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00:00Thank you, everybody, for taking the time to be here, and you'll hear from the folks to my left and the right in a moment, and I'm grateful for their presence and their hard work over the course of a number of years.
00:13We're here to talk about some of the efforts that have been underway since 2019 that were accelerated in early 2023 and continue throughout the state of California as it relates to crime suppression and partnerships that have been supported by local law enforcement in coordination and collaboration with the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Justice, and, of course, members of the Cal Guard.
00:41As you may recall, in 2023, early 2023, we were talking about efforts that she wanted to push to jointly connect some of the law enforcement activities with the district attorney in San Francisco, our State Department of Justice, and the California Highway Patrol.
01:01We announced that operation that included Cal Guard, included JAGs, to help with prosecution in partnership with the city and county of San Francisco.
01:10You may recall the early success of those efforts.
01:14There were 6,200 citations.
01:17There were hundreds of stolen vehicles that were recovered and guns, illegal guns.
01:22Over 700 pounds of fentanyl was seized because of that operation.
01:26So successful was the operation in 2023 that we started receiving phone calls from other mayors throughout the state of California.
01:34At the time, Oakland was a hotspot, and Oakland, not only the mayor, but members of the County Board of Supervisors in Alameda, members of the city council, including clergy.
01:46We had a meeting here at the governor's office, and perhaps the most vocal advocates for partnership with the California Highway Patrol were members of clergy.
01:55We initiated that operation, which continues to this day with tremendous success.
02:01I underscore that success to highlight the fact that there has been over 4,000 vehicles in Oakland alone, stolen vehicles that have been recovered under this operation.
02:12Illegal guns, DUIs, that operation continues again to this day quite successfully, embraced by the new mayor, currently members of the city council, including, again, those that helped sponsor this effort at the county level.
02:29We've expanded those operations in San Bernardino, we've expanded those operations in Bakersfield, and we've received additional requests in other parts of the state.
02:38And that's what we wanted to highlight here today, that we're going to be expanding this operation, building on the success that has now included over 9,000 arrests statewide.
02:47An effort that will now take shape on the border division down in San Diego.
02:55We're going to advance this effort down in L.A. to other parts of the Central Valley, not just limited to Bakersfield, in partnership with Mayor Goh there in San Bernardino.
03:07And we're going to expand this operation in a collaborative that continues to include the cities and counties.
03:14Our partners in the sheriff's office and local law enforcement agencies.
03:20We continue as well to work with the federal partners.
03:24I'll remind you in San Francisco, working with the Biden administration, that we initiated, as we launched the CHP operation, federal partnerships.
03:33An incredibly important and impactful partnership with the DEA, with the FBI, and with the Department of Justice.
03:44Operation Overdrive also advanced a lot of the efforts that have substantially improved quality of life and conditions in San Francisco.
03:52We continue to seek collaborative partnerships along the lines, which we enjoyed in the Biden administration, and we continue to seek collaborative partnerships with local law enforcement agencies and local elected officials throughout the state of California.
04:07These operations will be targeted.
04:09They'll be data driven.
04:11They'll be focused on the basis of intelligent gathering that's coming from different law enforcement agencies on the basis of these existing task forces and existing relationships.
04:19And these will be unannounced efforts.
04:24Teams, minimum teams of 15, they'll include K-9 teams, they'll include lieutenant sergeants and 10-plus officers, will surge up.
04:32And the commissioner can talk a little bit more about how he sees these teams operating.
04:37They'll be mobile.
04:38They'll work on a regional basis.
04:40And as I noted, they'll be expanded.
04:42They'll be pulled out of six divisions, at least sort of organized around six divisions throughout the state of California.
04:49But the big announcement here today is building on the success of this proven program.
04:53We're now expanding it to three additional areas in the state, notably L.A., San Diego, and other parts of the Central Valley.
05:01I would highlight, and I think this is important to highlight, and I know the issue of reduction in crime is an important issue, but I want to make this crystal clear.
05:13It's never good enough.
05:14Good enough never is.
05:15Success is not a place or a definition.
05:17Success is a direction.
05:18There is no having made it as it relates to the issue of crime suppression.
05:22That's why in California we continue to build on not just these partnerships, but over $1.7 billion of resources that we have provided under our public safety plan in this state since 2019.
05:34I will highlight specifically those partnerships that were significantly advanced, the $267 million in particular that was forwarded for prosecution, vertical prosecution grants for sheriffs, district attorneys, and law enforcement agencies throughout the state of California.
05:5555 LEAs received local law enforcement agencies, those grants, and that was specifically targeting retail theft, organized retail theft.
06:05You may have highlighted the outstanding job in partnership with five counties led by Ventura County, other counties in Southern California, the work they just did and announced as it relates to the indictments.
06:1943 counts of criminal charges in those five counties related to Home Depot operation that came from the support of those grants, and that was advanced because of a package of legislative reforms that I had the privilege of signing.
06:35As it relates to organized retail theft that we signed last year and charged under one of those 11 or 12 specific pieces of legislation.
06:47Again, we continue to stack more support, and we continue to recognize we need to continue to do more to support our efforts.
06:56Of course, we have seen some progress.
06:59These numbers bear that out, but these numbers mean little to people.
07:03These are aggregate numbers, but we don't live in the aggregate.
07:06Everybody lives in a different community with different conditions, different challenges, and we are mindful that we have a lot more work to do.
07:15And that's precisely why we are announcing this today.
07:19I will, I would rather be remiss if I did not comment on some of the activities.
07:26As it relates to the National Guard at the federal level, before I turn it over to the commissioner and the secretary.
07:34I am mindful, and I hope you are mindful, that any hour, any day, Justice Breyer will come out with a decision on posse comitatus.
07:44It will be the first district federal court judge in the country to adjudicate the facts on the basis of depositions that we had in hearings that we had a few weeks ago in federal court,
07:59where we deposed members of the Trump administration, border patrol, and the military as it relates to their operations in the state of California.
08:08I think its consequences will be profound and far-reaching.
08:14We're waiting to see that decision, and we're waiting to reflect on the impact of that decision, not just here in the state of California, but the prospects.
08:24I imagine if we're successful in our efforts in highlighting our concerns around posse comitatus, that it will find its way into the appellate court and the impacts, of course, that could be felt as it relates to the determination of that court on the broader western part of the United States.
08:44So our mind is fixed on an issue that remains top priority and focus for all of us.
08:52We're not naive about the challenges that continue to plague our communities throughout the state of California, and we've, every Tuesday, provided you the information, and I'll close on this.
09:03Many of you reported on it. Some I would encourage to take a look.
09:07But every Tuesday, we highlight our, what we refer to, forgive the vernacular, takedown Tuesdays, and we highlight the progress of these existing efforts.
09:17We'll continue to do so in a transparent and forthright way, as we have over the course of the last few years.
09:24But we'll do it on the basis of these renewed efforts and these significantly expanded operations throughout the state of California.
09:31Commissioner, perhaps you want to talk a little bit more about what you intend to do and what you've been doing.
09:34I'm the commissioner with the Highway Patrol, joined with Assistant Commissioner Rodney Ellison.
09:39He oversees all field operations for the state.
09:42For us, it's simple, doing everything we can in our power to make California the safest place to live, work, and travel.
09:49We are all Californians. We live in the communities that we serve, and we want to be out there serving the people of California.
09:55As the governor noted, we had the full-time crime suppression team in Oakland that has been extremely successful.
10:00And nobody knows that better than the people of Oakland, the communities of Oakland, who thank these officers every day for the work that they're going there and doing.
10:08The numbers speak for themselves.
10:10We have part-time teams currently in Kern County.
10:13We have a part-time team currently in San Bernardino County.
10:16Our plan moving forward is to make those teams full-time, bifurcate the team in Kern County, service Fresno, open a team in the Sacramento region,
10:24open up a team in Los Angeles, and open up a full-time team in San Diego.
10:29These teams, as the governor noted, will range in size from a floor-level buy-in from 12 to 15 officers.
10:36Those numbers will grow depending on the size and scope of the operation and the need of the community that we're working with.
10:42We're very grateful, and I want to recognize our partners with the local allied agencies.
10:46Many of them have reached out to us and asked us for this help.
10:50We look forward to partnering with them.
10:51We look forward to serving the specific needs of the communities, whether that's open-air drug markets, whether it's street racing, whether it's auto theft, drugs, whatever it is.
11:01Finally, I just want to thank the men and women.
11:04I want to make this distinction.
11:06The people that we put on these teams volunteer for these teams.
11:10They come from the communities.
11:12They take this very personal.
11:13I want to give a shout-out to the men and women of the Highway Patrol.
11:16We set a goal this year to remove as many crime guns, illegal guns, from the streets that we can.
11:22The highest year we've had to date with the Highway Patrol hovered around 2,100.
11:25Year-to-date this year, we're just at 2,500 crime guns that they have removed from the streets.
11:32On top of that, almost 1,100 pounds of fentanyl, illegal drugs that are polluting our communities.
11:38And so to the men and the women of the Highway Patrol, I say thank you.
11:41To the governor, thank you for the support, the confidence.
11:43To our teammates and the local allied agencies, we look forward to working with you.
11:48I appreciate it, Commissioner.
11:49And Tokes, perhaps you can update some of those coordinated operations.
11:53You're also doing a lot of work, continuing to do a lot of work with cities and counties as it relates to encampment cleanups and quality of life issues.
12:00Absolutely.
12:01Good morning, everybody.
12:02Thanks for taking the time to be here.
12:04Just two really quick points.
12:06Number one, I want to thank the governor for his continued support and leadership on this issue.
12:11He's, every single time the CHP has reached out for support and come up with a new idea, or he comes up with a new idea,
12:19we're able to move it forward, and the evidence is there that it's making a difference.
12:22So thanks to the governor and thanks to Commissioner Rodney as well for all your support in moving a lot of this effort forward
12:30and for the governor's continued leadership.
12:33Number two, even though the governor said in his comments, we don't live in the aggregate.
12:40Look, his team, my team spent a lot of time looking at the data.
12:44And when you look at this data, it clearly shows a lot of the efforts that he's been leading, the commissioner's been leading, it's making a difference.
12:52That chart he showed, Oakland, San Francisco, crime down.
12:56Overall, as a state, violent crime is down in 2024, 4.5%.
13:02Property crime is down 8.5% across the state in 2024.
13:07As the commissioner noted, it's not just he and his teams.
13:10Those allied agencies obviously play a significant role in driving those numbers down.
13:15And so I think it's just important to note that even though the governor is being bashful and saying, you know, we don't spend all our time here, our teams do.
13:24The people in the community should be feeling that impact of improved safety out there, no doubt.
13:31But to the governor's point as well, these issues related to crime are very much connected to what our streets look like.
13:40Not only do I have the responsibility to support Commissioner Durie, I also have oversight and support of Caltrans as well.
13:47Caltrans has a big responsibility in making sure that our rights of way, more than 50,000 miles in the state, are clean and open and safe.
13:57And dealing with issues related to people experiencing homelessness and encampments and litter, clean California, all those things,
14:04Governors spearheaded to levels that we've never seen before in a state in its tenure with funding and policy support.
14:13And so we're going to continue to do that work as well.
14:15Beyond CHB, Caltrans is going to continue to be focused and stepping up in cities like Oakland and San Francisco and Bakersfield, San Diego, L.A.
14:25to make sure that where we're seeing high numbers of litter or possible encampments, we're cleaning those up.
14:34And not just cleaning up encampments just to disperse people, but to make sure that they have long-term housing and care that they need as well.
14:43It's very, very important in the work that we do.
14:45We're not just going out there and cleaning up our sidewalks and clearing people out of our way.
14:50We're making sure they're connected to the continued services that they may need as well.
14:54So with that, again, Governor, thank you for your leadership on this.
14:58Commissioner Doreen, the CST effort here, hoping that it sees much success in the months to come.
15:04Yeah, no, look, and the leadership is shared across the board.
15:09And again, I want to just highlight the mayors in particular that have been extraordinary partners in this effort.
15:16And it's a bipartisan effort.
15:18We're moving in Republican communities, Democratic communities, but we're all moving in the same direction.
15:23And that's the spirit we're bringing to this expansion of our existing program and want to maintain that momentum and do it on the basis, I think, of what the commissioner mentioned, which is with the support, strong support of the community.
15:36One of the things that has been, you know, I spent a lot of time in Oakland.
15:39It's an extraordinary thing to walk the streets of Oakland and have people come up and say thank you to the California Highway Patrol.
15:48Thank you to the men and women of California Highway Patrol for being there.
15:51And that's testament to the quality of the training, but also the quality of leadership.
15:56And so I just want to acknowledge the men and women that are on the front lines and thank them for being extraordinary ambassadors for this program that allow us to be in this position, to be able to expand it significantly across the state.
16:06With that, we're happy to answer any questions.
16:09Governor, is this in response to President Trump talking about, or is it to prevent the possibility?
16:15When President Trump talks about deploying more National Guard troops to more cities, is this part of a response or to prevent that from happening?
16:21Well, I think you can go back to your own reporting.
16:24We've been pretty consistent with these kinds of announcements.
16:28We haven't necessarily invited you into the horseshoe here to announce them.
16:32We've done it by paper.
16:33We do it every week.
16:34We're highlighting these things.
16:35I've had probably nine or ten press conferences on this topic over the course of the last few years.
16:43So we're not reacting or responding to anything.
16:45Quite the contrary, with one caveat.
16:50The community wants to see more.
16:53And we are trying to be responsive to the people we serve.
16:58As it relates to the president in particular, he's doing things to people, not with people.
17:04It's a point of profound and consequential contrast.
17:09He's, the fact of militarizing American cities.
17:12That's why I led with the prior decision.
17:15We're waiting for the outcome of that.
17:17Could have profound implications in terms of his authority to militarize American cities.
17:24Again, certainly here in California, impacts, though, will be discussed and debated if he moves in our direction across the United States.
17:36But I should note just on that, if he is to invest in crime suppression, I hope the president of the United States would look at the facts.
17:46Just consider Speaker Johnson's state and district.
17:51Just look at the murder rate.
17:54That's nearly four times higher than Californians in Louisiana.
18:00Speaker Johnson, 4x higher.
18:02I'm just offering, again, you've not seen this on Fox News, so the president may not be familiar with these facts.
18:10So I want to present some facts to the president of the United States.
18:13And imagine this is alarming to the president to learn these facts, particularly Speaker Johnson, who's been such a strong partner and ally in these efforts.
18:22So the carnage in Louisiana is well defined.
18:26Of course, Mississippi leads the nation as the number one murder state in America.
18:33Imagine this in particular may resonate with the president of the United States.
18:38It's got a murder rate.
18:39It's 180 percent.
18:41180 percent higher than Los Angeles.
18:44Interesting.
18:44L.A. has more people.
18:46These are all per capita numbers.
18:48More people than Los Angeles.
18:49Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi.
18:57It's murder rates out of control there.
19:02Carnage.
19:03And the governor may want to make that phone call.
19:07Again, this is if they care about the issues of crime and violence.
19:11I would note St. Louis murder rate is 190 percent larger than Oakland.
19:17I can go on.
19:20We could talk about the carnage in Arkansas.
19:22Again, one of the top ten murder states in America.
19:25Two and a half, 2.6 times greater than San Francisco.
19:29Again, these are just not just observations.
19:32They're stone-cold facts.
19:34And the fact remains, if the president is sincere about the issue of crime and violence, there's no question in my mind that he'll likely be sending the troops into Louisiana and Mississippi to address the unconscionable wave of violence that continues to plague those states.
19:55Governor, you talked about putting the mirror up to the Trump administration.
19:59I'm not necessarily pointing to this.
20:00But in social media, with the Patriot shop that you've established, is this a way still, though, to sort of do that?
20:08I mean, I've been, look, we've been at this, as you know.
20:15We've been to all these events for months and months.
20:18I think we kicked this off with the AG a few years back in San Jose.
20:23We were very vocal about the legislature moving on that legislative package a year-plus ago.
20:30So I think it's a continuation of that.
20:32I mean, but I think it is important to highlight the National Guard issue.
20:35I thought it was the right question.
20:37And it's a question on all our minds.
20:39Is this America?
20:41Is this, are we losing our country?
20:44Have we lost grip with reality?
20:46The idea that the military can be out there in every street corner.
20:50In the United States of America, that people that don't look like me, the black and brown community, quite literally feeling like they're racially profiled, scared to death to walk their dreams.
21:02Dogs or go to the grocery store, even in some cases.
21:05Now you're hearing more and more about it, going to the hospital to get emergency care, let alone preventative care.
21:11That matter, even going to school or a graduation we saw last year, funerals, weddings, events.
21:19So, no, I think it's important to build on what we're doing, yes, to extend that narrative, to expand our successful programs, to acknowledge we have work to do.
21:29Not suggesting otherwise, but also acknowledge that this country needs to wake up to what's going on and not just the authoritarian tendencies, but the authoritarian actions by this president.
21:40This cannot be normalized.
21:43And, yes, so I'm highlighting some just blatant hypocrisy.
21:49Yes, we're putting a mirror up to the lunacy that is Trump's tweets and his grift, the madness that is someone that would dress up as the pope and tweet that out, or put his face up there on Mount Rushmore in a Superman costume, president of the United States.
22:08So, I do think it's important to put that mirror, that lens back, and have everyone reflect on it and say, well, is this, have we accepted this as normal?
22:16Why aren't we calling this out more clearly?
22:19So, extension of what we're doing, but also, yes, highlighting some of that.
22:25We know that he often, you know, challenges facts, you know, himself in challenging crime data in D.C.
22:30What's the plan in place if he, obviously, doesn't believe?
22:34Well, I mean, it's an administration that's always believed in alternative facts.
22:38In fact, facts don't matter.
22:39Illusion rules.
22:40That's why the chatbots at Fox are so successful at night.
22:44Shapeshifting.
22:45Facts don't matter.
22:47They flood the zone.
22:49That's narrative.
22:50But facts are stubborn things.
22:53And the fact is Mississippi.
22:56I didn't mention.
22:57I mentioned Arkansas.
22:57How about Tennessee?
22:58Alabama.
23:01Alabama's top three murder states in America.
23:03Where's the president of the United States?
23:05I thought he cared.
23:05These are the folks that, these are his states that voted for him.
23:09His state of mind doesn't seem to be focused on the issue of crime and violence.
23:14It's about an expression of authoritarianism.
23:18He reflects and waxes, I think, two of the last three days, talking about being a dictator.
23:24I hope people pay attention.
23:26And so we're, we're, we are data driven here.
23:31This basis of facts in evidence, not just police chiefs that provide that information,
23:36but the FBI that stress tests that information.
23:40We still believe that facts matter.
23:43And that's a question for the Trump administration.
23:48I'm not convinced he does or ever has.
23:52Governor, thanks for having us in your office.
23:53I think it's the first time we're in this setting.
23:56Speaking of mimicking and were you trying to resemble the Oval Office and can you speak
24:01to this setting?
24:03I don't think this comes close, but I appreciate it.
24:05What was behind it?
24:06You wanted to do it?
24:07No, I mean, we were going to go down to the second floor for all of you insiders.
24:12I'm a, I've never been inspired by that place.
24:14So it's a, and so I thought it would be nice just to mix it up a little bit.
24:18And so talk to Izzy.
24:19He had a creative idea today.
24:22And I thought it'd be nice to invite.
24:24So some, one or two of you have been here.
24:26And I think we created animus because others weren't invited in here.
24:29So we figured it would be easier to get everybody in.
24:32I have a question that to your point about crime rates going down in some of these communities
24:36that you're deploying additional resources into, that's been an argument when it comes
24:40to where Trump has been deploying the National Guard in places where crime rates are actually
24:44going down, like places like D.C.
24:46So can you, how can you justify that?
24:48What's the reason for putting more resources and more law enforcement on the streets where
24:52communities might be saying decreasing crime rates?
24:55Well, because as I said, good enough never is.
24:57A decrease is not, you know, I, I think, look, I, and this is more my own observation.
25:04It's, this is not, this is more of a, a tonal observation.
25:11I, I don't think it's a very good argument to make that, well, we're down 15, 20% when
25:18you still have people whose cars are broken into, you still have crimes being committed,
25:22you still have murders, you still feel unsafe in certain parts of certain communities and
25:27all across this country.
25:29So I think we have to be very careful about that.
25:31And I'm not arguing to defend the status quo, quite the contrary.
25:36We think we can do better still.
25:38Just because we have the second lowest homicides in modern recorded history, certainly my lifetime,
25:44doesn't mean we can't do better.
25:46We can't, and that's what this is about.
25:49But again, I also would highlight that our efforts were focused in the initiation of
25:55this effort that we're expanding here today.
25:57We're focused on hotspots.
26:00We focused on parts of San Francisco two years ago that were of concern.
26:05We've seen progress, but not good enough.
26:07I talked to the mayor the other day about it.
26:09He wants to see more.
26:10He was very encouraged by our willingness to engage and re-engage back in San Francisco.
26:16We went to Kern County, which was the murder capital of California, Kern County, a few years
26:21ago, off the charts.
26:23I think for five out of the last six years, they've been the murder capital of the state.
26:27And we reached out to the mayor and the county and we said, look, this is not just about coastal
26:32cities.
26:33This is about parts of the state that we don't overlook, but often parts of the state that
26:39are overlooked.
26:40And those partnerships have proven unbelievably successful.
26:43By the way, I mentioned Mayor Goh because not only does she enthusiastically embrace this,
26:47but she's seen some of the biggest decreases in crime in Bakersfield in the state.
26:54We're using not just our mobile resources, we're using our air resources down there as well.
26:59And I appreciate the commissioner's work in that respect.
27:02We're going after side shows down there and we've seen some success.
27:05So their willingness to engage has been profoundly consequential and beneficial.
27:09And I think a lot of those communities that have seen declines think they could do better
27:14can do more.
27:16And that's why we're going after that.
27:17Governor, you mentioned hotspots.
27:18Can you speak a little bit more, maybe you all can as well, to what's happening in Los Angeles
27:22County?
27:23What your plans are, if there's specific crimes you're targeting or enforcement you're going
27:27to stand up there?
27:28Yeah, it's still early.
27:29We're having conversations with LAPD.
27:30I can tell you this, the city, the mayor's office, and our counterparts with LAPD are very excited
27:36about the partnership we're going to do.
27:37That's probably going to be one of our biggest number of resources.
27:41We have a lot of officers in L.A. County, so it's going to be an easy lift for us.
27:45And so we look forward to being proactive with them.
27:47And really, it's going to be, we sit down and plan out these operations 30, 60, 90 days
27:51out with Los Angeles Police Department and see where we want to combine our forces.
27:55You mentioned retail theft, you mentioned street racing.
27:57Are there any specific tips of the crime you'll be focusing this on?
28:00Yeah, I mean, our bailiwick is auto theft, obviously.
28:04You know, just any crime.
28:05When you have a crime issue, you know, the governor talks about where these trends are
28:08going up.
28:10Our plan is to go in and do what we do.
28:12We go in and saturate an area with high visibility and view patrol.
28:15We're going to put numbers of black and white patrol cars and officers in uniform in there.
28:20It deters criminals.
28:22The people that have a problem with that are the criminal community have a problem with us coming
28:27in and saturate an area.
28:28So whatever the crime is, when we come in and do just enforcement that leads to good police
28:33work, that crime goes down.
28:36I want to just, and if I may, well, forgive me, but just I want to also compliment the commissioner.
28:42It was the CHP working with LAPD that were protecting the National Guard and the military in L.A.
28:51I want to thank them for that.
28:52The LAPD, in partnership with the CHP, had to protect the Federalized Guard and the United
29:01States military after Donald Trump federalized them.
29:06And I just want to compliment you more publicly for an outstanding job in that respect.
29:12Forgive me.
29:12Can you talk about what your efforts will focus on in Sacramento and the Central Valley?
29:17Yeah, same thing.
29:18Yeah, same thing.
29:19We're talking with those chiefs directly to see where their needs are, but it'll be the
29:22same plan of attack.
29:23And so these operations will be well thought out, will be data-driven, will be planned in
29:28advance.
29:28But obviously, we're not going to public on when and where.
29:31And after we've seen, after we've executed some of them, we'll be more than happy to share
29:35what the results are.
29:35The two messages today are kind of contradictory.
29:38On the one hand, you're mocking Trump's deployments and highlighting the crime rates in red states
29:44that you say are higher.
29:45And at the same time, we're here because you're surging law enforcement across the state.
29:49So do you believe that crime is a problem in California or not?
29:52Well, sort of a curious question.
29:58I made the entire point that crime's an issue and we want to tackle it.
30:02And we continue to do more in that space.
30:05And we announced and highlighted some of the expansion.
30:08What is not contradictory, respectfully, is that we're doing it in partnership with our local communities.
30:15We did it in partnership with the Biden administration prior.
30:19We're not talking about the nationalization, the militarization of the guard and militarizing
30:26United States cities.
30:27So quite the contrary.
30:29Thank you, everyone.
30:30Is that, I mean, nothing that's specific.
30:32The trafficking in this area.
30:34Everybody, you're a military.
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