California officials condemn Trump remarks about Los Angeles and San Diego
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California officials condemned President Donald Trump after he said during a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego.
Gov. Gavin Newsom called Trump “deranged and dangerous,” while Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the president’s statements could compromise the city’s safety and that a president’s role is to protect the country, “not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives.” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said his city was “not collateral damage” or expendable. Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla accused Trump of inviting an attack on U.S. soil, and Republican San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond said he “vehemently” disagreed with the remarks.
White House spokesman Steven Cheung rejected the criticism as a “media freakout” and said Trump was arguing that U.S. cities would have faced danger if a nuclear-armed Iran had not been stopped. The California Republican Party declined to comment, and the White House did not respond directly to FOX40’s request for comment.
HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE
Written from 8 articles, 6 with the publisher's own text; 8 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 234 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
The second model checked the writer's draft against the same sources and changed it before publication. Struck words were in the draft; underlined words are its corrections.
WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: The story needs small edits to avoid overstating what Trump and Bass specifically described while keeping the sourced facts intact. - "describing such an attack as “a very small price to pay” for keeping the country and world safe during the war.": The source quotes Trump saying “It’s a small price to pay” and “This is a very small price to pay,” but the story’s phrasing asserts he described an attack on Los Angeles or San Diego that way; in the source, the exact referent is ambiguous in a longer quote. - "while Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said a president’s role is to protect the country, “not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives.”": The source says Bass said Trump's statements could compromise the city's safety and then gave the quoted statement; omitting that context slightly overstates the quote as a direct response to the specific role formulation.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
California officials condemn Trump remarks about Los Angeles and San Diego
California officials condemned President Donald Trump after he said during a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego, describing such an attack as “a very small price to pay” for keeping the country and world safe during the war.Diego.
Gov. Gavin Newsom called Trump “deranged and dangerous,” while Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the president’s statements could compromise the city’s safety and that a president’s role is to protect the country, “not to actively threaten it and encourage attacks on American lives.” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria said his city was “not collateral damage” or expendable. Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla accused Trump of inviting an attack on U.S. soil, and Republican San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond said he “vehemently” disagreed with the remarks.
White House spokesman Steven Cheung rejected the criticism as a “media freakout” and said Trump was arguing that U.S. cities would have faced danger if a nuclear-armed Iran had not been stopped. The California Republican Party declined to comment, and the White House did not respond directly to FOX40’s request for comment.
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