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President Trump recently questioned Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom’s delayed action against homeless encampments in the state over the last five years and deemed his recent executive order to begin removing the encampments as politically motivated.
In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote, “Why didn’t Gavin Newscum do this a long time ago? He’s only doing it because, just like Crooked Joe Biden, his Radical Left Democrat Presidential Candidate, Lyin’ Kamala Harris, is losing BIG in the Polls. They just did it for Political Reasons, because she comes from California, and looks terrible. Right after the Election, it will go back to SLUM LIKE condition, unless we WIN – THEN, AMERICA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN!”
Newsom’s executive order comes one month after the United States Supreme Court ruled that local and state governments could enforce anti-encampment laws even if shelters were unavailable. However, Newsom has always had the authority to order the cleanup of the encampments but failed to take meaningful action until now.
Back in April, the California State Auditor released a report detailing how the state did not properly account for $24 billion in allocations to tackle the homelessness crisis.
California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher slammed Newsom after the release of the report, telling Fox News, “This is standard Gavin Newsom – make a splashy announcement, waste a bunch of taxpayer money, and completely fail to deliver.”