House Speaker Mike Johnson called Tuesday for California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to be “tarred and feathered” over his response to the riots raging in downtown Los Angeles. Declining to weigh in on whether Newsom should be arrested — as President Trump and White House border czar Tom Homan have floated — Johnson (R-La.

President Donald Trump has called for the California governor's arrest over trying to block the deployment of the National Guard.

"Do you believe that Newsom could face consequences in a legal way? Look, that's not my lane. I'm not going to give you a legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested, but he ought to be tarred and feathered.