Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is responding to MAGA’s gaslighting with a giant ol’ fireplace extinguisher.
On Tuesday, the California Democrat supplied White Home deputy chief of employees Stephen Miller a harsh dose of actuality after the highest aide obtained riled up over Newsom’s name for the Nationwide Guard to withdraw.
Newsom introduced on social media Sunday that he had formally requested that the Trump administration rescind its “unlawful” deployment of troops in Los Angeles County, saying the neighborhood “didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved.”
“‘Didn’t have a problem’?” Miller raged on X in response, launching right into a wildly racist description of California.
“Your state is a criminal sanctuary for millions of illegal alien invaders, cartel killers, foreign terrorists, transnational gangs and insurrectionist mobs,” Miller claimed. “Huge swaths of the city where I was born now resemble failed third world nations.”
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After spewing off some extra MAGA-approved propaganda in regards to the state of affairs, Miller concluded by criticizing Newsom.
“You still refuse to arrest and prosecute the arsonists, seditionists and insurrectionists,” Miller wrote. “This Administration is fighting to save the city and the citizens you have left to struggle and suffer.”
Newsom naturally zeroed in on Miller’s use of the phrase “insurrectionists,” contemplating that Miller’s boss, President Donald Trump, issued pardons on the primary day of his second time period for over 1,500 individuals who have been convicted for his or her roles within the violent Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, and aimed to overturn the outcomes of a U.S. election.
“The only people defending insurrectionists are you and @realDonaldTrump,” Newsom shot again on X Tuesday. “Or, are we pretending like you didn’t pardon 1500 of them?”
Though the anti-deportation protests are ongoing, the 700 Marines despatched to Los Angeles on Monday had not been despatched to any demonstrations as of Tuesday morning, The Related Press reported. Native officers have additionally repeatedly stated that the state of affairs on the bottom doesn’t warrant the Trump administration’s response, with Los Angeles’ police chief noting that the navy presence makes it tougher for authorities to deal with the protests safely.
Newsom even filed for an emergency order to dam Trump and the Division of Protection in opposition to the “unlawful militarization of Los Angeles” on Tuesday.
