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This is the week that Gavin Newsom stopped thinking so much.
Gavin Newsom’s political future seemed like a slow fade into irrelevance. Poll numbers were down. Progressives were grumbling. His own
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The New Republic on MSNNewsom Warns America: Trump Is Destroying DemocracyCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom delivered a powerful message on how Donald Trump’s actions in Los Angeles prove “democracy is under assault.”
In response, Newsom said Trump’s remarks were “an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.”
The Trump administration's deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles without the state's consent is a calculated, authoritarian escalation meant to provoke confrontation, suppress dissent,
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The New Republic on MSNTrump Greenlights Arrest of Gavin Newsom Amid L.A. ProtestsDonald Trump just rubber-stamped the arrest of California Governor Gavin Newsom amid the ongoing anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. While Trump arrived back at the White House from Camp David Monday, a reporter asked him what ICE acting Director Tom Homan should do about Newsom, who had dared the border czar to come after him next.
The Democratic governor’s comments were a forceful rebuke to the president’s claims ... Newsom immediately jumped on the comment, comparing the federal administration to an “authoritarian ...
The comments mark the latest escalation in a war of words between Newsom and the Republican ... as Trump defends $134M troop deployment over ‘authoritarian’ backlash John Fetterman rips ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom went scorched earth on Donald Trump in a withering address on Tuesday, likening the president to “failed dictators” and warning Americans, “other states are next.” The Democrat gave a fervent play-by-play of events that have taken place in Los Angeles since last week,