Gavin Newsom won praise on Wednesday for his speech Tuesday night seen by a national audience, something many Democrats saw as a shot across the bow to President Donald Trump that they can fight Trump -- and one that sparked new talk of Newsom as the party's standard-bearer in 2028.

Gavin Newsom (D) warned in a primetime address Tuesday amid President Donald Trump’s military response to the Los Angeles protests that this “assault” on democracy will spread across the country if Trump continues to go unchecked.

California Governor Gavin Newsom took to the airwaves Tuesday night — with federal troops stationed in his state’s largest city and immigration agents rounding up residents — and warned Americans that democracy itself was under attack from President Donald Trump.

California may be first, but it clearly will not end here,” Newsom said. “Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has

"It clearly will not end here, other states will be next, democracy is next," the California governor says in a speech Tuesday night

Donald Trump responded to California Governor Gavin Newsom ‘s dare to administration officials to arrest him, with the president suggesting that he would support such a move by his border czar, Tom Homan.

Demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration policies are expected in cities around the country Wednesday — including Los Angeles, where President Donald Trump has deployed Marines and National Guard forces over the objections of California Gov.