Newsom says Los Angeles rioters will be prosecuted, slams Trump for 'traumatizing our communities'

California Gov Gavin Newsom a Democrat on Tuesday disclosed anti-ICE protesters who engage in violence will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law while also criticizing President Donald Trump for a brazen abuse of power in sending troops to respond to demonstrations Newsom reported during a news address that people have already been arrested in connection with the Los Angeles riots and that agents are reviewing footage to build additional cases The governor also thanked individuals who protested peacefully during demonstrations against deportations and ICE raids on migrant workers at local businesses Peaceful assembly is not what Trump needed the governor revealed accusing the president of choosing escalation more force and theatrics over masses safety NEWSOM FILES URGENCY MOTION TO 'IMMEDIATELY BLOCK' TRUMP'S USE OF MILITARY TO STOP LA RIOTSNewsom and the president have taken jabs at each other in modern days over the Trump administration's move to deploy thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of active-duty Marines to Los Angeles with the governor saying it threatens state sovereignty wastes information and worsens the situation while Trump argues that the move was necessary to quell any violence These are the men and women trained for foreign combat not domestic law enforcement Newsom reported Tuesday We honor their system We honor their bravery But we do not want our streets militarized by our own armed forces Not in LA not in California not anywhere We're seeing unmarked cars unmarked cars in school parking lots kids afraid of attending their own graduation Trump is pulling a military dragnet all across Los Angeles well beyond his stated intent to just go after violent and serious criminals he continued His agents are arresting dishwashers gardeners day laborers and seamstresses That's just weakness Weakness masquerading as strength Donald Trump's regime isn't protecting our communities They're traumatizing our communities And that seems to be the entire point Newsom had sent a letter on Sunday urging the administration to rescind its deployment of National Guard troops and return them to his command The state has also filed a lawsuit against the administration over the federal deployment HEGSETH DEFENDS NATIONAL GUARD LA DEPLOYMENTS SAYS ICE AGENTS MUST BE PROTECTED Just the previous 24 hours we filed a legal challenge to Donald Trump's reckless deployment of American troops to a major American city the governor noted Tuesday In the current era we sought an urgency court order to stop the use of the American military to engage in law enforcement sessions across Los Angeles The governor mentioned if particular people could be snatched off the streets without a warrant based only on suspicion or skin color then nobody is safe Trump and his loyalists they thrive on division because it allows them to take more power and exert even more control he explained And by the way Trump he's not opposed to lawlessness and violence as long as it serves him What more evidence do we need than January th Newsom also cited limit czar Tom Homan's threat to arrest him for alleged immigration interference an idea Trump later endorsed saying Newsom's primary crime was running for governor because he's done such a bad job He's calling for a sitting governor to be arrested for no other reason than in his own words for getting elected Newsom stated of Trump The governor had previously dared Homan to make good on his threat saying arrest me and come and get me tough guy But Homan eventually backed down admitting that Newsom had not done anything to warrant his arrest Newsom concluded his remarks on Tuesday by warning that Trump's actions he says threaten state sovereignty and democracy are not unique to California When Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commandeer the National Guard he made that order apply to every state in this nation Newsom commented This is about all of us This is about you California may be first but it clearly will not end here Other states are next Democracy is next to moxie is under assault Before our eyes this moment we have feared has arrived He's taking a wrecking ball A wrecking ball to our Founding Fathers' historic project If you exercise your First Amendment rights please please do it peacefully he continued I know plenty of of you are feeling deep anxiety stress and fear but I want you to know that you are the antidote to that fear and that anxiety What Donald Trump wants majority of is your fealty your silence to be complicit in this moment Do not give in to him