ICE Protests in L.A.
Trump Says He’d Arrest Newsom
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CNN
President Trump took his Border Czar’s feedback about arresting California officers — together with the state governor and the mayor of L.A. — to the following stage Monday, declaring he would have Gavin Newsom arrested instantly.
On Saturday night time, the second night time of road protests — some fairly violent — in opposition to ICE arrests of undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles County, Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan appeared to threaten to place California Gov. Gavin Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass in handcuffs in the event that they obtained in the way in which of the federal raids.
“I’ll say it about anybody,” Homan mentioned, responding particularly as to if his menace of detaining any obstructionist included state officers like Newsom and Bass. “You cross that line, it’s a felony to knowingly harbor and conceal an illegal alien. It’s a felony to impede law enforcement doing their job.”
MSNBC
Newsom responded angrily and referred to as Homan a “tough guy” on digicam Sunday night time, and mentioned, “Go ahead and arrest me, let’s go.” The back-and-forth comes as Trump federalized California state Nationwide Guard troops and ordered them into L.A. to cope with the protests.
Requested on the White Home garden Monday about Newsom’s provocation of Homan and whether or not Homan ought to arrest the governor, Trump mentioned … “I would do it if I were Tom, I think it’s great.”
The President of the USA simply referred to as for the arrest of a sitting Governor.
It is a day I hoped I’d by no means see in America.
I don’t care in case you’re a Democrat or a Republican this can be a line we can not cross as a nation — that is an unmistakable step towards… pic.twitter.com/tsTX1nrHAu
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 9, 2025
@GavinNewsom
Trump continued … “He’s done a terrible job. I like Gavin Newsom, he’s a nice guy, but he’s grossly incompetent.”
Trump additionally had phrases for the protesters … “The people that are causing the problem are professional agitators, they’re insurrectionists, they’re bad people, they should be in jail. Thank you.”
Newsom responded with a publish on X … “The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor. This is a day I hoped I would never see in America. I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.”
Fox 11 Los Angeles
Homan on Monday clarified his Saturday night time feedback, telling NBC Information, “I never threatened to arrest Governor Newsom.”
