After the president orders the National Guard to Los Angeles, the dare and double dare between Newsom and the Trump administration comes.
Ca Gov. Newsom fights back against Trump, Border Emperor Homan
California Gov. Gavin Newsom fought back after President Trump suggested that Homan on the border area should arrest him if he interfered in an ice attack.
Amid growing legal clashes between the federal government and California, President Donald Trump has proposed that his border emperor Tom Homan should arrest Governor Gavin Newsom.
“I’m going to do that… I think that’s great,” Trump was asked on June 9 if Homan should arrest the governor who challenged the administration to crack down on violent protests against the Los Angeles immigration attacks. The president also attacked Newsom as “severely incompetent.”
Newsom was arrogant: “The US President asked for the arrest of the sitting governor. This is the day I hoped I wouldn’t meet in America,” he said in X.
“I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican,” Newsmom wrote. “This is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step into authoritarianism.”
Homan previously refused to rule out arrested states and local politicians who hinder federal agents.
California officials take on Trump over National Guard deployment
California officials have accused President Donald Trump of burning protests by increasing federal response.
Arrested Newsom, who responded to Homan’s threat by bolding the federal government to arrest him on a social media post on June 8th, would represent a major escalation of the state’s expansion rift with the Trump administration.
Homan, a career law enforcement officer and former deputy ice director, is on White House salary and may not have direct arrest.
Trump has legal authority to unilaterally control California security forces through a process called “federation,” but federalized security guards cannot directly participate in civil law enforcement unless the president calls for rebellion laws. The law allows the president to use military force to suppress rebellions and to instigate against the federal government.
Trump has not called for a rebellion law amidst the unrest in Los Angeles. But his declaration of federalizing the security forces is not limited to California, and he says security guards will “protect” ice and other Department of Homeland Security officials.
In May, the DHS individually called for the revitalization of 20,000 National Guard members to support immigration enforcement under state-controlled legal authorities that allow direct law enforcement.