One could argue that Newsome does in fact have a standing army:ANTIFA.
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Agreed. The Deep STate uses Antifa for assassinations (e.g., Seth Rich) and other dirty work, and of course riots.
But Antifa alone couldn’t control all Californians and steal the election for Trump. If Antifa was large enough and sufficiently well equipped, they would enforce martial law and fake votes wherein the Dem candidate would win 110% of the votes. But if they were large enough to do that - they would have to content with the US military (OOOH RAH!).
Instead, Newsom wield fear(s).