Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom slammed President Donald Trump as a “dictator” Sunday and formally demanded Trump rescind his order federalizing California Nationwide Guard troops to guard federal brokers and properties from rioting unlawful immigration protesters angered by the enforcement of immigration legal guidelines in Los Angeles the previous few days. Saturday night time, Trump ordered 2,000 troops to be deployed in Los Angeles for as much as sixty days.
Newsom posted in response to Trump telling reporters Sunday night that California officers may face federal costs in the event that they intervene with federal immigration enforcement, “- Inciting and scary violence – Creating mass chaos – Militarizing cities – Arresting opponents These are the acts of a dictator, not a President.”
– Inciting and scary violence
– Creating mass chaos
– Militarizing cities
– Arresting opponentsThese are the acts of a dictator, not a President. https://t.co/e4YjBMPtna
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 8, 2025
Newsom’s workplace despatched a requirement letter to Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth on Sunday calling Trump’s order “illegal” as a result of the order didn’t undergo the governor’s workplace. The letter claims there isn’t a want for the Nationwide Guard as a result of, “At current, regulation enforcement authorities from the Metropolis and County of Los Angeles are safeguarding public security”…(textual content beneath)
Newsom posted the letter with this assertion, “I’ve formally requested the Trump Administration rescind their illegal deployment of troops in Los Angeles county and return them to my command. We didn’t have an issue till Trump bought concerned. It is a severe breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions whereas pulling assets from the place they’re really wanted. Rescind the order. Return management to California.”
I’ve formally requested the Trump Administration rescind their illegal deployment of troops in Los Angeles county and return them to my command.
We didn’t have an issue till Trump bought concerned. It is a severe breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions whereas… pic.twitter.com/SYIy81SZdH
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) June 8, 2025
Expensive Secretary Hegseth:
On June 7, 2025, President Trump issued a memorandum to your workplace entitled “Division of Protection Safety for the Safety of Division of Homeland Safety Capabilities.” The memorandum purports to invoke 10 U.S.C. § 12406 to “name into Federal service members and models of the Nationwide Guard . . . to briefly defend ICE and different United States Authorities personnel who’re performing Federal features, together with the enforcement of Federal regulation, and to guard Federal property.” The memorandum additional directs “actions as needed for the Secretary of Protection to coordinate with the Governors of the States and the Nationwide Guard Bureau in figuring out and ordering into Federal service the suitable members and models of the Nationwide Guard beneath this authority.”
Part 12406 states that “the President could name into Federal service members and models of the Nationwide Guard of any State in such numbers as he considers needed” to (1) repel an invasion of the USA by a overseas nation; (2) suppress a insurrection in opposition to the authority of the Authorities of the USA; or (3) execute the legal guidelines of the USA when the President is unable to take action with common forces. Part 12406 additional states that “[o]rders for these functions shall be issued by means of the governors of the States.”
Final night time, the Adjutant Common of California acquired a memorandum out of your workplace with the topic line “Calling Members of the California Nationwide Guard into Federal Service,” which states that “[t]wo thousand members of the California Nationwide Guard can be referred to as into Federal service efficient instantly for a interval of 60 days.” Notably, this directive didn’t concern “by means of the governor[] of the State[]” as required by part 12406; the Division of Protection didn’t transmit this directive to the Workplace of the Governor, nor was it permitted or ordered by the Governor of California. This directive can be inconsistent with the President’s memorandum, which anticipates “coordinat[ion] with the Governors of the States” in figuring out and ordering models of the Nationwide Guard into federal service.
At current, regulation enforcement authorities from the Metropolis and County of Los Angeles are safeguarding public security, and, as demonstrated by the strong regulation enforcement response yesterday night to guard federal services, native regulation enforcement assets are ample to keep up order. In dynamic and fluid conditions such because the one in Los Angeles, State and native authorities are essentially the most acceptable ones to judge the necessity for assets to safeguard life and property. Certainly, the choice to deploy the Nationwide Guard, with out acceptable coaching or orders, dangers significantly escalating the scenario.
There’s at present no want for the Nationwide Guard to be deployed in Los Angeles, and to take action on this illegal method and for such a prolonged interval is a severe breach of state sovereignty that appears deliberately designed to inflame the scenario, whereas concurrently depriving the State from deploying these personnel and assets the place they’re actually required. Accordingly, we ask that you simply instantly rescind your order and return the Nationwide Guard to its rightful management by the State of California, to be deployed as acceptable when needed.
Sincerely,
David Sapp
Authorized Affairs Secretary
Workplace of Governor Gavin Newsom
The Democratic Governors’ Affiliation released a statement Sunday in assist of Newsom signed by each different Democrat governor:
Assertion from Democratic Governors on Donald Trump’s Use of California’s Nationwide Guard
DGA Chair Governor Laura Kelly, DGA Vice Chair Governor Andy Beshear, Governor Tony Evers, Governor Bob Ferguson, Governor Josh Inexperienced, Governor Maura Healey, Governor Katie Hobbs, Governor Kathy Hochul, Governor Tina Kotek, Governor Ned Lamont, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor Dan McKee, Governor Matt Meyer, Governor Janet Mills, Governor Wes Moore, Governor Phil Murphy, Governor Jared Polis, Governor JB Pritzker, Governor Josh Shapiro, Governor Josh Stein, Governor Tim Walz, and Governor Gretchen Whitmer launched the next assertion:
“President Trump’s transfer to deploy California’s Nationwide Guard is an alarming abuse of energy. Governors are the Commanders in Chief of their Nationwide Guard and the federal authorities activating them in their very own borders with out consulting or working with a state’s governor is ineffective and harmful.
“Additional, threatening to ship the U.S. Marines into American neighborhoods undermines the mission of our service members, erodes public belief, and exhibits the Trump administration doesn’t belief native regulation enforcement.
“It’s vital we respect the manager authority of our nation’s governors to handle their Nationwide Guards — and we stand with Governor Newsom who has made it clear that violence is unacceptable and that native authorities ought to have the ability to do their jobs with out the chaos of this federal interference and intimidation.”
