President Donald Trump advocated for California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s arrest even as another administration official insisted Monday morning there’d been no discussion of his arrest.

“I would do it, if I were Tom,” Trump told reporters. “Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing.”

Trump’s comments came as White House border czar Tom Homan told “Fox & Friends” that there had been “no discussion about arresting Newsom.”

Newsom quickly responded on X, posting that “The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor,” and “I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.”

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Los Angeles over the

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