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Mel Gibson argued that California's leadership had already proven incompetent during the wildfires, and that ongoing lawlessness and civil unrest only made the failure more obvious, questioning how much longer people would tolerate leadership that wasn't protecting them. Russell admitted he was genuinely charmed by the delivery, joking that Gibson carries the exact kind of energy you'd want in an actual crisis, the sort of person who feels ready to run back into a burning building rather than issue a statement about it. Sometimes the most memorable takes come from the person you least expect to make them so plainly.
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Mel Gibson argued that California's leadership had already proven incompetent during the wildfires, and that ongoing lawlessness and civil unrest only made the failure more obvious, questioning how much longer people would tolerate leadership that wasn't protecting them. Russell admitted he was genuinely charmed by the delivery, joking that Gibson carries the exact kind of energy you'd want in an actual crisis, the sort of person who feels ready to run back into a burning building rather than issue a statement about it. Sometimes the most memorable takes come from the person you least expect to make them so plainly.
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