Newsom calls Trump a ‘stone cold liar’ as LA protests against Ice raids continue
Governor condemns federal deployment of troops in Los Angeles as theater' in interview with the Daily podcast
Gavin Newsom, California's governor, has called Donald Trump a stone cold liar", condemned the federal deployment of troops in Los Angeles as theater" and madness" and even questioned the president's mental fitness, as protests over immigration raids in the city continue.
Trump federalized 2,000 of California's national guard on Saturday, with a US president acting over the objections of a state governor in this way for the first time in more than half a century. It followed the outbreak of protests over a series of sweeping immigration raids in the LA area, with Newsom criticizing Trump's actions as illegal overreach, unconstitutional and provocation".
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