WH Skewers Newsom for Stoking Fear of Voter Suppression

The White House struck back Friday against Gavin Newsom’s latest attack against President Donald Trump, saying the Democrat California governor is more concerned about illegal immigrants than his own constituents by claiming Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be stationed at voting booths in 2026 to suppress turnout.

Newsom has been on what appears to be a daily diatribe against Trump and the MAGA movement. During the Pivot podcast on Friday, he again alleged that Trump is trying to rig the 2026 midterms by pressing GOP states to redraw their congressional maps to give more seats to Republicans, who hold a narrow majority in the House.

“We have to recognize that there are no limits with this guy, and if he can rig next year’s election, I mean we joke about not having another one. I don’t think that’s a joke,” Newsom told host Kara Swisher. “He will wire this for the next 20, 30 years. If it’s a JD [Vance], it doesn’t even matter. He will wire it.

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