Mel Gibson Urges Angelenos To Oust Gavin Newsom, Karen Bass

LOS ANGELES, CA — Actor and director Mel Gibson lambasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass on Monday, calling on Angelenos to oust the "incompetent" leaders.

Gibson, a Republican previously named "special ambassador to Hollywood" by President Donald Trump,spoke out on Raymond Arroyo’s podcast amid ongoing anti-ICE protests in the city.

“Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass have already proven their incompetence and poor leadership during the Los Angeles wildfires,” he said in the on-camera interview also broadcast on Fox News and posted to YouTube.

The performer is known for his work in acting in and directing "Braveheart" (1995) and "The Passion of the Christ" (2004) along with hi work on the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon franchises. He's also known for being quite outspoken about his political views and his support for Trump.

The actor also suffered a fall from grace after a drunk driving arrest and antisemitic rant in 2006.

"Now, as we experience rampant lawlessness and civil unrest, it’s never been more clear — California is in a state of turmoil," he said. "And I ask my fellow Angelenos why Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass are still in office. How much more of their destructive decision-making masquerading as leadership are we going to tolerate?"

The actor continued, calling on residents 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."

Arroyo said he agreed with Gibson during a broadcast with Fox host Kayleigh McEnany:

"Newsom’s out there saying that Donald Trump, I’ll quote, ‘is an authoritarian, a threat to democracy.’ No, lawlessness and anarchy that you’re fuelling, that is a threat to democracy," he said. "That is indeed the ultimate undermining of democracy, when you can’t protect your people."

Newsom hasn't responded to the "Daddy's Home 2" star.

Instead, he blamed Trump for the unrest in Los Angeles as he waited on the appeals court to rule on the legality of the president's deployment of the California National Guard.

"The deployment of federal soldiers in L.A. doesn’t protect our communities – it traumatizes them... this is not public safety, this is tyranny," he told Fox News.

This isn't the first time Gibson has been a vocal critic of California's leadership. In January, the actor lost his home in the LA fires and was swift to blame Newsom and Bass. He even went as far as becoming the face of yet another effort to recall Newsom.

“Gov. Newsom and Karen Bass let us all down,” said Gibson. “California was ill-prepared and had scant resources to deal with the inevitable fires. They knew that. So are we supposed to believe our elected officials didn’t know that?”

Days before his inauguration, Trump called Hollywood a "great but very troubled place," when he dubbed a trio of conservative actors his "special ambassadors" — Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone.

"These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest," Trump wrote. Trump said he'd help boost domestic production in the face of foreign competition and usher in a new "Golden Age of Hollywood."

Months later, several industry leaders say they hadn't heard much from Trump or the ambassadors.

READ MORE: Hollywood Hears 'Crickets' From Trump's 'Special Ambassadors:' Report

Recently, though, Voight went online to call Newsom a "lying dog" and a "fool."

“What are you doing for the destruction of these animals destroying Los Angeles? Are you there, talking calmly with them, you fool! They would burn you down like they’re burning the cars and the American flag, with no regard for humanity. This is not about Trump. This is about protecting the people from these animals and criminals trying to destroy us," Voight said last week.

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