A group of masked U.S. Border Patrol agents showed up in trucks outside of the press conference at the Japanese American National Museum.

Speaking to reporters after his campaign launch, Newsom batted away criticism, saying Trump had struck first by saying he was “entitled” to a GOP congressional majority. The governor had earlier this week asked Trump to block Texas and other red state from moving forward with their own redistricting efforts.

A new poll showed widespread support for the state's independent redistricting commission, which could temporarily take a back seat.

CBP Chief Patrol Agent Greg Bovino pushes back against Gavin Newsom's claims that ICE raids in Los Angeles were staged during governor's public appearance.

"This is a guy who lays claim to want to get a Nobel Prize, sitting there and bending his knee to Mr. Putin," Newsom told a fired-up crowd.

If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns about what [Trump is] putting out as president,” California Governor Gavin Newsom said.

Gavin Newsom’s press office called out “idiot” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung for his attempted online attack of the California governor. Cheung, in a profane post on X, claimed the Democrat was “too chicken s--t to take questions from the press” after his speech Thursday about congressional redistricting to counter similar GOP moves in Texas and other red states.