{"id":2448453,"date":"2025-06-17T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mel-gibson-accuses-newsom-and-bass-of-poor-leadership\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:37:16","slug":"mel-gibson-accuses-newsom-and-bass-of-poor-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mel-gibson-accuses-newsom-and-bass-of-poor-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel Gibson accuses Newsom and Bass of &#8216;poor leadership&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmel-gibson-accuses-newsom-and-bass-of-poor-leadership%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448453&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mel Gibson has publicly criticized California governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, calling for their removal from office due too what he deems <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-not-to-judge-anti-pipeline-activist-dismissed-pedophilia-allegation-against-colleague\/\" title=\"\u2018I\u2019m Not to Judge\u2019: Anti-Pipeline Activist Dismissed Pedophilia Allegation Against Colleague\">poor leadership<\/a> and incompetence.In a recent statement,Gibson highlighted their failure to respond effectively during crises,specifically referencing the devastating wildfires in California and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virgin-atlantic-scraps-uk-flights-to-hong-kong-closes-office-and-services\/\" title=\"Virgin Atlantic Scraps UK Flights to Hong Kong, Closes Office and Services\">ongoing civil unrest<\/a>. He emphasized the need for competent leadership to restore order and protect the community. Gibson&#8217;s remarks come as President Trump has deployed National Guard and Marines to aid in handling the unrest,contrasting with the local officials&#8217; portrayal of the situation. Bass, who was away on official business during recent fires, faces calls for accountability as she plans to run for another term in 2026. Meanwhile, Gibson&#8217;s criticism aligns him with sentiments from some conservatives, differentiating him from several liberal celebrities who have been vocal against trump but have not addressed the unrest in Los Angeles.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mel Gibson accuses Newsom and Bass of &lsquo;incompetence&rsquo; and &lsquo;poor leadership&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2147758\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3289905\/trump-recruits-gibson-stallone-voight-hollywood-envoys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mel Gibson\">Mel Gibson<\/a> called for the ousting of Los Angeles Mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karen Bass<\/a> and Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gavin Newsom<\/a> (D-CA) in a plea to his neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>It has been over a week since President&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;began&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3437910\/national-guard-security-ice-operations-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deploying<\/a>&nbsp;National Guard troops to assist in ending the riots despite the Democratic politicians&rsquo; claims that the protests are peaceful. In total, 4,000 members remain there. Trump also sent a group of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3436373\/lapd-chief-jim-mcdonnell-department-not-notified-trump-marine-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">700 Marines<\/a>&nbsp;to the area. Gibson spoke on the situation Sunday on the <em>Arroyo Grande Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3443385\/yankees-legend-andy-pettitte-reflects-on-god-career\/\">Yankees legend Andy Pettitte reflects on how faith in God affected his career<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3442727\/musicians-attacking-trump-ice-raids-army-parade-shakira-trump\/\">Shakira, Green Day among musicians attacking Trump for ICE raids and Army Parade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3440959\/assassins-nuns-and-hand-grenades-the-phoenician-scheme-is-peak-wes-anderson\/\">Assassins, nuns, and hand grenades: The Phoenician Scheme is peak Wes Anderson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass have already proven their incompetence and poor leadership during the Los Angeles wildfires,&rdquo; Gibson said in a statement. &ldquo;Now, as we experience rampant lawlessness and civil unrest, it&rsquo;s never been more clear: they&rsquo;re unable to respond effectively and responsibly during calamity. Whether it&rsquo;s sheer incompetence or outright malevolence the reality is stark. California is in a state of turmoil.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2986790&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=578cba3fc7328a3fcb85d125beee2673\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The reference was to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fire.ca.gov\/incidents\/2025\/1\/7\/eaton-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eaton&nbsp;fire<\/a>&nbsp;that began at the start of this year and was active for 24 days as it burned over 14,000 acres, damaged over 9,400 structures, and resulted in 17 deaths. Some 10,000 residents were displaced as they evacuated the&nbsp;fire&rsquo;s path of destruction.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3323520\/karen-bass-admits-felt-terrible-not-being-here-city-fires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bass&nbsp;was in Ghana<\/a> for the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama. White House officials asked her to go to represent then-President Joe Biden, and it was meant to be a &ldquo;very very short trip over a weekend and two business days,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3323520\/karen-bass-admits-felt-terrible-not-being-here-city-fires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according\">according<\/a> to the mayor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I ask my fellow Angelenos, why are Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass still in office?&rdquo; Gibson said. &ldquo;How much more of their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >destructive decision-making masquerading<\/a> as leadership are we going to tolerate? It is time to take back our community and our state, and put the power and the privilege in the hands of competent leaders whose goals are to protect us and the way of life this nation was founded upon and promises to offer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This follows President Donald Trump&rsquo;s&nbsp;January <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3289905\/trump-recruits-gibson-stallone-voight-hollywood-envoys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a>&nbsp;that Gibson, Jon Voight, and Sylvester Stallone would &ldquo;serve as Special Envoys to me&rdquo; to make Hollywood &ldquo;BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3444338\/steve-hilton-mocks-newsom-brief-rebranding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>STEVE HILTON MOCKS NEWSOM&rsquo;S BRIEF REBRANDING: &lsquo;HE DIDN&rsquo;T DO ANYTHING&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oscars-turned-into-the-jerry-springer-show-alec-baldwin-gets-mocked-for-stance-on-will-smith-slap-drama\/\" title=\"\u2018Oscars Turned Into The Jerry Springer Show\u2019: Alec Baldwin Gets Mocked For Stance On Will Smith Slap Drama\">actor stands<\/a> out in a sea of criticisms from liberal celebrities, including Shakira,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2920303\/olivia-rodrigo-hands-out-plan-b-pills-to-missouri-concertgoers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olivia Rodrigo<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2709860\/green-day-alters-american-idiot-lyrics-to-bash-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Green Day<\/a>, and more, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3442727\/musicians-attacking-trump-ice-raids-army-parade-shakira-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"joined in the chorus\">joined in the chorus<\/a> of protests against Trump&nbsp;over the weekend. They did not address the unrest in Los Angeles but criticized the ICE raids instead.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom&nbsp;is a year away from reaching his two-term limit after he survived a recall election in 2021. Following the fires in Southern California,&nbsp;Newsom&nbsp;was served&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3306765\/newsom-served-recall-papers-outrage-la-fires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recall papers<\/a>&nbsp;for the second time. Bass&nbsp;plans to run again in 2026 and also avoided a recall after the fires.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2147758\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2147758\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mel Gibson criticizes Newsom and Bass, calling for their removal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2448454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192412170.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51930,50410,34345,3678,57333],"class_list":["post-2448453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bass-2","tag-controversy-2","tag-mel-gibson","tag-newsom","tag-poor-leadership"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2192412170.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448453"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448457,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448453\/revisions\/2448457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}