From Washington Examiner: Days after his office called the killing of Renee Good “state-sponsored terrorism,” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) backtracked.
Newsom’s press office, which has been incessantly imitating President Donald Trump’s Truth Social posting style, posted the statement criticizing the Trump administration for Good’s death on Jan. 7.
“STATE. SPONSORED. TERRORISM,” it wrote in a post on X.
STATE. SPONSORED. TERRORISM.
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) January 8, 2026
Newsom appeared to disagree with his office’s comments during an episode of his podcast with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro.
“Your press office tweeted out that [ICE operations were] ‘state-sponsored terrorism,’” Shapiro.
Newsom acknowledged that the statement was “aggressive.”
“Our ICE officers obviously are not terrorists…a tragic situation is not state-sponsored terrorism,” Shapiro said.
“Yeah, I think that’s fair,” Newsom admitted.
Newsom posted his own statement on Good’s death from his personal account, targeting Trump.
“For almost a year, Donald Trump’s personal police force has rampaged across America,” he wrote. “His administration has driven extremism and cruelty while discarding basic safeguards and accountability. Now, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen is dead. Donald Trump owns this. His deliberate escalation of intimidation and chaos has consequences. His reckless crackdown must end.”
For almost a year, Donald Trump’s personal police force has rampaged across America.
His administration has driven extremism and cruelty while discarding basic safeguards and accountability.
Now, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen is dead.
Donald Trump owns this. His deliberate…
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) January 7, 2026
Newsom also told Shapiro that he would not abolish ICE if he had the power to do so.
Read more at Washington Examiner
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