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Happy Independence Day. Now let’s defend it.

Gavin Newsom · 4 Jul 2026

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  1. The core of our democracy, the thing that separates us from a monarchy or a dictatorship, is the fundamental right to vote. If we lose that, we lose everything.
  2. And we watched Trump seize control of California’s own National Guard and march our soldiers in the streets of Los Angeles against the will of this state, against the law, against everything those uniforms are supposed to stand for. Hear me clearly: that was a test run, a rehearsal.

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