California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, widely believed to be vying to run for his party\u2019s presidential nomination in 2028, made more inflammatory and false statements Tuesday evening on a late-night show about Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, hours before another armed attack on an ICE facility.<\/p>\n
In a sit-down with host Stephen Colbert, whose show has been canceled and will be off the air in a few months, Newsom falsely claimed that ICE agents were randomly kidnapping and \u201cdisappearing\u201d people in his state and around the country, rather than simply doing their jobs and apprehending migrants who are in the country illegally and have a criminal history.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s happening in the United States of America. Masked men jumping out of unmarked cars. People disappearing. No due process. No oversight. Zero accountability,\u201d Newsom claimed. \u201cPeople ask, \u2018Is it authoritarianism? You\u2019re being hyperbolic.\u2019 Bullshit we\u2019re being hyperbolic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Newsom then reverted to the race card, suggesting that the Trump administration was only targeting \u201cblack and brown communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd so I \u2014 I\u2019m deeply proud that I had the privilege of signing the nation\u2019s first bill to address the issue of masking, also to require you have simple identification, to your point. I mean if some guy jumped out of an unmarked car and a van with a mask on tried to grab me \u2014 I mean by definition you\u2019re going to push back. And so this \u2014 these \u2014 these are not just authoritarian tendencies, these are authoritarian actions by an authoritarian government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
What the governor failed to note was that ICE agents are protecting their identities after several left-wing organizations and some Democratic lawmakers have doxxed them, putting them and their families at risk. Also, they are excuting duly issued removal orders that have been handed down by immigration judges.<\/p>\n
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