a partner to go after waste, fraud, and abuse.

I started something called ODI, Office Digital Innovation.

I did not, my mistake, do it with a chainsaw.

Had I done that, you would know about it.

We just began the Office of Digital Innovation, and we started to begin a process of reforming our procurement and our strategies on technology across the board, but also on the issues of waste, bottom, and boost.

By the way, ODI was a partnership with the Houghton Human Service to create the new EBD card, which again, is leading the nation.

I'm humbled in this perspective.

No one's denying these issues, but let's also not deny this is purely political.