California Gov. Gavin Newsom told U.S. President Donald Trump to "just get it over with, arrest me" as the pair clashed over immigration raids in the city and how to handle the disorder that erupted from the protests against them.

Trump had said he would arrest Newsom if he were the White House border czar Tom Homan , calling it a "great thing". Homan had earlier said those harboring illegal immigrants would face the law, and the Democratic governor of California is not excluded from that risk.

Newsom called it a "sober and serious moment" in remarks to MeidasTouch, a liberal activist media group, on Monday evening.

"This is why I told the president, just get it over with, arrest me, move on. If you need some head to scalp, do it with me, but stop messing with these kids," Newsom

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