(16 Jul 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
++SHOTS SEPARATED BY WHITE FLASHES++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Downey, California – 16 July 2025
1. Gov. Newsom approaches podium putting on a jacket
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D) California: ++CONTINUOUS SHOT++
"Thank you all. I just had an opportunity to talk to the senior pastor here in Downey Memorial Community Church, I’m grateful that she allowed us the opportunity to be here in highlight a little bit of what occurred here, as you may know, in the parking lot a few weeks back when six folks came masked without any identification, unmarked cars."
++WHITE FLASH++
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D) California:
"The president of the United States decided to advance his rope cruelty by utilizing the brave men and women of the National Guard as pawns in an effort to theatrically show his strength."
++WHITE FLASH++
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D) California:
"Finally, because of the absurdity of this, and the complete incapacity of the Pentagon to reconcile the fact they weren’t doing a damn thing, they manipulated this 26 percent number. It’s about 5 percent. They even realized the absurdity of this, and they’re talking about a demobilization of roughly 2,000 of the 79th infantry."
++WHITE FLASH++
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Gavin Newsom, (D) California:
"But we must be vigilant and resolved, that as we focus on Epstein, we focus on the next day or distraction, that communities like Bell and Downey are being torn apart."
++WHITE FLASH++
6. Gov. Newsom waves to reporters and leaves podium
STORYLINE:
California Governor Gavin Newsom told reporters families are being torn a part in the state as deportations continue across the country.
"The president of the United States decided to advance his rope cruelty by utilizing the brave men and women of the National Guard as Ponce in an effort to theatrically show his strength," Newsom said.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon said Tuesday it is ending the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles, accounting for nearly half of the soldiers sent to the city to deal with protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Roughly 4,000 National Guard soldiers and 700 Marines have been in the city since early June. It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted the 60-day deployment to end suddenly, nor was it immediately clear how long the rest of the troops would stay in the region.
In late June, the top military commander in charge of troops deployed to LA had asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for 200 of them to be returned to wildfire fighting duty amid warnings from California Gov. Gavin Newsom that the Guard was understaffed as California entered peak wildfire season.
The end of the deployment comes a week after federal authorities and National Guard troops arrived at MacArthur Park with guns and horses in an operation that ended abruptly. Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security wouldn’t explain the purpose of the operation or whether anyone had been arrested, local officials said it seemed designed to sow fear.
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