Overview

• On The Late Show, the California governor said he fears there will not be a 2028 election unless Americans "wake up" to a "code red" threat.
• He accused President Trump of authoritarian actions, citing the federal deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles to police anti-ICE protests.
• Newsom touted an aggressive pushback that includes 41 lawsuits against the administration and a communications strategy that parodies Trump on social media.
• He promoted California's Prop. 50 redistricting measure headed for a November special election, which former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger opposes.
• He also criticized what he called politicization of the CDC by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying the state will rely on its own science-based analysis.