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   From: newsom.lies@latimes.com   
      
   The Trump administration fact-checked California Gov. Gavin Newsom on   
   Thursday after he promoted a false claim that the Trump administration was   
   closing parts of the Interstate 5 highway for a military showcase.   
      
   “Governor Newsom is deliberately spreading Fake News to Californians to   
   fearmonger and score cheap political points,” Taylor Van Kirk, the vice   
   president’s press secretary, told The Daily Signal.   
      
   “Vice President [JD] Vance is eager to be in California on Saturday   
   celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Corps alongside United States   
   Marines who, despite the Democrats’ shutdown, will continue to receive pay   
   thanks to President [Donald] Trump’s hard work,” Van Kirk added.   
      
   Newsom had posted on Wednesday a social media screed denouncing the   
   president and vice president and replying to a left-wing media report that   
   claimed portions of I-5 were to be shuttered for the Marine Corps event.   
   The training exercise by the Marines is set to occur on Oct. 18 at Red   
   Beach, Camp Pendleton, which is located in Southern California.   
      
   “Donald Trump and JD Vance think that shutting down the I-5 to shoot out   
   missiles from ships is how you respect the military. PUT ASIDE YOUR VANITY   
   PARADE AND PAY OUR TROOPS INSTEAD,” Newsom wrote on X.   
      
   William Martin, a special assistant to the president and communications   
   director to the vice president, responded to the California governor’s   
   post on X by sharing the Marine Corps’ announcement of its military   
   showcase, which included a section that explicitly stated there would not   
   be any closed highways.   
      
   “All training events will occur on approved training ranges and comport   
   with established safety protocols. No public highways or transportation   
   routes will be closed,” the announcement said.   
      
   Martin then answered Newsom’s post directly.   
      
   “This is complete fake news. The Marine Corps said they are NOT shutting   
   down the I-5 highway and that the event at Camp Pendleton is a training   
   exercise. Also, President Trump IS paying the troops despite Chuck   
   Schumer’s efforts to hold their salaries hostage,” Martin wrote on X.   
      
   The federal government is currently more than two weeks into a government   
   shutdown following Senate Democrats‘ refusal to agree to a GOP funding   
   bill in the Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives. The   
   government shutdown has led to thousands of federal workers being   
   furloughed without pay and the closure of the Smithsonian museums and the   
   National Zoo.   
      
   https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/16/fact-check-newsom-lies-about-the-   
   vice-presidents-visit-in-california/   
      
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