
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 subsequent degree Monday, declaring he would have Gavin Newsom arrested instantly.
On Saturday evening, the second evening of avenue protests — some fairly violent — towards 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 acquired in the way in which of the federal raids.
“I’ll say it about anyone,” Homan said, responding particularly as to whether 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 unlawful alien. It’s a felony to impede regulation enforcement doing their job.”
MSNBC
Newsom responded angrily and known as Homan a “robust man” on digicam Sunday evening, and mentioned, “Go forward 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 take care of 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 might do it if I had been Tom, I feel it is nice.”
The President of the USA simply known as for the arrest of a sitting Governor.
It is a day I hoped I might by no means see in America.
I don’t care should you’re a Democrat or a Republican it is 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 is finished a horrible job. I like Gavin Newsom, he is a pleasant man, however he is grossly incompetent.”
Trump additionally had phrases for the protesters … “The individuals which are inflicting the issue are skilled agitators, they’re insurrectionists, they’re unhealthy individuals, they need to be in jail. Thanks.”
Newsom responded with a publish on X … “The President of the USA simply known as for the arrest of a sitting Governor. It is a day I hoped I might by no means see in America. I don’t care should you’re a Democrat or a Republican it is a line we can not cross as a nation — that is an unmistakable step towards authoritarianism.”
Fox 11 Los Angeles
Homan on Monday clarified his Saturday evening feedback, telling NBC Information, “I by no means threatened to arrest Governor Newsom.”