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   ANAHEIM -- In an occasionally dark and profane speech, Donald Trump on   
   Friday sought to win over Republicans in California by complaining that   
   rich people in Beverly Hills smell bad because they're denied water,   
   reiterating lies about widespread election fraud and calling on police to   
   shoot people robbing stores.   
      
   While many of his remarks at the California Republican Party convention in   
   Anaheim were familiar retreads of Trump's attacks and grievances, his   
   encouragement of violent retribution against criminals marked an   
   escalation of his longstanding tough-on-crime message.   
      
   "We will immediately stop all of the pillaging and theft. Very simply: If   
   you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that   
   store," he said, drawing loud applause. "Shot!" he added for emphasis.   
      
   Trump was one of several Republican presidential contenders appearing at   
   the event in this Democratic stronghold. While there's little hope for any   
   of them to defeat President Joe Biden here in a general election,   
   California will play a critical role in the slate of states voting on   
   March 5 in the so-called Super Tuesday primaries.   
      
   With 169 delegates at stake, a win in California would move a Republican   
   presidential candidate much closer to the nomination. And a recent rule   
   change could give Trump, who is so far dominating the primary, an   
   advantage. If he wins more than 50% of the vote, he would be awarded each   
   of the state's delegates.   
      
   A Public Policy Institute of California voter survey released Wednesday,   
   but conducted in late August and early September, found Trump with support   
   from nearly half of the likely Republican primary voters. DeSantis was far   
   back, at 14%, with the rest of the field lagging in single digits.   
      
   Trump's comments on Friday underscored a central question surrounding   
   Trump's effort to return to the presidency. While his focus on red meat   
   issues plays well with the GOP base, it's unclear that it will hold much   
   appeal with the broader set of voters needed to win a general election.   
      
   His remarks about crime, for instance, were especially pointed. In the   
   past, Trump has proposed shooting migrants to prevent them from crossing   
   the border. In his book and in interviews, former Defense Secretary Mark   
   Esper alleged Trump inquired about shooting protesters during the George   
   Floyd demonstrations. He has also proposed the death penalty for drug   
   dealers, human traffickers and anyone convicted of killing a police   
   officer.   
      
   During his first year in office, Trump advised police to be rougher in   
   their handling of suspects being apprehended, telling recruits, "please   
   don't be too nice."   
      
   "The word that they shoot you will get out within minutes and our nation,   
   in one day, will be an entirely different place," Trump said Friday.   
   "There must be retribution for theft and destruction and the ruination of   
   our country."   
      
   Homicides and other violent crimes have risen in California, where   
   residents have also been deluged with headlines from rampant car break-ins   
   and drug use in San Francisco's troubled Tenderloin district to street   
   racing and illegal takeovers across a new $588-million bridge in Los   
   Angeles.   
      
   Republicans see crime as a salient issue that can help them win back some   
   of the suburban voters who have turned away from the party since Trump   
   emerged as its leader and the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional   
   right to an abortion. Several GOP presidential candidates and others in   
   the party have pointed in particular to events this week in Philadelphia,   
   where dozens of people face criminal charges after a night of social   
   media-fueled mayhem in which groups of thieves, apparently working   
   together, smashed their way into stores in several areas of the city.   
      
   Trump tapped into California Republicans' exhaustion with their state's   
   Democratic leaders, who he said brought the state homelessness, open   
   borders, high taxes, inequality, "woke tech tyrants" and rising crime.   
      
   California was once a symbol of American prosperity and creativity but is   
   "becoming a symbol of our nation's decline," Trump said.   
      
   "We will reverse the decline of America and we will end the desecration of   
      
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