Posted on 08/29/2025 6:37:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom announced Thursday he’s sending new teams of state police to major California cities —contrasting the effort with Donald Trump’s unilateral deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles and Washington.
The California Highway Patrol troopers will target crimes like auto theft and drug dealing in Los Angeles, San Diego, inland regions and the San Francisco Bay Area. Trump recently threatened to send Guard members to San Francisco, saying he would “clean up” the city.
Newsom insisted he was “not reacting and responding to anything” relating to Trump and emphasized the state’s deployment, unlike the president’s, was not being done over the objections of local governments.
“As it relates to the president in particular, he’s doing things to people, not with people, and it’s a point of profound, consequential contrast. He’s de facto militarizing American cities,” Newsom told reporters.
The announcement is Newsom’s latest attempt to take the lead in offering a competing Democratic vision of governance to Republican Washington ahead of a likely 2028 presidential run. The governor has laced into the Trump administration for its law enforcement tactics, on Wednesday telling POLITICO that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents work as the president’s “private police force.” White House border czar Tom Homan said the governor was an “embarrassment” in response.
“If he had an ounce of integrity he’d be calling President Trump and thanking him for making LA safer,” Homan said.
Newsom’s move comes ahead of a ruling in a lawsuit California filed against the federal government over its deployment of troops to Los Angeles. The governor said the state’s attorneys have deposed members of the Trump administration, Border Patrol and the military and that he was preparing for a decision from the Northern District Court of California “any hour, any day.” The ruling is slated to have sweeping implications for Trump’s plans to send troops to more blue cities across the U.S.
“I think its consequences will be profound,” Newsom said.
California has also sent state police to Bakersfield, San Bernardino and Oakland. The expanded forces will work with local law enforcement, sharing intelligence and placing more patrol cars on the street to deter crime, the governor said.
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Looks like less time in the donut shops. It was nice while it lasted. lol
Its amazing how Trump gets in their heads still. He threatens to do something like deploy troops. They scream bloody murder about how he’s a dictator for doing it. But then they rush to do what he wants them to do. LOL.
Newscum is working hard to be the new President Trump. He’s following the Trump script to the T. I don’t think it will work. Americans are smarter than that. After the DemonRATS attempt at trying to assassinate President Trump, Trump came out shouting “Fight Fight Fight”! Now every RAT out there starts shouting “Fight Fight Fight” when they aren’t dropping “F” bombs all over the place, throwing Molotovs or trampling old ladies.
This is exactly what he is doing.
Trying to pre-empt Trump - all part of his run for POTUS in 2028.
He well knows there is a ton of damning fodder a smart Republican could use against him - high state taxes, high gas prices, unaffordable housing prices, filthy cities such as LA and SF - and plenty more. He's trying to get ahead of it but will fail miserably.
Newsom getting tough on crime? Believe it when he disavows “restorative justice” and we see actual arrests and convictions.
These are CHIPS folks he is sending? Like the Montero character from the TV show.
Imho he has zero chance to win. All he has is the illusion of a polished leader. Two seconds of digging reveals he is nothing but a fraud. Gov of a failed state, architect of a ruined economy, and world class hypocrite. There is definitely a shortage of remotely viable candidates on the left for sure but I am not sure even the media can put a sufficient shine on this turd to go anywhere.
The reason Trump works, love or hate him, is that he is authentic.
One may dislike what Trump is, but there is no denying he is who he appears to us to be.
Newsome is a caricature of an in-authentic person. If you went to central casting for a greasy scumbag to star in a movie, he would best they could offer.
Most people get this and see Newsome for what he is,, but obviously, some don’t.
Yes Newsom is a chimp it’s all he knows what to do.
After all these years he pretends to do something.
Loser awards mounting up fast.
Yes, it’s too late now.
A press conference , suit and tie do not make a governor no matter how many law enforcement officials are behind you.
If one really really listens to him when being questioned on a issue , a pronlem, you will note that it’s always someone else’s fault.
Take note of the Paci Pali fires and the lack of water in the hydrsntd.
I was appalled when he stated “ it’s a local issue” and that’s just for starters.
I believe this way of thinking in broad terms is how he views the his world and the world at large-scale it’s “always someone else’s fault”
You know what that means? It means he is dysfunctional and self serving- he takes no personal responsibility for anything...it’s the other guy’s s problem
But wait! I thought he said more police wouldn’t help the problems.
Newsom is trying too hard to be relevant, total loser.
Greasy NewSCUM is long gone; this one is 2.0. Doesn’t look or sound like Greasy.
SCROLL TO 1:14:30 POINT AT THE LINK BELOW & LISTEN TO THE FYI ON GREASY NewSCUM
Exposing the Globalist Playbook: From Ukraine to the CCP - John Michael Chambers and Lt Col Riccardo Bosi on Rumble
Definitely worth your time to hear from a historical point and relevance to the future.
https://rumble.com/c/JMCBroadcasting?e9s=src_v1_cbl
Contrasting?
DC is not a state, the federal national guard is the only augmentation available. The FBI are not beat cops, they are detectives who arrive after the crime is committed.
In Los Angeles, the national guard was only protecting federal property, they were not street cops.
-PJ
He’s a scared little weenie.
During Trump 1.0 it seemed that he used the word “I” quite a bit and wanted credit for everything that he did. This time he seems much more like Reagan in caring more about getting his policies that help Americans accomplished then that he cares about getting credit for it. Trump 2.0 is so amazing. I am loving it.
The leftist propaganda media will never give Trump credit for anything anyway. Dems and their willing accomplishes in the legacy media are so dishonest, even evil.
And appropriate punishment.
CHP wants to sit in their cars and write tickets.
NONE of them want to go toe to toe with illegals or dangerous felons.
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