President Donald Trump responds to Newsom's claim he did not call him
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Via: vic-eldred • last year • 38 commentsBy: Emma ColtonJohn Roberts (Fox News)
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President Donald Trump hit back at Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's claims that the president did not recently call him, telling Fox News he spoke to the governor for about 16 minutes on Saturday.
Trump told Fox News Tuesday while traveling to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, that Newsom did not pick up his first call over the weekend, but that he picked up the second call and the pair spoke for about 16 minutes on Saturday.
"I told him to, essentially, 'Get his ass in gear,' and stop the riots, which were out of control," Trump said Tuesday. "More than anything else, this shows what a liar he is - said I never called."
Trump provided a screenshot of the phone call dated June 7 at 1:23 a.m.
White House director of communications Steven Cheung added in comment to Fox Digital Tuesday afternoon: "The President called Gavin Newsom to tell him to get his ass in gear. The Governor has clearly decided to disgustingly side with the violent rioters instead of protecting Californians. The only liar here is Newsom who continues to fail his state as he prioritizes doing interviews with leftist media to gaslight the public instead of helping his state."
Earlier Tuesday, Trump held an event addressing wildfire response and prevention from the Oval Office, where he fielded a handful of questions from the media regarding the ongoing anti-ICE riots in Los Angles, telling a reporter he spoke to Newsome "a day ago."
"A day ago. I called him up to tell him (he's) got to do a better job. He's done a bad job," Trump said.
In a response post on X, Newsom claimed Trump did not call him or leave a voicemail in the past day.
"There was no call. Not even a voicemail. Americans should be alarmed that a President deploying Marines onto our streets doesn't even know who he's talking to," Newsom posted to X Tuesday afternoon, accompanied by video of Trump in the Oval Office.
"This call is from 3 days ago," the governor's press office added on X following the White House's pushback on Newsom's claim that Trump did not call.
Newsom's office added in an email to Fox News Digital Tuesday that: "The Governor's comment is clearly in regards to the President's comment this morning of 'a day ago,'" adding that Newsom had already confirmed his Saturday phone call in a media interview on Sunday.
Newsom spokesperson Izzy Gardon added in a comment to the Sacramento Bee Tuesday: "I just personally looked through the governor's phone. No missed call. No voicemail. Nothing. The last time they spoke was Friday when the governor called him."
Los Angeles descended into violent riots Friday when federal immigration officials converged on the city to carry out raids targeting illegal immigrants. Local leaders such as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Newsom, however, quickly denounced the raids in public statements while offering words of support for illegal immigrants in the state.
Protests over the raids soon devolved into violence as rioters targeted and launched attacks on federal law enforcement officials.
Trump announced Saturday that he was deploying 2,000 National Guard troops to help quell the violence. The Trump administration also deployed hundreds of U.S. Marines to respond to anti-immigration chaos on Monday evening as the violence continued.
"If I didn't 'SEND IN THE TROOPS' to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now," Trump posted to Truth Social on Tuesday morning.
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Newsom got caught.
Trump had the evidence:
1:23 AM Saturday morning in Washington DC is 10:23 Friday night in California.
I dont know why I made that comment . This entire article is too stupid to comment on.
We know why.
Friday thru Monday. They spoke ONCE.
Ok. You've established the time difference....you point would be what?
Do you even care that the 7th was Saturday, which if Trump was speaking on a Tuesday, is three days ago? (It was actually Friday night in California, just to be even more precise. 1:23 am Saturday in Washington D.C. is 10:23 pm Friday in California because the Earth is round.)
A “day ago” from Tuesday - when Trump was speaking - is Monday, not Saturday.
And Newsome didn’t say Trump never called him. Newsom already spoke publicly on Sunday about his call with Trump at that earlier time. His main complaint was that he couldn’t get Trump to focus on what was happening in LA. Trump has had a couple of days to respond to that allegation.
Newsom was not shy about talking about that earlier call, so you can bet if Trump had called him on Monday, he’d be talking about it.
Your “evidence” does not prove the thing you think - and this article asserts - that it does.
Would it have made a difference if Trump said A DAY OR SO AGO? Don't you think he is talking about one phone call? How many times do you think the President would call the Governor between Friday night and Monday morning? Newsom seized on Trump saying a day ago. We know what the President meant.
As I said the big lie here was Newsom saying that CA officials had things under control.
Would you make that excuse for Biden? Or any Democrat?
Considering that he decided to deploy Marines on American soil in that time, I’d say at least once.
No, that’s a different topic. A different accusation. And therefore, a clear deflection. Things actually are under control here, and no thanks to the Guard or the Marines. They exacerbate the situation. Last night was quiet because Mayor Bass imposed a curfew. No real issues.
One asshole lights something on fire, FoxNews shoots it from 10 different angles, and the idiots who watch think the whole city is on fire. It’s not. But if the Guard and the Marines start marching around, they could inspire something worse.
I was here during the Rodney King riots. You could drive down the freeway and literally see fires in every direction. Some protestors outside the federal building is nothing by comparison.
Must be one of those ethereal senses popularized by Trump Devotion Syndrome.
The lie is that Trump NEEDED to act in any way. Trump, as usual, as he did with the release of water, is putting on a show and wasting resources. He is creating problems and trying to take credit for their resolution. It is disgusting. How can anyone buy this blatant bullshit from Trump and his sycophants?
The democrat governor FAILED to carry out his duties. The democrat mayor FAILED to carry out her duties. We've already seen NONE democrats were going to do anything. So, who do you think should be the one to step up and do the right thing?
The problems were caused by the failures of the democrat mayor and governor. You need to start to accept that fact.
Don't start crying that the person you all claimed was "not above the law" is enforcing the law and you're ideology is on the short end of it.
Which duties specifically?
About what?
Which problems? What failures?
Another Trump supporter parroting whatever Trump claims.
Show how this violence rises to the level requiring Federal intervention. Then explain why Trump did not act when the Capitol was violently broken and entered by his supporters.
You cannot.
Another partisan ignoring facts.
What is even funnier is some people actually believe this.
I hate his constant lying, but I hate even more that idiots believe it without question.
”They eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats!”
This is one of the more idiotic articles I've seen on here lately.
Endless blatant lying by Trump and his supporters. This is madness.
On Tuesday, Trump said he talked to Newsom "a day ago". Well, that would have been Monday. In reality, they talked on Friday evening (Saturday am Trump time). The post of the 1:30 am June 7th call is what Newsom was referring to.
What is the point of posting pure crap like this? Clearly Newsom was correct and Trump was incorrect.
Note how Trump even admits that he misspoke. See the Trump quote in blue .
I have no problem with a common mistake like Trump made. We all lose track of duration at times. But to try to spin this as if Newsom was caught in some grand consequential lie is just disgusting.
What's your opinion of Gov Newscum? Is he doing a good job? Same goes for Mayor Bass of LA
A comment that parrots Trump's childish name-mangling. Get serious and pen original, thoughtful posts if you want people to treat your comments seriously.
Let us see:
He's unable to comprehend anything that goes against Trump. Bottified
Or maybe this...
He won’t watch.
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The only liar is the POS who repeatedly said that California authorities had the situation under control
What is it with FOX and the same fire video 24/7 ... and who has that many marshmallows?
And where do you get the 'facts' that show that a PotUS needed to send National Guard troops to a state without being asked by the Governor or even mentioning the intended deployment to the governor?
You cannot see that this is intentional chaos introduced by Trump in some grand stunt to make him look like a hero? Same crap he pulled when he released 2.2 billion gallons of water from Lake Kaweah and Lake Success in his publicity stunt to look like he was helping wildfires when that water never even got to the fires.
How is it that Trump supporters keep falling for the cons of this scoundrel?
Right here:
The Trump Administration ripped lefty Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass after a violent mob swarmed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers conducting immigration raids in the city — while the Department of Homeland Security claimed Saturday local cops waited two hours to help push back the agitators when the trouble started Friday.
DHS claims LAPD waited 2 hours to respond to protests over immigration raids
You cannot see that this is intentional chaos introduced by Trump in some grand stunt to make him look like a hero? Same crap he pulled when he released 2.2 billion gallons of water from Lake Kaweah and Lake Success in his publicity stunt to look like he was helping wildfires when that water never even got to the fires.
The ICE Agents were surrounded on Friday night and riots began. Today is Wednesday. Thus far the LAPD has barely moved a muscle to put down the riots. Very few rational human beings watching this believe that the LAPD doesn't want to put down the riots. It is obvious that they are being ordered to stand down, just like local police during the 2020 riots. The democrat governor & mayor are the scoundrels.
No, Vic, the fact that there was violence in California is not the fact that I asked you to provide. Where is the fact that it was necessary for Trump —without Newsom asking or even being informed of Trump's intent— to deploy National Guard and military troops?
Answer the question you quoted:
And where do you get the 'facts' that show that a PotUS needed to send National Guard troops to a state without being asked by the Governor or even mentioning the intended deployment to the governor?
Maybe because they had no reason to prepare for such an event. Normally, when there is an operation by the federal government, they coordinate in advance with local authorities, so they have the manpower and positioning necessary to assist.
But ICE isn’t doing that. They just invade neighborhoods and private property at random, and with no notice, creating chaos. And then naively expect local police to just magically pop in and clean up their mess immediately.
Sorry, but real life just doesn’t work like that.
This fucking wins. This article is the dumbest thing I have seen posted here in ages. The dumbness is astonishing. Trump thinks - or is lying - that a call three days previous was “a day ago.” So he’s senile or full of shit. I expect both.
Then FoxNews buys his bullshit even though they know the call was Friday night/Saturday morning.
And then the dumbness gets seeded here.
For emphasis.
And yet here you, and many others, are. You all have the option to scroll right past it, but you didn't. You all CHOSE to stop and comment with the idiocy that everybody has come to expect from the left. Congratulations for keeping the status quo.
That’s right. I guess you want to know why. I’ll tell you.
First, of all, some of us come here for intelligent conversation about serious topics. So you can bet that when I see this infantile, dishonest drivel posted here, I’m going to call it out as such, and shame it as much as possible.
Second, it is bullshit like this story that feeds into the chaos currently infesting this country. The biggest liar in the history of liars is President and fools believe his lies.
Sound familiar? This is the bullshit MAGA buys without question. It is used to defame good people and justify destructive policy.
I will go right on protesting bullshit like this article and if you don’t like it, that’s too fucking bad.
If I wanted to know why I would have ask. I didn't ask and that should have told you I don't care.
“And yet here you are.”