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Trump says California Governor Gavin Newsom should be arrested

Trump says California Governor Gavin Newsom should be arrested

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US 'Border Czar' Tom Homan should act on California Governor Gavin Newsom's dare to arrest him over the deportation protests in Los Angeles, Donald Trump said from the White House lawn.

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