California Governor Gavin Newsom has formally requested Trump administration officials to rescind the order to deploy the National Guard and return control of the force to California, calling the initial order unlawful and “intentionally designed to inflame the situation.”

“I have formally requested the Trump Administration rescind their unlawful deployment of troops in Los Angeles county and return them to my command,” Newsom wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved. This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they’re actually needed. Rescind the order. Return control to California.”

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    8 hours ago

    You’re conflating two different problems. Yes, ICE kidnapping people was a problem before the national guard thing, but Newsom’s words were specifically about a problem with the protests.

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      I dont interpret that as conflation, more pointing out, why doesn’t Newsom consider ICE kidnappings a problem?? He’s only concerned about the unrest just like he pretends to be addressing homelessness by criminalization

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        "Continued chaotic federal sweeps, across California, to meet an arbitrary arrest quota are as reckless as they are cruel.

        Donald Trump’s chaos is eroding trust, tearing families apart, and undermining the workers and industries that power America’s economy."

        Newsom condemning ICE raids