LA riots live: Trump unleashes on ‘incompetent’ Gavin Newsom after video message fail as ICE protests spread
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Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom’s war of words continues this morning with the president blasting ‘incompetent’ Newsom for failing to protect ICE agents from an ‘out of control mob’.
Newsom has repeatedly come under fire for his handling of the riots, with he and other Democrats initially suggesting that all was ‘peaceful’ as Los Angeles burned.
The chaos, which began Friday when anti-ICE protesters seized on a handful of police raids across the city, prompted Trump to take the extraordinary step of sending in troops, over the objection of the California governor.
Newsom has tried to control the narrative, blaming Trump and his federal agents for inciting violence, but suffered an embarrassing technology gaffe on Tuesday as tried to deliver a ‘Major Address to Californians’.
LA was under a curfew last night as heavily armed security officers patrolled the downtown streets after five days of rioting, lootings and destruction. Police arrested at least 25 people for violating the curfew.
Several cities across the US are bracing for more protests today as the demonstrations against Trump’s sweeping immigration raids continue to spread.
Abbott deploys Texas National Guard to ‘help law enforcement maintain order’
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is deploying the state’s National Guard to cities across the state to ‘ensure peace and order’ ahead of today’s planned protest in San Antonio.
Abbott reminded Texans that ‘peaceful protest is legal’ but harming others or destroying property is not – and will ‘lead to arrest’.
Anti-ICE protests have spread from LA to other cities nationwide, including Dallas and Austin.
In Texas, where police in Austin used chemical irritants to disperse several hundred demonstrators Monday, Abbott’s office said troops are ‘on standby’ in areas where protests are planned.
Trump defends deploying troops to LA
President Donald Trump has once again defended his decision to deploy the National Guard and US Marines to LA during the riots.
Trump, in his latest dig at Gov. Gavin Newsom, wrote on his Truth Social platform this morning that the ‘great people of Los Angeles are very lucky that I made the decision to go in and help’.
Newsom earlier accused Trump of drawing a ‘military dragnet’ across the nation’s second-largest city with his escalating use of the National Guard.
Newsom asked a court to put an emergency stop to the military helping federal immigration agents, with some guardsmen now standing in protection around agents as they carried out arrests. He said it would only heighten tensions and promote civil unrest.
The judge set a hearing for Thursday.
Newsom’s major address plague by audio issues
Gov. Gavin Newsom suffered an embarrassing technology gaffe on Tuesday as tried to deliver a ‘Major Address to Californians’.
His speech was meant to be broadcast at 6:30pm local time, but he suffered audio problems.
Newsom’s team quickly pulled the stream, according to online reports, and corrected the issue. Newsom then resumed his speech.
Curfew enforced in LA overnight
Downtown Los Angeles was placed under a curfew last night, with police making arrests moments after it took effect.
Officers were deployed on horseback and used crowd control projectiles to break up a group of hundreds demonstrating against ICE raids.
Members of the National Guard stood watch behind plastic shields as police made the arrests,
Officials said the curfew was necessary to stop vandalism and theft by agitators looking to cause trouble.
Trump blasts ‘incompetent’ Newsom after ‘mob’ attacks federal agents
President Donald Trump blasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom again this morning over his handling of the LA riots.
The president, in a post on his Truth Social platform, criticized Newsom for failing to protect federal agents from ‘insurrectionists’.
Trump branded Newsom ‘incompetent’ in his latest jab in the duo’s war of words.
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