What triggered the American Civil War were state officials who refused to honor federal law and instead boasted of their open defiance of Washington.
That precedent appears to be the incendiary model for the increasingly erratic behavior of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
Has Newsom accepted the polls and decided to end his political career in a blaze of ideological glory?
He now backs the often-violent protesters in Los Angeles resisting federal enforcement of immigration laws. Newsom labeled President Trump’s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain those here illegally “reckless,” “chaotic,” and “eroding trust.”
Does he imagine that this rhetoric is calming the situation or building public trust? Or is he consciously following the model of Confederate President Jefferson Davis?
Does Newsom also support the defiance of Los
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