Overview

• On Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime, Ramaswamy likened Newsom’s blocking of ICE vans to Wallace’s 1963 stand against federally ordered school desegregation.
• He argued that Newsom is deploying a “Democrat governor playbook” by defying federal authority to energize progressive voters for a potential 2028 presidential bid.
• Ramaswamy predicted that Newsom’s national ambitions will collapse “in the dustbins of history” just as Wallace’s failed bid did.
• The dispute intensified after President Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops and 700 Marines to secure federal buildings and assist ICE in Los Angeles immigration raids.
• Newsom condemned the deployments as illegal and immoral and filed suit to halt the use of federal forces in California’s sanctuary jurisdictions.