Staff Reports
Dan Bongino finally lost patience on live television and told California Governor Gavin Newsom exactly what any sane American has been thinking: enough of the political games while our cities burn. The FBI’s deputy director didn’t mince words on Fox & Friends, calling Newsom’s dismissal of federal help “a BS remark” and pushing back hard on a governor who acts more like a campaign consultant than a city steward.
This blowup didn’t happen in a vacuum — it came after President Trump announced plans to deploy National Guard and federal assets to San Francisco, a move Newsom publicly vowed to resist and sneered at with the line that “nobody wants you here.” That’s not leadership; it’s performative outrage from a man who once presided over the city’s decline and now plays victim when real solutions are proposed.
Bongino was blunt about the chain of command, reminding viewers that federal agencies answer to the president, the attorney general, and ultimately the American people — not state governors who put politics above public safety. He even warned that the administration will act where governors refuse to protect their citizens, and he called Newsom’s taunt for what it is: cowardly posturing that treats crime victims as props.
Newsom predictably tried to “fact-check” the federal response, tweeting headlines that homicides were already trending down before the current administration’s push, and his press shop mocked Bongino as a mere podcaster. The FBI fired back indirectly when Director Kash Patel highlighted “Operation Summer Heat,” a federal effort that the agency says led to thousands of arrests and massive seizures of drugs and weapons — evidence that federal intervention can actually make streets safer.
Polls show the public is skeptical about militarized interventions in cities, but make no mistake: skepticism has been manufactured by a media class that prefers lectures to law and order. While surveys put support for such federal deployments at a modest level, what matters to hardworking Americans is seeing streets free of fentanyl, guns, and violent crime — and when local officials refuse to act, the federal government has a duty to step in.
This is about far more than one petty spat between two headline-chasing politicos. It’s about whether our republic will protect its citizens or continue rewarding governance-by-Instagram and lawsuit theater. Gavin Newsom’s instinct is to score political points and cultivate a national brand; conservatives know the only brand that matters is safety, stability, and accountability for officials who fail to secure their jurisdictions.
Patriots should applaud Dan Bongino for finally calling out the hollow theatricality of coastal elites and demanding action instead of optics. Stop letting governors sell outrage while families pay the price — voters must hold every official, from mayor to governor to the White House, accountable until American streets are safe again.
