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The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.

I think he’s very much aware of the strategy taco is using and that he only needs a flimsy excuse to start shooting at protesters. Of course he doesn’t want to put gas on the flames. Newsom is between a rock and a hard place and knows he’ll get blamed for everything anyhow.