SCOOP: Gavin Newsom attacks Tom Cotton over LA riots

THE LOWDOWN:

• Gov. Gavin Newsom attacked Sen. Tom Cotton after the senator blasted the governor over the latest round of riots in the once-Golden State under his watch.

• Cotton told the Washington Reporter that we “should have no quarter for violent rioters.”

• Newsom — “Newscum,” as President Donald Trump has dubbed him — has been under fire in recent days after anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrators attacked law enforcement officials.

• During the Rodney King riots of 1992, President George H.W. Bush authorized the deployment of the National Guard to deal with the acts of violence.

After allowing his state to burn during the 2020 George Floyd riots, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D., Calif.) attacked Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) after the latter blasted the governor alongside the progressive demonstrators burning cars and causing chaos in Los Angeles.

Cotton told the Washington Reporter that we “should have no quarter for violent rioters.”

“Especially the Hamas lunatics and illegal aliens waving foreign flags,” Cotton said. “It’s shameful that Gavin Newsom is putting these criminals ahead of Californians.”

In his initial post on X, formerly Twitter, Cotton called out the “threat” coming from the American Left, declaring Americans “must never tolerate this lawlessness.”

“What's happening in Los Angeles is a threat from the left,” Cotton wrote. “They demand open borders, or they will riot. And [Democrat] politicians like Newsom will back them.”

“It won't work,” he continued. “We must never tolerate this lawlessness.”

“The only one supporting lawlessness is you and every one of Trump’s minions who are allowing him to illegally militarize our city and incite violence,” replied the governor who oversaw a massive crime spike in his state.

In response, Cotton posted a picture of a demonstrator atop a cratered car waving a Mexican flag and noted the role Newsom’s backward policies played in setting the stage of Los Angeles’ destruction.

“What kind of governor blames police officers and the National Guard for ‘inciting’ this violence?” Cotton wrote. “Your policies created this mess. And California deserves a lot better.”

Newsom — “Newscum,” as President Donald Trump has dubbed him — has been under fire in recent days after anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrators attacked law enforcement officials.

President Trump, in response to the chaos, has deployed the National Guard to return law and order to Los Angeles — even as Newsom decries the move as “unconstitutional.”

Unfortunately for Newsom, President Trump’s move is far from unconstitutional.

During the Rodney King riots of 1992, President George H.W. Bush authorized the deployment of the National Guard to deal with the acts of violence.

The deployment of military personnel helped to reestablish control in Los Angeles.

Newsom’s office did not respond to the Washington Reporter’s request for comment.