“STONE COLD LIAR!” Gov. Newsom SHUTS DOWN Trump for inciting violence in LA

“STONE COLD LIAR!” Gov. Newsom SHUTS DOWN Trump for inciting violence in LA

joined now by Governor Nuome We’re in the Emergency Operations Center as these protests uh continue to rage as Donald Trump has federalized the National Guard First and foremost did the National Guard need to come into California Of course not He flamed the fires This is exactly what he wanted This is what he intended uh by illegally acting to federalize the National Guard We’re going to be initiating a lawsuit uh first thing tomorrow morning uh and it did exactly what we told his team it would do It would inflame the anxiety would inflame the conditions and the most important thing he can do if he wants this thing behind us is to rescend his order uh and to get back into some semblance uh of orderly life here that he created Well you had mentioned if he wants to to uh reduce tensions that he will resend this order But isn’t isn’t that the issue at hand here that he doesn’t want No he wants I mean he’s literally created these conditions He he wants to exacerbate the problems He completely colored many overstated everything Uh he knowingly went in in a reckless way Did something that’s almost without precedented in our lifetime unconstitutional illegal immoral because he knew full well what would persist uh on the ground Uh his team knows that as well Uh and that’s exactly what this is all about This is Trump’s mess He created it He knew full well what would happen if he did this He offered no support no counsel no advice no other consideration He just acted in an immature manner in order to create the kind of problems that people are now witnessing on the streets To what extent do you think it was a coincidence that in the aftermath of a week that was just rife with bad news for Trump as it relates to his relationship with Elon his falling out with Elon uh the budget bill obviously being on on thin ice that suddenly he finds uh you know a blue state that is just an easy punching bag for him in the state of California and now we have federal troops 100% it’s all about news cycles 24/7 it’s about weekly news whatever he can to distract to continue I mean disastrous economic policies calamitous economic policies potentially I mean even his his his biggest sick in the in the country Elon Musk said likelihood of a recession in the second half of the year massive debt and deficits it the absurdity of his claim that the economy is doing well He’s wrecking the economy He’s destroyed allies uh around the world these great 90 deals in 90 days Nothing nothing about this president and this presidency is working The Ukraine war it’s getting worse not better I mean it’s just it’s the theater of the absurd And so of course he comes in Uh but this is different because this puts American lives at risk puts the lives of American citizens at risk and puts the lives of law enforcement at risk and he’s knowingly flaming these fires He’s lit the match and he knows exactly what he’s doing He’s created this spectacle and he’s got to clean it up and if he can’t clean it up we’ll clean it up That’s why we’re down here at the EOC We have 175 CHP officers out there that know exactly what they’re doing that are organized and mission tasked to support in a mutual aid local law enforcement You’ve got these young kids that don’t know necessarily what they’re doing because they haven’t been appropriately mission tasked uh as it relates to the federalization uh of their uh their deployment uh there’s only a few hundred of them because they can’t even figure out what to do with the other 1,700 because this is so disorganized Right So it’s a serious serious moment It is a constitutional moment in this country We have an immoral president acting illegally and unconstitutionally And I hope people wake up to what the hell is going on right now And so logistically speaking when you’ve got the California National Guard and when you’ve got the Federal National Guard both coming in to Los Angeles who takes priority What happens What happens to these folks who are actually on the ground Well we’ve had a remarkable relationship with our National Guard Over 3,000 or so went through a rotation to protect folks here post fire And they were wellreceived uh and embraced They were mission tasked They went through an appropriate process working with local law enforcement the cities and the counties and the community leaders and they were engaged and effective Uh as it relates to the deployment right now there’s no state national guard that have been requested by local law enforcement because they had adequate resources And Donald Trump knew that His chief of staff knew that They didn’t care about that And so they wanted to create conditions that would get worse because of their uh ignorance and uh recklessness uh in order to incite the kind of reaction that we’re seeing on the streets so that they can further incite by now apparently um talking about bringing in the Marines into a United States city in 2025 And by the way he attempted we found out from his previous uh secretary of defense Mark Esper that he had attempted to get the military deployed in an American city previously And Mark Esper uh wouldn’t go along with this plan And so now do you have any confidence that Pete Hegsath will be as principled as Mark Esper It’s a joke He’s a joke Everybody knows it So in over his head what an embarrassment That’s just guy’s weakness masquerading his strength I don’t even know He masquerades his strength I mean it’s serious moment I mean this human guy these guys it’s just it it’s the band of misfits Yeah It’s I mean it really is This is serious The people’s lives are at stake Reputation of this country is at stake Great American cities and states It’s not just this is not this is a preview for things to come This isn’t about LA per se It’s about us today It’s about you Everyone watching tomorrow I promise you I mean this this guy’s unhinged Donald Trump is unhinged right now And uh this is just another proof point of that In your last conversation with Donald Trump which I believe was in the last 24 hours how did that conversation go What did you say to him What did he say to you He never brought up the National Guard Stone cold liar Said he did Stone cold liar Never did Didn’t even really want to talk about LA I couldn’t I out of respect to the presidency that 20-minute conversation I won’t even get into things he actually wanted to talk about But it wasn’t about any of these things Now he’s making it all up This is part past practice is what he does So it’s uh it’s the SE it’s a it’s a remarkable remarkable thing to experience in real time and in real time uh people’s lives um are at risk because of his recklessness The last time a president federalized the National Guard in opposition to a state’s governor was in 1963 when JFK did it in opposition to George Wallace in an attempt to integrate the University of Alabama So that was a moment where the president stepped up to protect civil rights and expand civil rights Now Donald Trump is doing the exact opposite And so you’re in a situation where where you are in direct conflict to to to history here because Donald Trump um is now doing it to try and contract rights uh among citizens in the state And so what’s your reaction to the fact that that this is the polar opposite of something that JFK did that went down in the history books as a moment where he used his power for good to expand civil rights and now Donald Trump is doing it in opposition to you to contract them Yeah I mean it’s look as I said it’s unconstitutional It’s illegal It’s immoral Um we’ve deployed the National Guard on multiple occasions in the past We have National Guard down at the border mission tasked appropriately to address the issue of fentanyl interdiction drug interdiction working in partnership with border patrol have been for years and years and years Thousands were deployed here after the fires and during the midst of the fires to help support uh public safety Uh we used thousands of our national guard to address the issue of public safety during the George Floyd uh riots Uh the issue of the National Guard being deployed appropriately is under the jurisdiction of governors not the president of the United States And to your point that he’s using this to create division He’s using this to divide this nation Uh he’s using this in a way knowingly that puts people’s lives at risk so he can escalate the rhetoric escalate his effort to continue uh to degragate the sort of constitutional protections the fundamental protections that we have frankly taken advantage granted of for decades and decades is extraordinary and a deep point of contrast certainly to a real President John F Kennedy This all obviously comes under the backdrop of these ICE raids happening um you know in a few major cities across the country but now they’re focused on on Los Angeles And so there are a lot of undocumented immigrants who’ve been in our community for years and years decades and so obviously seeing everything play out as it is right now What’s your message to that community who sees what’s happening and you know who have set up their entire lives here who’ve built their families here uh who are who are uh member like members in good standing of their communities here paying their taxes 27% of this state is foreign born you’ve got mixed status families with good people been working decade plus hard workers that are not criminals you want to go after criminals that’s fine I’ve coordinated and collaborate with the federal government as it relates to criminals uh we’ve worked together at the part at CDCR which is our state uh uh uh prison system and we’ve collaborated for the last seven years six plus years I’ve collaborated as it relates to deportation of of violent criminals That’s not what this is about Uh and so it sends a chill I mean these poor kids elementary schools you know fourth grade just the other day young child The hell does that young child is a person’s dangerous Only person dangerous right now is an unhinged president of the United States that’s inciting violence who’s inciting the conditions that he claims he’s going to come in and fix And so I hope he fixes this immediately by rescending that illegal order immediately and will clean up his mess Obviously as these protests continue to to grow larger and larger what’s your message to protesters who take who’ve taken the streets out Well just do it do it peacefully Period full stop I can’t stand those idiots that are breaking cars or smashing windows The hell is that any more than I can’t stand you know the direction directive of the president Yeah Just it’s time to be peaceful It’s time to show up I think that that’s extraordinary It’s incredibly important to show up Just do it peacefully and call out those that are not being peaceful you know And with respect I know these National Guard men and women I’ve been working with them These are good kids They’re good kids They’re members of your community Yeah I mean have their back as well They’re being mission tasked uh by the president but that doesn’t make it right to attack them either Donald Trump sent down this this illegal unconstitutional um directive to to national to federalize the National Guard When does this come to a head Is this going to Are you hoping for an injunction in the courts We’re going to immediately seek that first thing tomorrow morning Absolutely Look that’s all we got left Uh there’s one maybe two branches of government left It sure as hell ain’t the legislature right I mean Speaker Johnson what a joke He is completely missing in action You know he’s got to clean up his own mess He’s got one of the most dangerous districts in America Six times I think the murder rate of Nancy Pelosy’s district Why the hell ain’t talking about that on Fox News Where’s Donald Trump talking about the carnage in Speaker Johnson’s district But the real carnage is complete neglect I mean this is a guy who’s complicit in increasing the national debt Talk about our kids and grandkids Another $2.5 trillion dollars So we’re holding hope had hope Founding fathers three co-equal branches of government popular sovereignty rule of law and the courts need to intervene And and we’ve won more than we’ve lost And California sued more than any other state in the country Uh and here we go One more Do you have a concern that he will ramp up his threats from just uh national federalizing the National Guard to invoking the insurrection act if if this isn’t dealt with Of course I mean this is this is this is I mean what more evidence do we need of the authoritarian tendencies It’s not even tendencies now actions of this president This is complete lawlessness threatening impeachment of judges that disagree with him going after knowledge broadly the cultural purge institutions of higher learning It’s the conveyor belt for talent It’s the reason this country is so is is as successful as it is He’s coming after books and knowledge He’s rewriting history censoring historical facts I mean Hex is so weak He can’t even allow the kids at West Point to read books from you know I know Tony Morrison Yeah He’s b I mean it’s a serious serious moment in America and uh and we’ve got to assert ourselves and uh we are asserting ourselves and um and we’re just not going to stand for this You mentioned before that you’d spoken with Donald Trump on the phone What he said you guys spoke about is obviously different from what you actually spoke about And so he has every intention of stone cold liar He has every intention of not acting in good faith as it relates to speaking with you in private versus speaking with you in public And so if he’s going to litigate this thing in the press what is your message to him in light of what he’s doing right now Tell the truth Own up to the truth But what the hell is that advice to Donald Trump to talk honestly and truthfully He’s a stone cold liar I respect the presidency I’ve tried to have an open hand with him tried to work with him You can’t work with Donald Trump You can only work for him and I will not I refuse to work for Donald Trump We’ll leave it there Governor Newsome appreciate your time Thanks man [Music]

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