Fox News' Peter Doocy Asks Trump If Arresting Newsom Might Actually Help California Gov. Politically

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Speaking to reporters at an "Invest America" roundtable at the White House, President Trump was asked if it would help Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) politically to be arrested.

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00:00We would have done a good job. I guarantee you that. All right, please, Peter.

00:04Mr. President, have you gotten an update from your negotiating?

00:07Thank you, thank you, President Trump. So, it seems like Gavin Newsom likes the attention that he's getting right now from you.

00:13I do, yeah.

00:14It seems like he does. He, if you look at recent history, somebody who was running for president, you, who got arrested and had a mugshot,

00:23you could make the argument that politically that wound up helping you.

00:27Are you worried at all at this moment that talking about him getting arrested could be helpful to his political prospects?

00:35Because a lot of people think he wants to be sitting right where you are.

00:38Well, in my case, it was a witch hunt, and everybody knew it.

00:41And I was able to explain that during the process, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here right now.

00:45And it was a total witch hunt, disproven to be a witch hunt, and you see what's happened.

00:49In his case, it really is very obvious.

00:51You look at what's happened between the fires, between, I could name ten things right now.

00:59We talk about the trains.

01:00We talk about all of the costs in California.

01:03You talk about all of the people that are flowing and destroying life for everyone else.

01:08So, no, I don't think it's going to help him.

01:10I think it's, I think it's actually very bad for him.

01:12And right around the time that we were walking.

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