OAKLAND, Calif. - Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans Thursday to send California Highway Patrol officers into more communities to assist local law enforcement, while also admonishing President Trump for suggesting he would send federal troops to the Bay Area.

Newsom also had a pointed jab for Trump, saying the Commander in Chief should send federal forces to Republican-represented states, not California.

He held up printed poster signs detailing crime rates for Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, the home state of the current House Speaker Mike Johnson.

‘Look at the Facts’

"I hope the President of the United States would look at the facts," Newsom said. "Just look at the murder rate. That's nearly four times higher than California's in Louisiana, Speaker Johnson."

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