Ex-UFC fighter Dan Henderson endorses Chad Bianco for California governor, rips Newsom for state’s issues

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EXCLUSIVE:Former UFC fighter Dan Henderson officially endorsed SheriffBianco, the current police sheriff of Riverside County, is running as a Republican and led the field in an October poll by the University of California, Berkeley over Republican challengerSteve Hiltonand Democratic frontrunner Katie Porter.

Henderson said Bianco earned his support in 2020, when the sheriff famously refused to enforce the state’s COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and mask mandates.

Protesters confront ICE agents during California immigration raid

Residents surround federal and Border Patrol agents who plan their escape after an immigrant raid in Bell, California, June 19, 2025.(Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

ICE agents in California have been frequent targets of protesters in 2025.In June during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles, demonstrators allegedly threw rocks and bottles at officers, resulting in injuries.In July 2025, agents conducting a raid in Camarillo and Oxnard were reportedly attacked with rocks, and one of their vehicles was blocked and hit.

Newsom has signed multiple laws that affect ICE agents, including a measure that prohibits federal and local law enforcement from wearing masks that conceal their identities while on duty.The laws also ban ICE from entering schools and hospitals without a warrant.

“[ICE] is trying to protect everybody by getting criminals, not just immigrants, but more of the worst of the worst immigrants, not even immigrants but illegals, and for them to not be able to do their job and make our state safer… I think it’s ridiculous that they’re having to deal with, some of their biggest problems are coming from our citizens, from some on the left.”

INSIDE GAVIN NEWSOM’S TRANSGENDER VOLLEYBALL CRISIS

Trans athletes in girls’ sports

California education policy currently allows biological males to compete in girls’ high sports.

“It’s just not fair to women that train hard to beat other women and, you know, for their gender, they’re the top of the world, but then they are forced to compete against the men… in most sports, the girls don’t have a chance,” Henderson said.

Newsom himself has said, multiple times, that he believes males competing in girls’ sports is “unfair.” Yet, he has not taken any action to address the issue.

“He doesn’t really care much about fixing it,” Henderson added.

The Los Angeles wildfires

Newsom was the subject of immense criticism when wildfires ravaged the city in January.

“[Newsom] just didn’t make sure everything was handled properly.And there wasn’t enough water reserve and that’s it.A lot of people didn’t know that that was an issue, but I’m sure he did,�

Newsom orderedan independent investigationof the Los Angeles Department of Water Pressure on Jan.10 regarding the loss of water pressure and deliberate shutdown of the reservoir, calling it “deeply troubling,” according to court records.

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Gov.Gavin Newsom and LA wildfires(Getty)

Newsom added that the loss of water pressure “likely impaired” the ability of firefighters to protect homes and evacuation zones in the Pacific Palisades.

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