In this deployment, the National Guard\u2019s primary mission is to safeguard federal property and protect federal personnel.<\/p>\n
When voters were asked if they \u201capprove or disapprove of the efforts by immigration officials \u2026 to find and arrest illegal immigrants in Los Angeles,\u201d 57% of participants said they either strongly approve or somewhat approve, and 35% disapprove, while 9% are not sure, the outlet said.<\/p>\n
Trump declared on Tuesday that Los Angeles would be \u201cburning to the ground\u201d if he had not ordered National Guard troops to assist in recent anti-ICE demonstrations. He then went on to criticize California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, both of whom are Democrats, for their handling of the L.A. wildfires earlier this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I didn\u2019t \u2018SEND IN THE TROOPS\u2019 to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now, much like 25,000 houses burned to the ground in L.A. [due] to an incompetent Governor and Mayor \u2013 Incidentally, the much more difficult, time consuming, and stringent FEDERAL PERMITTING PROCESS is virtually complete on these houses, while the easy and simple City and State Permits are disastrously bungled up and WAY BEHIND SCHEDULE! They are a total mess, and will be for a long time. People want to rebuild their houses. Call your incompetent Governor and Mayor, the Federal permitting is DONE!!!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman also broke with a majority of fellow Democrats over their defense of the L.A. riots and attempts to blame Trump.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Fetterman took to social media to criticize Democrats for prioritizing illegal aliens over federal immigration officials who enforce the law against those in the U.S. illegally, particularly those convicted of serious crimes.<\/p>\n
In an X post that contained photos of violence stemming from riots in Los Angeles that have rocked the city for days, the Pennsylvania freshman senator stressed that he supported peaceful protests, not attacks on law enforcement and property destruction<\/p>\n
\u201cI unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration\u2014but this is not that,\u201d Fetterman wrote. \u201cThis is anarchy and true chaos. My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n