California’s left-wing governor Gavin Newsom is having a public tantrum—again. This time, it’s because Vice President JD Vance dared to tell the truth about the chaos and lawlessness Democrats have allowed to fester in the once-Golden State.
While visiting Los Angeles on Friday, Vice President Vance delivered a searing indictment of Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, accusing them of deliberately empowering violent agitators who target law enforcement. And judging by Newsom’s frantic response, Vance’s words hit a little too close to home.
Instead of addressing the substance of the criticism like a leader, Newsom went full middle-school mode on X, lashing out at Vance with a bizarre challenge: “Hey @JDVance — nice of you to finally make it out to California. Since you’re so eager to talk about me, how about saying it to my face? Let’s debate. Time and place?”
The VP, rightly focused on governing and restoring order in America, hasn’t dignified Newsom’s desperate call for attention with a response.
Meanwhile, Newsom’s communications director, Izzy Gardon, tried to clean up the mess by calling Vance a “liar” and insisting that Newsom condemns violence against police. But anyone living in California or watching the nightly footage of rioters swarming border agents knows better.
Vance’s message in L.A. was clear, honest, and devastatingly accurate.
“Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass have got to stop this craziness,” Vance declared. “Every single law enforcement officer I talked to today said they feel like local leadership is encouraging these far-left agitators.”
He described how Border Patrol agents are routinely obstructed and harassed while simply doing their jobs—putting their lives on the line to protect the nation. And Vance placed the blame squarely where it belongs: on Democrat leadership that treats law enforcement as the enemy.
“When Gavin Newsom encourages violence and rioting,” Vance said, “he encourages people to get in the face of our great Border Patrol officers. He is absolutely endangering the lives of federal enforcement.”
Vance also pointed out the hypocrisy of Newsom’s opposition to federal assistance, noting, “There’s an illegitimate effort to send federal resources to secure a city that he refuses to secure.” The 9th Circuit Court, not exactly a conservative bastion, disagreed with Newsom and upheld the federal response as lawful.
The vice president summed it up perfectly: “If you enforce your own laws and if you protect federal law enforcement, we’re not going to send in the National Guard. It’s unnecessary.”
In other words, if local leaders do their job, Washington won’t have to do it for them. But with Newsom and Bass in charge, law-abiding citizens are left unprotected while criminals run wild—and those who try to stop it get vilified.
As Vance concluded: “What I see here today is the great tragedy when a mayor and a governor encourage their citizens to harass and endanger the lives of our police officers. Thank God we’ve got great people who are willing to persevere despite it.”
America needs more truth-tellers like JD Vance—and fewer soft-handed political showboats like Gavin Newsom.
