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Johnson Suggests Tarring and Feathering Newsom as California Sues Over Troop Deployment

California has filed a lawsuit over President Trump’s mobilization of National Guard troops in Los Angeles without governor approval.

A police car burns under an overpass near Union Station in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. Clashes between law enforcement and protesters intensified on Sunday as California National Guard troops arrived in Los Angeles to quell demonstrations against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, a move that the state's Democratic governor has called unlawful.
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Overview

  • House Speaker Mike Johnson declined to weigh in on legal charges against Gov. Newsom but asserted that Newsom “ought to be tarred and feathered” for opposing federal immigration enforcement.
  • President Trump has ordered roughly 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines into Los Angeles to respond to protests sparked by large-scale ICE raids.
  • Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a federal suit Monday, arguing that President Trump violated the Constitution by federalizing the state National Guard without consent.
  • Defense Department estimates put the cost of deploying National Guard and Marine forces in Los Angeles at about $134 million.
  • Protests in Los Angeles have persisted despite the military presence and have prompted fierce exchanges between federal and state officials.