California GOP Candidate Steve Hilton told Fox News Digital that "Gavin Newsom is a total joke" amid the ongoing anti-ICE riots across Los Angeles.

In a prime time address, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California sharply criticized President Trump for sending in the military to handle the protests in Los Angeles.

After eight years as lieutenant-governor, in 2018 he was elected to California’s top job. He breezed past a recall effort in 2021 (which tried to capitalise on Mr Newsom’s visit to the French Laundry, a posh restaurant in Napa Valley, during covid lockdowns) and won re-election in 2022.

An escalating clash pits a Republican president looking to fulfill his mass deportation goals against a Democratic governor with White House aspirations hoping to mobilize opposition.

The governor highlighted his work with ICE in California but said that President Trump was “trying to gin things up to create problems” at protests.

Arnold Schwarzenegger chalked up California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) suggestion that California could withhold federal taxes to meaningless "rhetoric." The post Arnold Schwarzenegger Dumps on Gavin Newsom’s Wild ‘No Taxes’ Idea in Mud-Slinging Fest With Trump first appeared on Mediaite.

Gavin Newsom questions Trump’s mental state as he blasts president’s response to LA protests - California governor accused president of ‘making up’ details of a conversation

Both Trump and his "border czar," Tom Homan, have said California officials could face arrest if they're perceived as impeding ICE operations.