‘Deranged!’ Gavin Newsom and Pete Hegseth Trade Blows After Troops Deployed to LA

Kipp Jones Jun 8th, 2025, 4:36 pm

Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth exchanged blows on social media over the weekend after President Donald Trump prematurely praised the National Guard for quelling unrest in Los Angeles.

In a Truth Social post early Sunday, Trump congratulated the Guard for its response to what he called “two days of violence, clashes and unrest” in the city.

He slammed Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as “incompetent” and declared, “These Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE TOLERATED.”

Trump also added that protesters would no longer be allowed to wear masks, asking, “What do the

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