Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) should be “tarred and feathered” for how he has responded to the violent protests in Los Angeles, while declining to say whether he agreed that the governor should face legal consequences.
His comment came in response to a question at a press conference about President Trump endorsing the idea of his border czar Tom Homan coming to arrest Newsom.
“I'm not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested, but he ought to be tarred and feathered, I’ll say that,” Johnson responded.
He went on to criticize Newsom’s objection to Trump deploying the National Guard to quell the anti-immigration enforcement protests. Newsom said he is suing the Trump administration, arguing he illegally federalized the National Guard to respond to the protesters.
“He's standing in the way of the administration and the carrying out of federal law. He is applauding the bad guys and standing in the way of the good guys,” Johnson said of Newsom. “He's a participant, an accomplice, in our federal law enforcement agents being not just disrespected, but assaulted. This is a serious problem.”
Johnson said of the lawsuit: “What a joke. Do your job, man, that's what I tell Gavin Newsom. Do your job. Stop working on your rebranding, and be a governor.”
Trump had endorsed the idea of Homan arresting the sitting governor on Monday.
“Gavin Newsom is daring Tom Homan to come and arrest him,” Fox News reporter Peter Doocy asked Trump. “Should he do it?”
Trump responded: “I would do it if I were Tom.”
Newsroom called the comment an “unmistakable step toward authoritarianism” in response to Trump in a post on X.
In Washington, though, Republicans are largely rallying around the administration’s actions and confrontation with local Democratic leaders over protest response.
Johnson played video of the violence and destruction in pockets of Los Angeles in a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on Tuesday morning, according to a source.
White House Press Secretary Karolina Leavitt was a guest speaker at that morning meeting and also pushed the administration’s posture on the protest response.
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