Newsom says 'democracy is under assault' in speech strongly criticising Trump

In a blistering address against the Trump administration, California governor Gavin Newsom warned democracy is 'under assault before our eyes'. President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles was 'a brazen abuse of power', that has 'inflamed a combustible situation', Newsom said after Trump ordered the deployment of thousands of troops, including National Guard and Marines, to the nation’s second-largest city as demonstrations against ICE immigration raids unfolded. Newsom warned the situation unfolding in California was just the beginning Los Angeles mayor sets curfew as Newsom intensifies criticism of Trump Misinformation about LA Ice protests swirls online: ‘Catnip for rightwing agitators’