Carl DeMaio

“They say they provide public services to immigrants when, in fact, they organize rallies, they harvest ballots, they endorse candidates and ballot measures during campaigns, and they are an extension of the Democrat Party.”

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Carl DeMaio accuses taxpayer-funded NGOs in California of acting as political arms for Democrats.

“You're going to be exposed as the fraud ringleader.”

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Carl DeMaio accuses Governor Gavin Newsom of leading a fraud ring.

“What does the Stop Nick Shirley Act do? It basically makes it illegal for a citizen journalist to document fraud of taxpayer money and post that on the internet in the form of an internet video,”

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Carl DeMaio argues that a new California law criminalizes citizen journalists documenting fraud.

“silence citizen journalists and shield taxpayer-funded organizations from public scrutiny.”

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Carl DeMaio criticizes a new California privacy law protecting immigration support service providers.

“Gavin Newsom, once again, you're a bully trying to silence citizen watchdogs into not exercising their First Amendment rights and exposing your fraud, the billions of dollars that you've allowed to be wasted of precious taxpayer funds, all because you want the benefit of these left-wing NGOs to help you politically.”

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Carl DeMaio directly criticizes Governor Gavin Newsom over the new legislation and alleged state fraud.

“garden variety government mismanagement.”

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Carl DeMaio compares California's alleged fraud issues to previous fraud cases in Minnesota.

“I have asked the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Civil Rights to look at the Stop Nick Shirley Act … to see if they can do anything to intervene to prevent the implementation of this law. We have been dialoguing with the Department of Justice, and now we have a game plan as to how we will proceed forward in the courts to overturn this unconstitutional law,”

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Carl DeMaio describes his outreach to the DOJ Office for Civil Rights regarding the new California legislation.

“coalition of civil liberty protectors”

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Carl DeMaio announces plans to file a lawsuit against the new California privacy legislation.

“It is our hope,”

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Carl DeMaio expresses hopes regarding federal intervention in the legal challenge against the California bill.

“created such a monumental problem with fraud of taxpayer money being abused that it's clear that it is intentional.”

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Carl DeMaio blames Gavin Newsom and California Democrats for rampant fraud of taxpayer funds.

“that the U.S. Department of Justice will file to intervene in that case, because this is an open-and-shut infringement on our First Amendment rights.”

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Carl DeMaio calls on the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene against the new California law.

“If you were worried about Somali daycare centers in Minnesota not having children in the daycare, take a look at California government NGOs receiving taxpayer funds and not having any sort of public services that they're delivering,”

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Carl DeMaio criticizes California NGOs receiving public funding while allegedly not providing services.

“We have a plaintiff and are putting together the legal briefs,”

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Carl DeMaio discusses the progress on filing a lawsuit challenging the newly signed law.

“It is a matter of time before we're going to get before a judge to stop this act.”

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Carl DeMaio expresses confidence about bringing a lawsuit to block the new legislation before a judge.

“You're going to be exposed as a bully,”

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Carl DeMaio delivers a direct warning to Gavin Newsom regarding the upcoming legal challenge.