If President Donald Trump is serious about cleaning up crime-ridden states and cities, then he should start with his own backyard.

That was the message this week from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The Golden State Democrat has found a second career trolling Trump on social media and on the stump.

On Thursday, Newsom invoked Alabama, which Trump handily carried in 2024, as one of the “top three murder states in America.”

He mentioned it along with Mississippi and Arkansas , two more states where Trump romped to victory during his second bid for the White House.

Newsom argued that the crime rates in those states are higher than California’s, saying the that the National Guard is better served in those places than the Golden State.

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