Newsom Gains a Step in Brawl with Trump

“President Donald Trump has catapulted Gavin Newsom to the front of the Democratic resistance,” Politico reports.

“The California governor had faded from national prominence as public attention shifted to Washington and, in his home state, the deliberations over Kamala Harris’ political future. But as Trump and his allies make Newsom their foil in a brawl over immigration unrest in Los Angeles and the president’s unilateral deployment of the National Guard and Marines, they are also elevating his stature on the left.”

Said GOP strategist Mike Madrid, who opposes Trump: “I think this is helping Trump broadly. I also think it’ll help Gavin — especially if he gets arrested.”