A history of Trump’s beef with California’s Gavin Newsom
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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) slammed California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for his handling of the Los Angeles protests that have ignited over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The president deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in response to anti-ICE protests.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr slams Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit over Trump’s National Guard deployment, calling the claims ‘nonsense.'
The governor highlighted his work with ICE in California but said that President Trump was “trying to gin things up to create problems” at protests.
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have both opposed deployment of the National Guard and Marines to the city.
Seventy percent of Californians disapprove of the president in a new survey. But recent national polls paint a less drastic picture.
An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.