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California may be first, but it clearly will not end here,” Newsom said. “Other states will be next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has
Gov. Gavin Newsom, in an address called “Democracy at a Crossroads,” called on Americans to stand up to President Trump.
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Newsom said he's been forced to think about what would happen in the event the Trump administration did secure a federal warrant for his arrest.
Follow live Governor Newsom’s address “in response to President Trump’s assault on democracy and the President’s illegal militarization of Los Angeles.”
The governor’s presidential prospects hang in the balance as he defends Los Angeles from ‘authoritarian overreach.’
Locked in an online showdown with Trump over the L.A. protests, Newsom is styling himself as an internet-era champion of the left.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended President Trump deploying National Guard to L.A., stating Gavin Newsom is "choos[ing] rioters and criminal illegals" over American law enforcement.