‘The problem is YOU’: JD Vance blames Newsom amid LA unrest, says California governor should ‘look in the mirror’

US Vice President JD Vance blasted California Governor Gavin Newsom as the tensions between the Trump administration and local officials escalate over the deployment of National Guard and Marines in the protest-hit city of Los Angeles.

Taking to X, the vice president blamed Newsom for his “policies that encouraged mass migration into California” and told him to “stop accusing Donald Trump.”

“Gavin Newsom says he didn't have a problem until Trump got involved. Both of these photos were taken before the president authorized the national guard to go protect our border patrol in California. Does this look like ‘no problem’?” Vance said.

“If you want to know why illegal aliens flocked to your state, stop accusing Donald Trump. Look in the mirror,” he said. “If you want to know why border patrol fear for their lives over enforcing the law, look in the mirror.”

“It was your policies that encouraged mass migration into California. Your policies that protected those migrants from common sense law enforcement. Your policies that offered massive welfare benefits to reward illegal immigrants. Your policies that allowed those illegal migrants (and their sympathizers) to assault our law enforcement. Your policies that allowed Los Angeles to turn into a war zone,” he added. “You sure as hell had a problem before President Trump came along.”

Vance also blamed Newsom for extending medicaid to illegal immigrants in 2024, accusing him that “elected to take healthcare from impoverished and disabled Californians and give it to illegal aliens.”

“And now, everything is President Trump's fault? Give me a break,” he wrote on X.

Vance alleged that Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass “fomented and encouraged the riots… to promote mass migration into our country.”

“Democratic leadership has no solution for the economy, for prosperity, or for security. They use their power when they're in the majority to import millions of illegal immigrants and when they're in opposition they do everything possible to prevent deportations,” the vice president said.