With the Los Angeles immigration enforcement protests and riots still ongoing and downtown federal buildings remaining closed, Gov. Gavin Newsom urged Californians to “take peaceful action” against President Donald Trump’s orders.
Newsom accused the president of sending the California National Guard and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles “illegally, and for no reason.”
“Donald Trump, without consulting with California’s law enforcement leaders, commandeered 2,000 of our state’s National Guard members to deploy on our streets,” Newsom said in his address on June 10.
“This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers, and the National Guard at risk,” he said….