Newsom threatens to sue if Trump sends troops to San Francisco: 'Wannabe tyrant'

California Gov Gavin Newsom on Wednesday threatened to sue the Trump administration if National Guard troops are sent to San Francisco Send troops to San Francisco and we will sue you realDonaldTrump Newsom wrote on X We re going to be fierce we re going to be focused in terms of our response Quite literally this is the lawsuit that I will file within a nanosecond of any effort to send the military to one of America s great cities San Francisco he explained at a news conference while raising a document The governor announced California officers will push back with clarity and conviction adding that they will continue to win in court TRUMP'S IMPENDING SAN FRANCISCO CRACKDOWN SPARKS BACKLASH FROM NEWSOM MAYORThis comes after President Donald Trump notified Fox News' Maria Bartiromo that the National Guard is headed to San Francisco next after it was already deployed to various U S cities including Los Angeles Chicago and Washington D C to help reduce crime endorsement federal immigration enforcement and respond to protests We're going to go to San Francisco Trump reported on Sunday The difference is I think they want us in San Francisco San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world and then years ago it went wrong It went woke The administration is also deploying agents from Customs and Edge Protection and from Coast Guard Base Alameda to San Francisco according to the San Francisco Chronicle Newsom also vowed on Tuesday that California would challenge the federal ruling body in court if it deployed troops to San Francisco NEWSOM SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT ORDER TO OREGON We re a nation of laws and accountability not a nation that turns a blind eye to abuse of power he commented in a report Donald Trump himself a convicted felon who pardoned felons convicted of assaulting federal law enforcement officers is misleading the general with his false narrative that America and especially California is particular lawless wasteland But California is proving him wrong in the courts and on the facts the governor continued We don t bow to kings and we re standing up to this wannabe tyrant The notion that the federal administration can deploy troops into our cities with no justification grounded in reality no oversight no accountability no respect for state sovereignty it s a direct assault on the rule of law We re drawing a line California will inevitably defend the Constitution our people and our values from authoritarian overreach Newsom has touted San Francisco's drop in homicides and the city's mayor Democrat Daniel Lurie affirmed that the city is safe We got this in San Francisco the mayor informed The Associated Press last week Lurie stated on Monday that San Francisco would welcome more federal help to crack down on drug dealers and drug markets but that he opposed the deployment of the National Guard The National Guard does not have the authority to arrest drug dealers and sending them to San Francisco will do nothing to get fentanyl off the streets or make our city safer he explained The Associated Press California leaders sued the administration over the summer when it sent the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles to gain control over anti-ICE protests California has seen enough President Trump and Stephen Miller s authoritarian playbook is coming for another of our cities and violence and vandalism are exactly what they re looking for to invoke chaos Help keep yourself and your communities safe Remain peaceful Newsom wrote Wednesday on X