Gavin Newsom: “It was an assault on Democracy and invoked authoritarian regimes who begin by targeting people who are least able to…”

The courts have made clear that the federal government has no role in how a state carries out its election process.

I am directing the State Threat Assessment Center to actively monitor the situation in the event that foreign actors interpret the President’s remarks as an invitation to target California.

Gavin Newsom, the state’s governor, called the remarks “dangerous – if not treasonous – putting a target on two of our biggest cities and one of America’s largest naval hubs.”

That means getting flood-fighting supplies into position, bolstering our water infrastructure, and helping communities across the Golden State prepare.