SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Shreveport and Sacramento are nearly 2,000 miles apart, but that didn't stop California Governor Gavin Newsom from highlighting the city's homicide rate in a recent podcast interview.

On Friday morning, Gov. Newsom posted a clip on his X account aimed at President Donald J. Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, a Shreveport native and the city's representative in Congress.

The post read: "If Donald Trump is worried about "crime" he should start with Shreveport, Louisiana, and @speakerjohnson's district–that has SIX TIMES the per capita murder rate of San Fransico." The post was accompanied by a clip from Newsom's recent interview with YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen, with the Governor expressing that sentiment related to President Trump's actions that include a federal

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