House Speaker Mike Johnson would not weigh in on whether California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested – a suggestion made by President Donald Trump – but said the governor should be “tarred and feathered.”

“Look, that’s not my lane. I’m not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested, but he ought to be tarred and feathered. I’ll say that,” Johnson said Tuesday at the weekly GOP news conference. “He’s standing in the way of the administration and the carrying out of federal law, right? He is applauding the bad guys and standing in the way of the good guys.”

“Do your job, man. That’s what I tell Gavin Newsom,” Johnson added. “Stop working on your rebranding and be a governor. Stand up for the rule of law.”

Newsom clapped back on social media, writing, “Good to know we’re skipping the arrest and going straight for the 1700’s style forms of punishment. A fitting threat given the @GOP want to bring our country back to the 18th Century.”

Johnson said Trump’s actions sending Marines and National Guardsmen to Los Angeles is “full in his authority” to “maintain order.”

“President Trump has put his hand on the table and said, ‘Not on my watch,’ and we applaud that, so we’re standing with him,” he said.

“We’ve got to protect them (federal law enforcement), and federal employees, as well, and federal buildings and property,” Johnson said. “We’re not going to let violent criminals destroy the property of U.S. taxpayers.”

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday blasted Trump sending the National Guardsmen to LA, noting how she urged Trump to send in the guard during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol — when rioters attacked law enforcement and destroyed property — but the president refused to do so.

-ABC News’ Lauren Peller