Gavin Newsom appears to like goofing on President Donald Trump and his allies. The California governor’s photographs and wisecracks on social media give the Republicans a style of their very own medication and preserve the Democrat within the information as he seemingly weighs a 2028 presidential bid.
But on Sunday, Newsom was all enterprise in slapping down Vice President JD Vance and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) for his or her feedback concerning the suspicious deadly shootings in Minneapolis by federal brokers.
First, Newsom responded to Vance’s anecdote about Immigration and Customs Enforcement, together with Customs and Border Protection officers being locked in a restaurant by protesters earlier than fellow federal brokers got here to assist.
“This is just a taste of what’s happening in Minneapolis because state and local officials refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement,” Vance wrote on X. “They have created the chaos so they can have moments like yesterday, where someone tragically dies and politicians get to grandstand about the evils of enforcing the border. The solution is staring everyone in the face. I hope authorities in Minneapolis stop this madness.”
Yeah, Newsom wasn’t shopping for that one.
“Only a true psychopath could genuinely believe this story justifies the shooting of an innocent VA nurse,” he wrote, referring to Alex Pretti.
Pretti was the second protester shot lifeless in Minneapolis this month by federal officers deployed by the Trump administration. The earlier sufferer was Renee Good.
Administration officers claimed the killings had been justified and referred to as the 2 terrorists, however video and witness accounts put that assertion in severe doubt.
Cotton took an analogous tack to the veep.
“The deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti are regrettable tragedies,” the Arkansas Republican wrote. “They could’ve been avoided—& further unrest can be avoided—if state & local officials work with federal law enforcement and stop encouraging civilians to interfere. There can be no mob veto on enforcing the law.”
Newsom clapped again arduous.
“Your state has the 7th highest homicide rate in the nation — over double California’s,” he wrote. “Spare us the grandstanding over ‘enforcing the law’— you’re a heartless fraud.”
It’s unclear precisely which research the governor was referring to, though 2023 knowledge revealed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2025 reveals Arkansas with a murder fee of 11.3 per 100,000 individuals, greater than double that of California at 5.1.
Correction: This article has been corrected to notice Sen. Tom Cotton represents Arkansas.
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