Trump Fires Back That He Would Arrest Newsom
During an MSNBC interview late on Sunday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he will be suing the federal government over President Donald Trump activating the National Guard without his approval, with the Governor then going on to do so along with Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday.
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According to Newsom, the move by Trump to activate the National Guard to help quell the ICE immigration raid protests and riots in Los Angeles without his ok is unconstitutional and illegal. Specifically he pointed out how, in Trump’s own executive order issued Saturday, national guard deployments needed to be coordinated with the Governor. This was something Trump did not do.
“Donald Trump has created the conditions you see on your TV tonight,” said Newsom. “He’s exacerbated the conditions. He’s, you know, lit the proverbial match. He’s putting fuel on this fire, ever since he announced he was taking over the National Guard — an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.
“And we’re going to test that theory with a lawsuit tomorrow. [The Executive Order] specifically notes — and under what the Department of Defense did — is they had to coordinate with the governor of the state. They never coordinated with the governor of the state.
“We have no problem, working collaboratively in a mutual aid system with local law enforcement. But there’s a protocol, there’s a process. He didn’t care about that. And the worst part, he completely lied. It’s Orwellian — simply lying to people, unconstitutional, illegal act, his mess. We’re trying to clean it up.”
On Monday morning, an X post by Newsom confirmed that he would be suing the federal government.
“This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted,” posted Newsom. “He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard. The order he signed doesn’t just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into ANY STATE and do the same thing. We’re suing him.”
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also weighed in on the matter.
“This morning, President Trump deployed the National Guard into Los Angeles. Deploying federalized troops on the heels of these raids is a chaotic escalation,” added Bass in a statement.
In fact the logs for the fire were put into place by those politicians and their left wing NGO’s to protect the illegal invasion of our Country. Plain and simple.