WASHINGTON: Immigration protests in Los Angeles are proving a stern take a look at of Gavin Newsom’s management of California, however the unrest additionally arms the bold governor a singular alternative, say analysts, as he weighs a presidential run in 2028.
Not often a shrinking violet, the 57-year-old chief government of the nation’s largest and richest state has eagerly taken up the Democratic Social gathering’s cudgel in opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Newsom spent the weekend attacking his Republican opponent, accusing him of intentionally stoking tensions by deploying California’s National Guard to downtown LA.
A presumed frontrunner for the Democratic management, Newsom has made no secret of his political ambitions and seems to be relishing his probability for a public showdown with Trump.
As the newest entrance in Trump’s immigration crackdown performed out on the streets, the Democrat was brawling on social media, vowing to sue Trump over a “critical breach of state sovereignty”.
“Each political disaster is a political alternative,” Jeff Le, a former senior official in California state politics who negotiated with the primary Trump administration, advised AFP.
“In California, the place President Trump polls at 30 per cent, it is a potential reward for the governor to showcase stark variations between the 2.”
These variations had been all too obvious as Trump upbraided the Democrat for a “horrible job”, whereas the president’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, threatened to arrest Newsom over any interference with deportations.
