California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Monday he’ll make good on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s call to sue the federal government for deploying National Guard troops to Los Angeles during immigration protests.
The news came as President Donald Trump said Monday he’d support the arrest of Newsom for his response to protests in Los Angeles over the weekend. The Democratic governor on Sunday told MSNBC that White House Executive Associate Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations Tom Homan had threatened to arrest him, and responded, “Come and get me, tough guy.”
“I would do it if I were Tom, I think it’s great,” the Republican president told a reporter who asked about Newsom’s remarks. “Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing.”
“This is a day I hoped I would never