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Sacramento, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday decried a political tone in the state Capitol and across the nation that he says is more hostile than when he was California governor from 1975 to 1983.

“What is the vision today? The vision is divisiveness,” Brown told a gathering of black state lawmakers in Sacramento. “I mean, I know politics is always negative . . . but the attacks on President Obama go beyond what is usual.”

The Democratic governor urged people in the state and elsewhere to strike a less polarizing tone as the country celebrates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.