The lack of action from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in the wake of the protests in Los Angeles is “gross malpractice that is going to have huge negative consequences for the left in the next year’s midterms,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told Newsmax on Wednesday.

The two Democrats have been reactive not proactive, he said on “Wake Up America,” because they are “beholden to the radical left.”

“I would like to think that both the mayor and the governor are smart enough to know that common sense is what should be governing the day,” Roberts said. “The American people didn’t just vote for [President] Donald Trump to fix problems like what we’re seeing in California now — the riots, the forest fires before — but they expect people, regardless of their political affiliation, to enact common sense.”

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