Not all that long ago, California state and local authorities, under the control of the Democratic Party, engaged in a relentless campaign against people who went to the beach or sat on a park bench (never mind actually opening a restaurant not named the French Laundry for business) and did it with no apologies. People were criminalized for living their normal lives by Gov. Newsom and his allies.

Now that the National Guard was engaged to suppress the open borders riots, Gov. Newsom is complaining about authoritarianism. Newsom tweeted that President Trump is threatening to “deploy active duty Marines against his fellow citizens.” The rioters are not Americans and where they are Americans, they’re of the domestic enemies variety, but in any case Newsom is the last person to scold about the matter.

When Newsom deployed forces against his fellow citizens, it wasn’t over violent rioting, but people trying to live their ordinary lives without trying to hurt anyone. The Newsom regime has criminalized everything from sports mascots to freelance work to believing there are two sexes. This is yet another case of fascists crying about fascism.