California Gov. Gavin Newsom called Donald Trump a “stone cold liar” on Thursday, claiming the president never told him he would be sending National Guard troops to maintain order in Los Angeles.

“It didn’t appear to me when I talked to him. He never brought it up. Period, full stop, he lied about that. Yeah, last Friday night. He lied. He lied. My mother and dad’s grave. I don’t mess around when I say this. He lied. Stone cold liar. Don’t think for a second he told the truth. He lied,” Newsom said to host Michael Barbaro on The New York Times’ “The Daily.”

What began as a protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Los Angeles over the weekend descended into a riot that’s a week old. To quell the violence and restore order to the affected parts of LA, Trump has activated 4,000 National Guard troops.

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