Stephen A. Smith calls out Gavin Newsom for failing to call on the National Guard and for being weak:
“If you were Gavin Newsom, as the Wall Street Journal alluded to, you know what you could have done to alleviate this? Since you want to take the Trump administration to court and say that he had no business federalizing the National Guard? You could have called the National Guard. You could have made sure that law enforcement throughout the city of Los Angeles had a very strong, vibrant, conspicuous presence where it might have alleviated the possibility of him calling in—meaning Trump—calling in the National Guards and the Marines. You could have done that, but you didn’t. And because you didn’t, you gave him the opening to do it. Because it makes you look like you’re weak on crime, you’re weak on lawlessness, you’re weak on borders—all the things that got him elected. You’re playing into his hand!”
Stephen A. Smith: “And not only did you do it, Governor Newsom, now Senator Padilla did it. Because we all know you could have waited for her to finish speaking.”