Gavin Newsom: ‘We Will Lose Our Country’ if We Don’t Fight Fire with Fire

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NEWSOM: “These guys are ruthless on the other side. Trump's not screwing around and nor can we. Yeah, it's uncomfortable fighting fire with fire. Yes, we all want the better angels. Yes, we want the Sorkin sound and music, a little West Wing. (Laughter) I do. But we'll lose our country. We will lose our country. You saw today. What is the president of the United States spending all his time on? He had a big press conference about the new design for the ballroom, the ballroom that he promised would be private in terms of its contribution. Now he's asking a billion dollars of your taxpayers' money. You saw what happened yesterday with Hegseth. This is the middle of a war, 80 days in the middle of a war. So what does the head of the Pentagon do? He goes out there and campaigns in a partisan campaign for someone that didn't do the bidding of the president. This is happening in real time. It's happening on our watch.”