Gov. Newsom Calls LA Area ‘Third World Country’ Because Of ‘Gangs,’ Then Apologizes For Saying ‘Gangs’

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the Union Pacific railroad in Los Angeles on Thursday to help clean up the site following a spate of railcar thefts, bemoaning the state of the area.

“I’m asking myself, what the hell is going on? We look like a third-world country,” Newsom said to reporters, according to Politico.

Newsom was visiting the site after a string of organized train robberies, an increase in railroad crime that prompted Union Pacific to write an urgent letter to Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon excoriating the prosecutor for his no-cash bail policy that the company argued contributed to the rise in crime.

The Democratic governor told reporters that his office had outlined a plan to stop the “organized gangs” of criminals before quickly apologizing for using the term “gangs.”

“This is not one-off. This is organized theft,” Newsom said, according to KCRA. “These are organized gangs of people that are coming out, and forgive me for saying gangs, that’s not a pejorative. “

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