President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) online feud has prompted candidates in California’s 2026 gubernatorial election to weigh in, some of whom condemned the riots in Los Angeles while others pushed back against the president’s response to them.

The Insurrection Act is a federal law that allows the president to deploy the military and National Guard troops to suppress civil disorder, insurrection or rebellion. It was last used by President George H. W. Bush during the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict in April 1992.