Gavin Newsom Immediately Fact Checked After Claiming CA National Guard Border Presence
“Haven’t seen one – not a single one – of these CA National Guard soldiers in Jacumba where the mass illegal crossings of adult men from around the world are taking place.”
We’re five months away from Election Day, but only two months away from the Democratic National Convention. Though President Joe Biden is expected to be nominated, rumors and speculation are swirling that maybe Democrats might go a different direction come convention time.
So with the border crisis being front and center of everyone’s mind and the DNC just around the corner, what better way to position himself as a waiting-in-the-wings “can-do” leader than for Gavin Newsom to pretend to be doing something about the mess he and Joe Biden have made at the southern border?
That’s exactly what California’s Democrat Governor tried to do Thursday in a photo op video he took of himself at the border, with Tijuana being shown in the background. In it, he talked about how he and the California National Guard had been meeting with border patrol representatives about what they could do to stop the fentanyl epidemic.
He also accused House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), without evidence, of “playing politics” and said it was time for him to “do the right thing” to provide the resources needed to combat the issue:
California has doubled our National Guard at the border that are working to stop the flow of fentanyl.
While the GOP play games and Mike Johnson searches for his spine — we’re out here doing the work. pic.twitter.com/69dhQYwtoF
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 13, 2024
Like his laughable claims about California allegedly being a “model” for combating homelessness, his statements about the California National Guard being on the scene at the San Ysidro Port of Entry were fact-checked – and found to be sorely lacking.
Fox News national correspondent Bill Melguin, who has consistently worked the border beat throughout Joe Biden’s presidency, had thoughts:
Haven’t seen one – not a single one – of these CA National Guard soldiers in Jacumba where the mass illegal crossings of adult men from around the world are taking place. BP there so overwhelmed that the migrants wander aimlessly on highways and call Lyfts for themselves while waiting to be picked up, as San Diego sector now leads the nation in illegal crossings. I sent Gov. Newsom’s below post to a BP agent in Jacumba, who responded by laughing & telling me CA “isn’t doing shit” to help them with illegal crossings there, and any soldiers that they see there are National Guard from other states working w/ DHS under federal Title 10 orders. He said CA soldiers are helping with drug interdiction at ports of entry – not the mass crossing hot spots in Jacumba. If the Governor’s office has any images of CA National Guard helping Border Patrol in Jacumba, I’m happy to update.
Haven’t seen one – not a single one – of these CA National Guard soldiers in Jacumba where the mass illegal crossings of adult men from around the world are taking place. BP there so overwhelmed that the migrants wander aimlessly on highways and call Lyfts for themselves while… https://t.co/cpvjGdlSo1
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 13, 2024
There was also this from Melugin:
NEW: [Manny] Bayon, the President of the Border Patrol union’s San Diego area representation – tells @FoxNews he has never seen CA National Guard assisting BP agents in Jacumba, and provided the following statement:
“California Governor @GavinNewsom refuses to acknowledge the many illegal migrants pouring into California due to his policies he has in place. This is also sending a message to the world, come to California, a sanctuary state.
We need help in stemming the flow of illegal migrants entering California, not rewarding illegal migrants with taxpayer funded programs.
Governor, if you are serious about closing the California/ Mexico border, you would allow CA National guard to help us in enforcement operations. I would be glad to provide you a border tour so you can see for yourself.“
NEW: Many Bayon, the President of the Border Patrol union’s San Diego area representation – tells @FoxNews he has never seen CA National Guard assisting BP agents in Jacumba, and provided the following statement:
“California Governor @GavinNewsom refuses to acknowledge the many…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 13, 2024
Another Fox News reporter, Matt Finn, said he hasn’t seen any California National Guard presence either:
we’re at the CA border right now in Jacumba, Governor Newsom. We see migrants illegally crossing all hours of the day. From China, Iran, Yemen. Nepal. Haven’t seen a single CA National Guard over the past week. https://t.co/L9b90fhtiY
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) June 13, 2024
As it relates to Newsom’s handling of the border, here’s the reality of the matter:
What Gavin Newsom doesn’t want you to know is California is the new number one spot for illegal immigrant crossings.
The first time since the 1980s.
Another Newsom win. https://t.co/7MtzzntIGY
— Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) June 13, 2024
California is a sanctuary state.
This means California refuses to cooperate with ICE.
Illegal immigrants regularly commit violent crime, and are not deported.
Illegal immigrants from Honduras deal fentanyl on the streets of San Francisco.
Everything this man says is a lie. https://t.co/G8GMgXmSzT
— Michael Oxford – AKA The Santa Cruz Mountain Goat (@SCMountainGoat) June 14, 2024
Wow, the polling on the border crisis must be bad. Gavin Newsom is doing selfie videos at the U.S./Mexico border in San Diego, pretending he cares instead of calling people racist for saying the border is an issue. https://t.co/NGz5lMEPJ7
— Amy Reichert (@amyforsandiego) June 14, 2024
Did Gavin Newsom suddenly start caring about the border?
Or is it just five months before an election and Democrats realized their border crisis is one of their biggest liabilities? https://t.co/GRJVbMchX4
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 14, 2024
lol. Gavin is Baghdad Bob now. https://t.co/xPAbeXq7tG
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) June 14, 2024
The only thing that has doubled is your gaslighting. pic.twitter.com/0IbSxdfNdf
— Mark Fabela (@markdfabela) June 13, 2024
Indeed.
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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Comments
>>California has doubled our National Guard at the border that are working to stop the flow of fentanyl. <<
Well, technically he didn’t lie. If you have zero National Guard to start with on the border and you double that amount you’ll still have a grand total of zero National Guard on the border. Newsom might as well have said he tripled the number, quadrupled the number for all the good that will do.
Gavem Newscum is an absolute liar, just like his daddy Joe Been Lying.
He’s perfectly qualified for the Democratic nomination for president. All you really need is to get the lying part down.
IF, there were California National Guard troops there they would be acting as escorts for the illegals, doing liaison with the cartels, and doing logistics for the importation of fentanyl. Which, come to think of it would not hurt him at the Democrat National Convention.
Subotai Bahadur
“California has doubled our National Guard at the border that are working to stop the flow of fentanyl“
If zero is your starting point, then what Newsom said is 100% true.
Read in a different report that the current number of CA National Guard is 380. So it goes up to 760 … not so impressive.
“He BP) said CA soldiers are helping with drug interdiction at ports of entry…”
So, Newsome isn’t lying when he is talking about drugs. Whether there are double at the Ports on the drug stuff I don’t know but, as usual, Newsome is telling a half truth leaving out the whole picture of the illegal border crossings.
He is such a typical scummy politician
“CA soldiers…”
You have to understand Newsom Talk. “California soldiers” is a euphemism for “illegals of military age” pouring across the border in numbers too great to count. Newsom looks at them and sees them as replacements for the millions of California residents who are fleeing the state.
The drug he is referring to is hopium. And they are not interdicting it, they are injecting it.
Obama would have gathered up Austrian-speaking corpse men from all 57 states. As he told an interviewer, he doesn’t get excited, but remains cool and nonplussed.
Vapid Nuisance makes Kneepads McGigglesnort look presidential.
Open borders biden, americans keep dying.
The cartel is smiling.
smh
Perhaps he’s not lying. He literally said “California has doubled our National Guard at the border.” 0 times 2 = 0.