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The conservative CNN pundit wasn't impressed with the California governor's dramatic words amid the LA protests.
Democratic politicians have spent the last few months talking about standing up to President Donald Trump in his second term. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is among the first faced with figuring out what standing up actually looks like.
Vivek Ramaswamy waded into the row over immigration protests in Los Angeles by comparing California Gov. Gavin Newsom to a notoriously racist Democratic governor who led the fight against civil rights in the 1960s.
In today’s newsletter: California Governor Gavin Newsom’s fiery response to the White House’s troop deployment in Los Angeles. What May’s inflation numbers say about tariffs and the challenges facing the U.S. men’s national team at the 2026 World Cup.
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Newsom lambasted Trump, calling him a President who “wants to be bound by no law or constitution, perpetuating a unified assault on American traditions.” And he repeated his assertion that Trump was “fanning the flames” in Los Angeles “on purpose.”
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California Governor Gavin Newsom delivered a statewide address in the wake of immigration operations
California Governor Gavin Newsom delivered a statewide address in the wake of immigration operations that sparked days of protest in Los Angeles and the deployment of hundreds of National Guard and U.
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Tampa Free Press on MSNCNN’s Scott Jennings Roasts Gavin Newsom’s ‘Opportunistic’ Anti-Trump RantRepublican strategist Scott Jennings tore into Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California Tuesday night on CNN, saying Newsom’s speech was an effort to launch a presidential campaign. Newsom delivered an eight-minute diatribe,
Gavin Newsom vs Donald Trump is once again making headlines as the California Governor strongly opposes President Trump’s latest move to deploy thousands of federal troops in the state without approval.
Delivered in a television studio with prepared remarks—rare for the dyslexic governor—the speech came off as a soft-launch for a presidential campaign. With Democrats still reeling from Trump’s return to power and Kamala Harris’ failed bid to stop him,
Newsom's 2028 presidential aspirations hang in the balance as the eyes of the nation are on California's clash with immigration authorities.