California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Trump administration clashed on social media Friday over the recent raid of a California pot farm by U.S. Customer and Border Protection (CBP) officers.

A tense confrontation between protesters and immigration officials erupted Thursday as CBP vehicles dispersed through the agricultural community of Camarillo. Authorities used gas canisters to clear the crowd outside a legal cannabis farm. Newsom, who is positioning himself to run for president in 2028, struck first on X scolding the images of farm workers and activists running through white smoke.

“Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone because their mother was taken from the fields. Trump calls me “Newscum” – but he’s the real scum,” Newsom posted. The governor’s post was following by a retort from the official Homeland Security account which fired back, “Why are there children working at a marijuana facility, Gavin?”

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