Gavin Newsom (D) warned in a primetime address Tuesday amid President Donald Trump’s military response to the Los Angeles protests that this “assault” on democracy will spread across the country if Trump continues to go unchecked.

"It clearly will not end here, other states will be next, democracy is next," the California governor says in a speech Tuesday night

Border czar Tom Homan has warned that anyone who interferes with ICE raids could face federal charges, including elected officials.

Donald Trump responded to California Governor Gavin Newsom ‘s dare to administration officials to arrest him, with the president suggesting that he would support such a move by his border czar, Tom Homan.

California may be first, but it clearly will not end here,” Newsom said. “Other states are next. Democracy is next. Democracy is under assault before our eyes. This moment we have feared has

"Come and get me, tough guy. I don't give a damn," Newsom said after saying border czar Tom Homan had threatened to arrest him for speaking out on ICE raids.

It’s a familiar playbook for the media-conscious governor who relishes trading blows with his sometime political foe.

Newsom lambasted Trump, calling him a President who “wants to be bound by no law or constitution, perpetuating a unified assault on American traditions.” And he repeated his assertion that Trump was “fanning the flames” in Los Angeles “on purpose.”

Newsom is widely viewed as a likely presidential candidate. The new video shows the Democrat fashioning himself as the leader of the Trump resistance.

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta outlined their lawsuit against Donald Trump and his order the federalize the National Guard, now in Los Angeles to respond to protests of the administration’s ICE raids.

Demonstrations against the Trump administration’s immigration policies are expected in cities around the country Wednesday — including Los Angeles, where President Donald Trump has deployed Marines and National Guard forces over the objections of California Gov.