Trump, California National Guard and To Return
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Gov. Gavin Newsom long insisted that he had no interest in running for president, despite rampant speculation. Now he’s publicly acknowledging that it’s a possibility.
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have both opposed deployment of the National Guard and Marines to the city.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is being mocked online for an “embarrassing" televised address that experienced several technology meltdowns leaving his speech without sound.
After eight years as lieutenant-governor, in 2018 he was elected to California’s top job. He breezed past a recall effort in 2021 (which tried to capitalise on Mr Newsom’s visit to the French Laundry, a posh restaurant in Napa Valley, during covid lockdowns) and won re-election in 2022.
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.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr slams Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit over Trump’s National Guard deployment, calling the claims ‘nonsense.'
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.