California Gov. Gavin Newsom is back to cosplaying as president, this time jetting off to Belém, Brazil, for the UN’s COP30 climate summit — where he signed a deal with Nigeria to “fight pollution.” How exactly that’s supposed to help with California’s exploding homelessness, crime, or affordability crises is anyone’s guess.
And while Newsom was busy playing global statesman, you have to wonder — did his negotiations even mention the ongoing slaughter of Christians in Nigeria?
Meanwhile, back in his own crumbling state of California, things are spiraling out of control. The one-party Democrat machine has been dishing out commercial driver’s licenses to illegal aliens like Halloween candy — no accountability, no oversight, no concern for public safety.
But on Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy drew a line in the sand and said, essentially, ‘I’ve had enough.’
The Libs of TikTok account noted:
BREAKING: California admits they illegally issued 17,000 non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses to “dangerous foreign drivers.”
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’s revoking all of them.
Democrats gave CDLs to foreigners who don’t speak English or understand our road signs who now drive massive trucks on our roads.
BREAKING: California admits they illegally issued 17,000 non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses to “dangerous foreign drivers.”
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he’s revoking all of them.
Democrats gave CDLs to foreigners who don’t speak English or understand our… pic.twitter.com/wpZhCIYmKx
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 12, 2025
Duffy said that Newsom was caught “red-handed”:
The Biden-era sanctuary state policies in California foisted on the state and Americans by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom have once again collided with federal law — this time on America’s highways.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has admitted to illegally issuing 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) to foreign nationals who were not legally eligible to hold them, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday.
“After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed,” Duffy wrote in a statement. “Now that we’ve exposed their lies, 17,000 illegally issued trucking licenses are being revoked.”
Just think about that for a moment: 17,000.
Even by the ridiculous “progressive” standards we’ve come to expect from Newsom’s California — and before that, from Joe Biden’s White House — that number is jaw-dropping.
It’s bad enough on paper, but the reality is even worse. In just the past few months, there have been at least two deadly crashes involving illegal truck drivers who couldn’t even read the road signs. Let that sink in — lives lost because political pandering mattered more than public safety.
And California isn’t the only culprit. According to Newsweek, at least 19 states across the country are happily handing out commercial driver’s licenses to people who aren’t even supposed to be here. It’s reckless, it’s dangerous, and it’s proof that for Democrats, virtue signaling will always come before protecting American lives:
19 states and the District of Columbia permit undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. These licenses are typically labeled “Not for Federal Purposes” and are not accepted for federal identification or air travel.
It's not just California that's giving CDLs to illegals! Many states nationwide are doing it, and they ALL need to be dealt with. pic.twitter.com/gU9i555FTr
— The Conservative Alternative (@OldeWorldOrder) November 12, 2025
Duffy isn’t going to put up with it: “This is just the tip of the iceberg. My team will continue to force California to prove they have removed every illegal immigrant from behind the wheel of semitrucks and school buses.”
As Gavin Newsom gears up for what’s looking more and more like an inevitable presidential run, Americans should keep one thing crystal clear in their minds: what he’s done to California is exactly what he wants to do to the rest of the country.
This reckless, soft-on-crime, open-borders, tax-hiking, virtue-signaling chaos is his blueprint for America. We’ve seen the “California model” in action — and it’s been a disaster. We can’t afford to let that nightmare go national.
