California Governor Gavin Newsom seems to have had a sudden change of heart about violent crime, deploying law enforcement in his state to crack down on criminals after weeks of attacking President Donald J. Trump for doing the same thing.
On Thursday, the 2028 Democrat presidential contender announced an increased presence by California Highway Patrol (CHP) crime suppression teams in major cities across the Golden State despite his simultaneous insistence that crime has gone down, a party talking point that has been endlessly repeated despite ample evidence to the contrary.
California is expanding @CHP_HQ teams in key regions to bring down crime.
We’ve seen what success looks like when investing in strategic community partnerships, and with this next phase, we’re continuing the work to improve public safety throughout the state. pic.twitter.com/np1XwAzjdS
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) August 28, 2025
“When the state and local communities work together strategically, public safety improves. While the Trump Administration undermines cities, California is partnering with them — and delivering real results. With these new deployments, we’re doubling down on these partnerships to build on progress and keep driving crime down,” Newsom said in a statement.
The governor’s move seems to be a sign that Democrats are getting clobbered on the issue and are now correctly being identified as the party of crime over their resistance to Trump’s bold idea to deploy the National Guard to bolster law enforcement in Washington, D.C., a city that has been plagued by murder, shootings, assault, rape, and carjackings.
Newsom was caught off guard when a reporter confronted him over his mixed messaging on crime, stammering through his answer and ending his press conference.
Gavin Newsom is asked why he’s surging law enforcement across California while simultaneously claiming that his state doesn’t have a crime problem.
He stutters through his answer and then abruptly ends his press conference. pic.twitter.com/6QSmotsmR1
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 28, 2025
X users reacted to the trash-talking governor’s admission that the solution to crime is more cops on the beat.
Hahhaha!! You mean to say you see the success in DC and following Trumps lead!
— Hunter Eagleman™ (@Hunter_Eagleman) August 28, 2025
Lmao great job adopting a surge in law enforcement. You are finally admitting Trump was right.
— Spitfire (@DogRightGirl) August 28, 2025
All of a sudden your for law and order?
Crazy how you insult Trump and then copy him.
— Rare (@RareImagery) August 28, 2025
I thought there was no crime in California and Trump surging law enforcement was fascist
— Yuri Bezmenov Subversion (@yuribezmenov22) August 28, 2025
Guess Newsom’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. Sad!
— Meta (@metansangames) August 28, 2025
Newsom is a chameleon and a narcissist.
— American Association of Retired Republicans ℠ (@aarr_org) August 28, 2025
“You forgot your hat, Newscum.” pic.twitter.com/Q1Grj4jeoU
— Trump’s #1 Goon (@Plaguedreloaded) August 28, 2025
Newsom’s flip-flop comes after the ace cringe artists on his social media team were ridiculed over a series of grossly misleading posts about crime in states with Republican governors, leaving out the very important detail that the cities that were highlighted have Democrat mayors.
Newsom X account continues to embarrass itself with misfire on blue city’s astronomical crime https://t.co/NXBLJdwWhg via @BIZPACReview
— BPR based (@DumpstrFireNews) August 25, 2025
I know Gavin very well,” Trump said during an Oval Office news conference last week. “He’s an incompetent guy with a good line of bullsh*t, and he doesn’t get the job done.”
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