{"id":145412,"date":"2025-06-14T06:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T06:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/14\/bill-maher-praises-gavin-newsom-for-trump-defiance\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T06:32:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T06:32:30","slug":"bill-maher-praises-gavin-newsom-for-trump-defiance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/14\/bill-maher-praises-gavin-newsom-for-trump-defiance\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher Praises Gavin Newsom For Trump Defiance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs California\u2019s Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> continues to battle <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s ICE raids and army occupation, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bill-maher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill Maher<\/a> sees presidential materials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn Friday\u2019s episode of <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/real-time-with-bill-maher\/\">Real Time<\/a><\/em>, the comic steered Newsom could possibly be \u201c<em>the guy<\/em> for the Democratic party, like I always thought he\u2019d be\u201d after the governor and President Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/06\/trump-court-ruling-troops-la-newsom-1236432420\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fought for management of California\u2019s National Guard<\/a> in court docket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cYou know what happens in movies; as soon as there\u2019s a big problem, a hero will rise,\u201d mentioned Maher. \u201cAnd I think we saw that this week, because Gavin Newsom\u2014this makes me feel good, because people make fun of me all the time. \u2018Why do you stick with Gavin? He\u2019s too far left.\u2019 Yeah, but he\u2019s been moving to the center lately, and he kinda had his moment now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMaher added, \u201cI did a joke in the monologue about it, but he\u2019s saying, \u2018Trump likes this.\u2019 I think he might like this too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter a federal appeals court docket sided with Trump, Maher shared a information clip of Gov. Newsom difficult the twice-impeached president. \u201cCome after me, arrest me. Let\u2019s just get it over with, tough guy,\u201d mentioned Newsom within the video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((571\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?w=300\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png 3456w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=300,167 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=1024,571 1024w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=1536,856 1536w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=2048,1141 2048w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=179,100 179w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=660,370 660w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=910,511 910w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=250,140 250w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=380,212 380w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=296,166 296w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=248,139 248w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=200,112 200w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=60,33 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=352,196 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=110,61 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=285,159 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=320,178 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=640,357 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=800,446 800w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-13-at-8.16.55\u202fPM.png?resize=1280,713 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"571\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cYou think Trump liked having his face on a mugshot? This guy wants his face on a mugshot. He could become like one of the \u2018Hot Felons\u2019,\u201d joked Maher, offering a graphic to make his level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn Wednesday, Newsom condemned Donald Trump in a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/06\/newsom-trump-dictator-speech-1236430398\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fiery speech<\/a> after the president deployed practically 5,000 troops to LA amid ICE raid protests, lambasting the \u201cbrazen abuse of power by a sitting president [that] inflamed a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers and even our National Guard at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cLook, this isn\u2019t just about protests in LA. This is about all of us. This is about you. California may be first \u2014 but it clearly won\u2019t end here. Other states are next,\u201d mentioned Newsom, including: \u201cDemocracy is under assault right before our eyes. The moment we\u2019ve feared has arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tGov. Newsom\u2019s speech got here lower than an hour after LA Mayor Karen Bass issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/06\/los-angeles-curfew-declared-1236430330\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dusk-to-dawn curfew<\/a> for tonight on a on-mile sq. space of DTLA. After Trump Golden federalized State National Guard on June 7 as protestors targeted on federal buildings getting used as makeshift detention facilities, 4,000 members of the Guard are downtown together with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/06\/trump-marines-gavin-newsom-national-guard-la-ice-protests-1236428432\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">700 U.S. Marines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSeen by many as a prelude to invoking the Insurrection Act, Trump\u2019s order to place National Guard boots on the tense streets of LA got here with none session with Newsom, the Governor has mentioned repeatedly the previous few days. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNewsom\u2019s sharply-crafted phrases prefaced a federal choose\u2019s Thursday ruling that Trump \u201creturn control of the California National Guard\u201d to the governor, a choice that was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/06\/trump-court-ruling-troops-la-newsom-1236432420\/\">shortly overturned by an appeals court docket<\/a> forward of a June 17 listening to on the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] As California\u2019s Gov. Gavin Newsom continues to battle Donald Trump\u2018s ICE raids and army occupation, Bill Maher sees presidential materials. On Friday\u2019s episode of Real Time, the comic steered Newsom could possibly be \u201cthe guy for the Democratic party, like I always thought he\u2019d be\u201d after the governor and President Trump fought for management [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[641,11918,3501,642,8396,3994,204],"class_list":{"0":"post-145412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bill","9":"tag-defiance","10":"tag-gavin","11":"tag-maher","12":"tag-newsom","13":"tag-praises","14":"tag-trump"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}