White House says ‘Bring it on, Gavin!’ as fight over $1 billion UCLA payment intensifies

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Democratic governor to “Bring it on, Gavin!” during her weekly press briefing. 

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

“This administration is well within its legal right to do this and we want to ensure that our colleges and our universities are respecting the First Amendment rights and the religious liberties of students on their campuses and UCLA has failed to do that and I have a whole list of examples I will forward to Gavin Newsom’s press office if he hasn’t seen them himself,” Leavitt said. 

Newsom’s press office responded by posting a picture of North

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