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Donald Trump stated on November 4, 2025 in a Truth Social post Voting in California is “rigged.” X posts stated on October 9, 2025 in a post on X “If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat. X posts stated on June 9, 2025 in an X post Image shows an antifa debit card that can “automatically be funded after looting, rioting and gang stalking.” Gavin Newsom stated on June 10, 2025 in posts on X California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma. X posts stated on June 9, 2025 in an X post Video shows Marine Corps attack helicopter over Los Angeles in response to immigration raid protests. X posts stated on June 9, 2025 in X post Video shows woman exiting her car during the 2025 Los Angeles protests, shouting, “I have babies in the car!” TikTok posts stated on June 9, 2025 in a video Craigslist ad was “recruiting people for LA ‘protests.’” TikTok posts stated on June 9, 2025 in a video Video shows Los Angeles protesters chanting “We are Los Angeles” in June 2025. Social Media stated on June 9, 2025 in social media posts California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025. X posts stated on June 8, 2025 in an X post Video shows “Marines have arrived in Los Angeles” June 8 to respond to immigration protests. Facebook posts stated on June 8, 2025 in a Facebook post “BREAKING: Rep. Maxine Waters calls for the United States to grant citizenship to every undocumented protester in Los Angeles” 2025 protests. X posts stated on June 8, 2025 in X posts Video shows a police car burning during June 2025 Los Angeles protests. Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa Que California ofrezca acceso asequible a cuidado de salud para los inmigrantes ilegalmente en EE.UU. Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in in a press conference On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally. X posts stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.” Social Media stated on February 25, 2025 in social media posts U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.” Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a Facebook post Elon Musk “contracted a helicopter and the first DOGE payments are being” dispersed in California. Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2025 in una publicación en Instagram “El gobernador de California le ha dejado las cosas bien claras a Donald Trump que si llega a deportar a los inmigrantes que viven en California el estado independizara de Estados Unidos y se unirá con México". Threads posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a Threads post Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.” Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2025 in an Instagram post “Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.” Load more
X posts stated on October 9, 2025 in a post on X “If you vote no on Prop 50 to stop the redistricting, it shows through the envelope,” making it easy for Democrats to cheat.
X posts stated on June 9, 2025 in an X post Image shows an antifa debit card that can “automatically be funded after looting, rioting and gang stalking.”
Gavin Newsom stated on June 10, 2025 in posts on X California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
X posts stated on June 9, 2025 in an X post Video shows Marine Corps attack helicopter over Los Angeles in response to immigration raid protests.
X posts stated on June 9, 2025 in X post Video shows woman exiting her car during the 2025 Los Angeles protests, shouting, “I have babies in the car!”
TikTok posts stated on June 9, 2025 in a video Craigslist ad was “recruiting people for LA ‘protests.’”
TikTok posts stated on June 9, 2025 in a video Video shows Los Angeles protesters chanting “We are Los Angeles” in June 2025.
Social Media stated on June 9, 2025 in social media posts California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025.
X posts stated on June 8, 2025 in an X post Video shows “Marines have arrived in Los Angeles” June 8 to respond to immigration protests.
Facebook posts stated on June 8, 2025 in a Facebook post “BREAKING: Rep. Maxine Waters calls for the United States to grant citizenship to every undocumented protester in Los Angeles” 2025 protests.
X posts stated on June 8, 2025 in X posts Video shows a police car burning during June 2025 Los Angeles protests.
Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa Que California ofrezca acceso asequible a cuidado de salud para los inmigrantes ilegalmente en EE.UU.
Gavin Newsom stated on May 14, 2025 in in a press conference On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally.
X posts stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”
Social Media stated on February 25, 2025 in social media posts U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard received $14 million in U.S. Agency for International Development funds for “experimental farming.”
Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2025 in a Facebook post Elon Musk “contracted a helicopter and the first DOGE payments are being” dispersed in California.
Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2025 in una publicación en Instagram “El gobernador de California le ha dejado las cosas bien claras a Donald Trump que si llega a deportar a los inmigrantes que viven en California el estado independizara de Estados Unidos y se unirá con México".
Threads posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a Threads post Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamie Raskin “have filed articles of impeachment against President Trump for pardoning the J6 prisoners.”
Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2025 in an Instagram post “Gavin Newsom directed the removal of Elon Musk from the command post and ordered Cal Fire firefighters to return donated starlinks.”
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