California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom unleashed a Twitter tirade against Donald Trump, blasting the presumptive Republican nominee for lying to the LGBT community.

In an epic number of tweets on Monday, Newsom- who has his sights set on being the California’s governor in 2018 – gave his delayed response to Trump’s tweet last month.

Thank you to the LGBT community! I will fight for you while Hillary brings in more people that will threaten your freedoms and beliefs.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 14, 2016

I didn’t believe you would protect anyone but yourself, but remember when you made Orlando tragedy all about you? https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

The 48-year-old Democrat continued posting, racking up more than 30 tweets before his rant was over.

What have you done since Orlando? Have you even tried to fake something? Send some ties, steaks or water? https://t.co/7ZOZzwR60Q

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

You didn’t do anything, because you never do anything. You used the death of 49 people to attack your opponent. https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

This tweet below, 2 days after over 100 people were killed and you used it to attack your opponent. https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Parents were making funeral arrangements, they were finding out their kids were closeted, but no it’s all about you. https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

You used a tragedy to lie and make promises you weren’t going to keep. So how have you protected LGBT ppl since? https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Newsom blasted Trump for his choice of  Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate.

You picked as your VP a man who has dedicated his life to figuring out ways to discriminate against the community https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

You picked a man who wanted to take money from hiv/aids programs and give it to conversion therapy. Torture. Abuse. https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

And turned his wrath on the GOP and Trump because “your party wants to destroy LGBT families.”

What else did you do to protect LGBT community? You didn’t do a thing about the GOP platform. It’s filled with hate https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

The most anti-lgbt platform in the history of the GOP. That’s saying a lot, I would have thought in past 12 years https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

So what’s in the platform? Let’s put aside, for a second, the fact that your party wants to destroy LGBT families, https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Newsom then accused the GOP of allowing parents to abuse and torture their children.

In the GOP platform (your party Donald) parents should be able to subject their kids to torture/abuse https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

I’m not being hyperbolic.it’s called conversion therapy. Telling a LGBT kid they need to change/will never be happy https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Taking a kid that can’t even vote + sending them off somewhere or taking them to a creepy office to be tortured https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Kids who go through conversion are 8 times more likely to be suicidal. 6 times more likely to be severely depressed https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

This is your protection? You’re sick. Your party just spit in the face of every single kid who is sad and confused https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Conversion therapy is so bad that the American Med Association, American Psych association say its dangerous https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

5 states and DC have banned conversion therapy. And all Supreme Court challenges to laws upheld. https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Think about the kind of company you are keeping, your GOP pals went to court to get their right to torture back https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Boys in conversion therapy are told 2 stay away from girls so they don’t become effeminate + so they are mysterious https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

LGBT Kids are told if they don’t change, they will be lonely and unhappy their entire lives. https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

You had the first openly lesbian GOP platform member begging for the committee to at least say gay people exist https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

she couldn’t get that done. You know its amazing, you have no problem asserting control when it helps you https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

But when it comes to asserting control to help others you are “hands off” – you’ve never NOT micromanaged https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Newsom was far from finished, however, blaming Trump for the entire GOP platform and claiming the real threat to the LGBT community is not “Islam/terrorism” but Trump himself, as well as the Republican Party.

You tried to make islam/terrorism the threat to LGBT community instead of what is really a threat. You, Your VP, GOP https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Of course you wouldn’t have asked what the community needed, its always a soliloquy with you, one way street. https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Reminder: 2 days after over 100 people were shot in cold blood, you used their safety to attack your opponent. https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

What else, in the platform, if you aren’t raised by a mom/dad, u are more likely to be drug addicted and a criminal https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

That’s lovely, so you just said single moms raise drug addicted kids in prison. I was raised by a single mom. https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Your party (yes, your party) just told the kids who are being raised by loving LGBT parents that they don’t matter. https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

There’s something fundamentally wrong with a person who can put in child torture into platform + still sleep @ night https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

Reminder, your VP once wanted to take away money from hiv/aids funding and give it to conversion therapy – sick https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

You can say what you want to me, @elizabethforma @HillaryClinton – we can take it, but how dare you do this to kids https://t.co/7ZOZzx8GSo

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 18, 2016

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