The California governor has clashed with Trump in recent days over the president's deployment of the National Guard to quell protests in Los Angeles.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California called on Americans to stand up to President Trump in a nationally televised address.

Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday addressed Californians for the first time in the wake of days of violent protests in Los Angeles that have taken a global stage with President Trump's involvement of the National Guard.

Gavin Newsom made a stand for American democracy in a fiery speech Wednesday condemning Donald Trump for deploying nearly 5,000 troops in LA over ICE raids protests. In a quickly organized near primetime address coming on the fifth day of unrest in the City of Angels,

Elected officials, as well as social media influencers, had wide-ranging opinions of the governor’s prime time address warning that democracy is in danger.

Gavin Newsom won praise on Wednesday for his speech Tuesday night seen by a national audience, something many Democrats saw as a shot across the bow to President Donald Trump that they can fight Trump -- and one that sparked new talk of Newsom as the party's standard-bearer in 2028.

"It clearly will not end here, other states will be next, democracy is next," the California governor says in a speech Tuesday night

Gov. Newsom's speech confronting Trump's immigration raids in Los Angeles boosts his standing among Democrats as he warns democracy is under assault

Gavin Newsom says the federal military intervention in Los Angeles marks the onset of a much broader effort by President Donald Trump to overturn political and cultural norms.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) spoke to reporters after a federal judge blocked President Donald Trump from deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles.