Jonathan Martin Calls ‘BS’ on Trump’s ‘Unserious’ Newsom Arrest Threat: ‘He’s Doing WWF Stuff!’

Morning Joe panelist Jonathan Martin called “BS” on President Donald Trump’s “unserious” threat to arrest California Governor Gavin Newsom and dismissed the remarks made Monday as mere kayfabe.

The war of words began when Newsom addressed border czar Tom Homan’s warning on Saturday that if anyone, even the governor, interfered with deportation raids, they would face arrest. Newsom dared Homan to come get him while exchanging barbs with Trump when the president federalized and deployed the National Guard in Los Angeles following violent anti-ICE protests.

Trump told Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy on Monday: “I would do it if I was Tom, I think it’s great. Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be a great thing.”

One Tuesday’s Morning Joe, however, Politico’s Martin shook his head and dismissed the threats as “WWF stuff”:

He’s responding like he’s being asked if, you know, he wants to get Chinese food tonight. ‘I would do it’ – you know? I mean, it’s so flippant. It’s so unserious. It’s not on the level. He doesn’t want Gavin Newsom to actually be arrested. He’s doing WWF stuff here. You know that, I know that, we all know that.

But the problem is he’s the president of the United States and he’s the commander-in-chief.

I’m less worried about him popping off on the White House south lawn and saying: ‘Arrest Gavin.’ We all know it’s BS! I’m more concerned about the fact that he’s deploying active duty Marines to an American city. This is so far beyond the pale. It is so wildly, you know, uncalled for.

He continued to warn Democrats that their response to the deployment of troops in LA was a sign they were “losing”:

And also politically, it is deeply challenging because if you are the Democrats, as the saying goes, if you’re explaining, you’re losing. It’s a hell of a lot easier to say: ‘There’s people burning American flags and destroying cars in an American city, and we’re going to crack down and restore order.’ That’s alot easier message than saying: ‘Well, you know, Section 403 of US Code says that you can’t actually get at…’

If you say those words it’s already over.

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