The Daily Populous Monday June 9th, 2025 day edition
Authored by usatoday.com and submitted by BreakfastTop6899

California Gov. Gavin Newsom accused President Donald Trump of ‘the acts of a dictator’ for deploying National Guard troops to quell violent protests in Los Angeles.

Newsom posted to socia media a video of Trump saying he would charge state and local officials federally if they interfere with the immigration enforcement that sparked the protests June 6, 7 and 8.

Gavin accused Trump of “inciting and provoking violence,” “creating mass chaos” and “militarizing cities.”

“These are the acts of a dictator, not a President,” Newsom said.

The two men have long been at odds. Trump said on social media June 7 that federal authorities needed to step in because of the inaction of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Newsom, who Trump has nicknamed.

"If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can’t do their jobs, which everyone knows they can’t, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!" Trump said in the post.

The two have repeatedly clashed, most recently in late May, when Trump threatened to cut California's federal funding after a transgender high school athlete qualified for the state championship.

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"Large scale Federal Funding will be held back, maybe permanently," Trump said at the time, if California fails to follow an executive order he signed Feb. 5 seeking to bar transgender student athletes from playing women’s sports.

Newsom, a Democrat with presidential aspirations, has also sparred with Trump over tariffs, fighting fires and the management of water and environmental resources, though he has also criticized his own party.

Trump, his border czar Tom Homan and other federal officials have said they would charge anyone who interfered with the immigration operation. But Newsom dared Homan to arrest him for speaking out against the federal intervention.

“Trump’s border czar is threatening to arrest me for speaking out. Come and get me, tough guy,” Gavin said on social media. “I don't give a damn. It won’t stop me from standing up for California.”

Temporary-Log1284 on June 9th, 2025 at 03:29 UTC »

And where is ICE now. Start this shit then get the fuck out of dodge. Leave the city police and sheriff to deal with the shit they didn’t even inform them on. COWARDS

EricThePerplexed on June 9th, 2025 at 02:01 UTC »

This sucks, but those of us who paid attention knew this was coming.

This will come to everyone in every state sooner or later. Working against it now with peaceful protests and strikes is our last best chance to stop despotism.

OkShow3496 on June 9th, 2025 at 01:44 UTC »

It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.

Samuel Adams