California Governor Gavin Newsom witnessed a theft in progress and found himself at the center of a heated debate over the state’s handling of shoplifting crimes. The incident, which Newsom detailed in a recent Zoom call with California mayors, highlighted the frustrations surrounding California’s approach to petty theft due to his weak leadership. According to Newsom, while shopping at Target, he saw a person casually steal an item and leave the store. However, his explanation seemed to fall on deaf ears as the employee, not recognizing the governor at first, continued to express frustration over the lack of accountability and enforcement. Newsom recounted his experience: “Says, “Sir, you dropped this.” And he comes back, picks it up, and keeps walking out. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/gov-gavin-newsom-clashes-target-employee-who-blames/ While all Republicans present voted in favor, a whopping 150 Democrats thought the measure was too harsh on illegals and voted no. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/more-insanity-150-house-democrats-including-dem-leader/ Biden chatted with uninterested diners at They Say Restaurant in Harper Woods, a black-owned sports bar. Virtually no one cared that Joe Biden was shuffling around the restaurant. He didn’t receive a rock star welcome as he walked into the establishment. At one point Biden approached diners sitting in a booth and told them to ‘vote Trump.’ https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/confused-joe-biden-wanders-around-restaurant-detroit-tells/ Hahahahahahahahaha President Joe Biden is “deliberately” sabotaging any element of surprise in his planned response to the recent killing of three U.S. troops in an attack by Iran-backed militias, according to Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL), who is calling for both a “strong military response” and a “complete policy shift” to return to former President Donald Trump’s “maximum” economic pressure on the Iranian regime. “Three American service members are dead and dozens injured, and now the Biden administration is deliberately telegraphing to Iran what their response will be — eliminating any element of surprise,” he said, referring to Biden’s announcement of his decision on a response to the strike Tuesday, which included his reassurance he does not seek a “wider war in the Middle East.” The Florida congressman, who served as a Special Forces commander in Afghanistan, expressed his fear that Biden is “once again trying to check the box with meaningless strikes that target warehouses rather than punish the Iran regime.” The matter comes as Republicans blame Biden for the deaths of the three U.S. troops killed in the drone strike in Jordan linked to Iran, pointing to the president’s continued “weakness” and appeasement strategy toward the authoritarian regime, which is the largest state sponsor of terrorism worldwide. In November, he blamed Biden’s “failed Iran policy” for the current conflict in Gaza as he called to “starve [Tehran] of the funds that it’s using to fund terrorism” and warned that terrorism on American soil is “only a matter of time… as long as this border is wide open.” In addition, he insisted that every time Biden lectures Israel, he is signaling that Hamas’s propaganda is “working.” 
Gov. Gavin Newsom Clashes with Target Employee Who Blames Him for California’s Surging Theft Crime — Questions Employee Why He Should Pay in a State of Rampant Shoplifting (VIDEO):
As we’re checking out, the woman says, “Oh, he’s just walking out. He didn’t pay for that.”
I said, “Why are you not stopping him?”
She goes, “Oh, the governor.”
I swear to God, true story on my mom’s grave.
“The governor lowered the threshold. There’s no accountability.”
I said, “That’s just not true.”And I said, “We have 10th toughest, $950, the 10th toughest in America.”
She didn’t even know what I was talking about.
“By the way, it’s the 10th toughest in America. Look it up.”
No one gives a damn about that. And I said, “It’s just not true.” They’re still stopped.
They said, “Well, we don’t stop them because of the governor.”
And then she looks at me twice and then she freaks out. She calls everyone over and wants to take photos.
I’m like, “No, I’m not taking a photo. We’re having a conversation. Where’s your manager? How are you blaming the governor?”
And it was $380 later, and I was like, “Why am I spending $380? Everyone can walk the hell right out.”
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