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Calling President Donald Trump a threat to the American way of life, Gov. Gavin Newsom depicted the federal military intervention in Los Angeles as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a speech Tuesday evening, the potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate said the arrival of National Guard and Marine troops in the city at Trump\u2019s direction was not simply about quelling protests that followed a series of immigration raids by federal authorities. Instead, he said, it was part of a calculated \u201cwar\u201d intended to upend the foundations of society and concentrate power in the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCalifornia may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next,\u201d a somber Newsom warned, seated before the U.S. and California flags. \u201cDemocracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As head of the heavily Democratic state known as the epicenter of the so-called Trump resistance, Newsom and the Republican president have long been adversaries. But the governor\u2019s speech delivered in prime time argued that Trump was not just a threat to democracy, but was actively working to break down its guardrails that reach back to the nation\u2019s founding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2033He\u2019s declared a war. A war on culture, on history, on science, on knowledge itself,\u201d Newsom said. \u201cHe\u2019s delegitimizing news organizations, and he\u2019s assaulting the First Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsom added that Trump is attacking law firms and the judicial branch \u2014 \u201cthe foundations of an orderly and civil society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time for all of us to stand up,\u201d Newsom said, urging any protests to be peaceful. \u201cWhat Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence, to be complicit in this moment. Do not give in to him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His speech came the same day that Newsom asked a court to put an emergency stop to the military helping federal immigration agents, with some guardsmen now standing in protective gauntlet around agents as they carried out arrests. The judge chose not to rule immediately, giving the Trump administration several days to continue those activities before a hearing Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has activated more than 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines over the objections of city and state leaders, though the Marines have not yet been spotted in Los Angeles and Guard troops have had limited engagement with protesters. They were originally deployed to protect federal buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsom\u2019s speech capped several days of acidic exchanges between Trump and Newsom, that included the president appearing to endorse Newsom\u2019s arrest if he interfered with federal immigration enforcement. \u201cI think it\u2019s great. Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing,\u201d Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, Trump has threatened to intercede in California\u2019s long-running homeless crisis, vowed to withhold federal wildfire aid as political leverage in a dispute over water rights, called on police to shoot people robbing stores and warned residents that \u201cyour children are in danger\u201d because of illegal immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump relishes insulting the two-term governor and former San Francisco mayor \u2014 frequently referring to him as Gov. \u201cNew-scum\u201d \u2014 and earlier this year faulted the governor for Southern California\u2019s deadly wildfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has argued that the city was in danger of being overrun by violent protesters, while Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have called the federal intervention an unneeded \u2014 and potentially dangerous \u2014 overreaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demonstrations have been mostly concentrated in the city\u2019s downtown hub. Demonstrations have spread to other cities in the state and nationwide, including Dallas and Austin, Texas, Chicago and New York City, where a thousand people rallied and multiple arrests were made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump left open the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act, which authorizes the president to deploy military forces inside the U.S. to suppress rebellion or domestic violence or to enforce the law in certain situations. It\u2019s one of the most extreme emergency powers available to a U.S. president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We\u2019ll see,\u201d he said from the Oval Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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