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Actor Jon Voight criticized California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday over his handling of the immigration protests in Los Angeles.
Voight, a longtime vocal supporter of President Trump, praised Trump’s decision to deploy thousands of National Guard soldiers and hundreds of Marines to California over the objections of Newsom and L.A. Mayor Karen Bass (D).
“You’re a fool blaming Trump,” Voight said of Newsom during a Tuesday video posted to X. “What are you doing for this destruction of these animals destroying Los Angeles? Are you there talking calmly with them, you fool?”
“They would burn you down like they’re burning the cars and the American flag, with no regard for humanity,” he added.
Law enforcement have arrested hundreds since demonstrations broke out on Friday, with Bass and Newsom maintaining that soldiers are not needed and criticizing Trump’s moves involving the military as escalatory.
Bass ordered a curfew in a section of downtown L.A. on Tuesday night. The Associated Press reported that National Guardsmen stood watch as local law police made arrests to enforce the curfew, adding it did not appear National Guard troops participated in the arrests.
“You sent your troops here without fuel, food, water or a place to sleep. Here they are — being forced to sleep on the floor, piled on top of one another,” Newsom wrote in an earlier Monday post on X that featured photos of soldiers.
“If anyone is treating our troops disrespectfully, it is you @realDonaldTrump,” he added.
Voight pushed back on critics, arguing local leaders should be thankful for the president’s decision to deploy the National Guard.
“This is not about Trump. This is about protecting the people from these animals and criminals trying to destroy us. And our police force, are they supposed to stand there, let rocks hit them and kill them? Who’s going to save them? You?” Voight said.
The actor called Newsom a “lying dog” and “disgrace.”
