Gov. Newsom Activated National Guard for Covid Testing in 2022, But Won’t Authorize Guard for LA Riots

California Governor Gavin Newsom is having a national temper tantrum because he didn’t have the foresight or leadership skills to activate the National Guard immediately when the violent Los Angeles riots broke out Friday, ostensibly as a response to ICE arrests off criminal illegal aliens.

Instead, Gov. Newsom defied President’s authorization of the Guard, claiming that local law enforcement didn’t need the support. But videos show a very different truth:

Then Gov. Newsom announced he would sue the Trump administration over the federalization of the California National Guard, and demanded an emergency restraining order in a court filing. This was rebuffed by United States District Court Judge Charles Breyer, who instead will hear the case Thursday.

In 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom activated the California National Guard to accelerate COVID-19 testing… Covid testing, versus dangerous and violent riots… More than 200 guard members were deployed to 50 sites to help with clinical staffing and crowd control, the governor said in a news release.

Gov. Newsom had the state locked down for two years by that point.

California’s Governor was the first in the country to order the entire state locked, and extended out mask mandates and school and business lockdowns beyond all other states. This made little or no difference – other than to destroy two years of kids’ education and kill off as many of the state’s small businesses as possible.

“Coerced Compliance is not Freedom in Gov. Newsom’s Staged Re-Opening of California” the Globe reported. Even when Newsom announced in June 2021 that he would end his COVID stay-at-home order, business lockdowns, and school closures (after more than 15 months), he also said a vaccination verification system is coming in short order – which is to say, he wants Californians to use an electronic vaccine passport to gain entrance to businesses, work and events.

The purpose of such an electronic system was to “allow” businesses to confirm that their customers have received their shots. And those who did not take the shot were required to continue to wear masks, as a form of a “Scarlet Letter.”

Remember that for the first time in history, healthy people were locked down during the worldwide Coronavirus scare – lockdowns of homes, schools and “non-essential” businesses, and governors issued mask mandates and vaccine mandates.

And Gov. Newsom authorized the National Guard to mobilize to facilitate more covid testing, but sued the President over his authorization of the Guard during the violent Los Angeles riots.