Politics
JUST IN: LAPD Vindicates Trump Admin With Latest Riot Update: ‘Unlawful Assembly’
President Donald Trump is likely feeling vindicated about his choice to deploy members of the National Guard in the city of Los Angeles to quell rioting that erupted over the deportation of illegal immigrants. After downplaying the unrest at first, local law enforcement officials have stated that things are out of control and they need help.
This, of course, runs contrary to the narrative that has been spun by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has said the Los Angeles Police Department doesn’t need the help of the National Guard.
On Monday morning, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that Newsom is “too weak” to protect the city. Violent protestors have been launching attacks against police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents over the weekend, leaving them overwhelmed.
Leavitt then claimed that the governor “did nothing” as the riots exploded in the city on Friday and ravaged L.A. over the weekend.
“Federal law enforcement officers were attacked by violent radicals and illegal criminals waving foreign flags because Governor Newsom was too weak to protect the city,” Leavitt went on to say. “The Los Angeles Police Chief has even said the riots were getting out of hand.”
“President Trump has stepped in to maintain law and order and protect federal buildings,” she continued.
President Trump deployed a total of 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles. They began arriving on Sunday morning. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said over the weekend that these troops would provide additional security around buildings, to individuals engaged in peaceful protest, and law enforcement officers.
Newsom continued to throw verbal punches toward Trump on Monday, referring to him as “unhinged.” The governor has been slamming the president in post after post on X for allegedly federalizing the National Guard. He also claimed Trump’s actions are making things worse.
“This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted,” Newsom said. “He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard. The order he signed doesn’t just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into ANY STATE and do the same thing.”
“We’re suing him,” Newsom continued.
The administration is claiming that Newsom handled the riots improperly from the very beginning, which forced the president to take action and deploy the National Guard to protect buildings and the community. This is no doubt an attempt to avoid the riots that occurred in 2020 following the death of George Floyd.
Newsom also took shots at Trump’s border czar Tom Homan and dared him to come and arrest him.
“Trump’s border czar is threatening to arrest me for speaking out. Come and get me, tough guy. I don’t give a damn,” Newsom vowed in his post. “It won’t stop me from standing up for California.”
He then accused Trump of overstepping his boundaries by deploying the National Guard to provide assistance, saying “local law enforcement didn’t need help.”
“Let’s get this straight: 1) Local law enforcement didn’t need help. 2) Trump sent troops anyway — to manufacture chaos and violence. 3) Trump succeeded. 4) Now things are destabilized, and we need to send in more law enforcement just to clean up Trump’s mess,” Newsom stated in a different post.
The Los Angeles Police Department is painting a much different picture than the one being set forth by Gov. Newsom. LAPD officials declared the protests an “unlawful assembly” Sunday night as demonstrators “failed to disperse in the downtown area.”
Central Division posted on X, “Agitators have splintered into and through out the Downtown Area. Residents, businesses and visitors to the Downtown Area should be alert and report any criminal activity. Officers are responding to several different locations to disperse crowds.”
“An UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY has been declared for the Downtown Los Angeles area,” the department said.
