California Gov. Gavin Newsom “has a criminal-first agenda where they do as much as they can to protect the criminals, but they demonize a lot of the Californians here in this state that are demanding that we have safety in our community,” says California Assemblymember David Tangipa.

“What America needs to see is that Gotham is unfolding right before their eyes here in the state of California,” Tangipa said Monday during an appearance on Newsmax’s “The Chris Salcedo Show.”

“And is this what they want for the rest of the country? This was not escalated by [President] Donald Trump. He was elected to go in and to find these people. And one of the biggest things that I really, really despise is actually how we’re conflating illegal immigrants with legal immigrants.

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