California Governor Gavin Newsom called President Trump's plan to send National Guard troops to San Francisco "laughable," suggesting the president had to reverse course for "obvious reasons" because "there's nothing happening" in the city.

"He couldn't even make up a pretense for this," Newsom told Robert Costa in an interview airing on "CBS Sunday Morning" this weekend. He cast the city as an urban area that is confronting crime and not ignoring the issue. He highlighted that San Francisco is on track to achieve a 70-year low homicide rate and there's been an overall decline in violent crimes year over year, according to the Major Cities Chiefs Association .

Newsom vowed to swiftly block any future attempts to send in military forces to the city.

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