Newsom: Pentagon lying over LA to justify National Guard deployment

 https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5340795-newsom-accuses-pentagon-lies-la-protest/?tbref=hp

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Monday accused the Defense Department of “lying to the American people” in justifying deploying National Guard troops to the state to quell Los Angeles protests against federal immigration raids, asserting that the situation intensified only when the Pentagon deployed troops.  

“The situation became escalated when THEY deployed troops,” Newsom posted to X, referring to the Pentagon. “Donald Trump has manufactured a crisis and is inflaming conditions. He clearly can’t solve this, so California will.”