Consultant Nanette Barragán (D-CA) mentioned Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Donald Trump was “focusing on peaceable protests” by sending the Nationwide Guard to Los Angeles.
Host Dana Bash mentioned, “Let’s begin with the truth that the president ordered Nationwide Guard troops to reply in LA County throughout the subsequent 24 hours. What have you ever heard in regards to the scenario on the bottom? What updates are you getting?”
Barragán mentioned, “Nicely, I’ve spoken to the sheriffs on the bottom who’ve mentioned they’ve issues below management. There is no such thing as a want for the Nationwide Guard. They’ve the manpower that they want. So that is actually simply an escalation of the president coming into California. We haven’t requested for the assistance. We don’t want the assistance. That is him escalating it, inflicting tensions to rise. It’s solely going to make issues worse in a scenario the place individuals are already offended over immigration enforcement.”
She continued, “They’ve seen what’s occurred over the course of the final a number of months, the place you may have immigration, displaying as much as hospitals when girls are delivering and giving beginning and separating dad and mom from their newborns. We’re seeing ICE going to colleges. And we all know that there isn’t a focused enforcement. That’s the downside. Look, no one disagrees with focused enforcement of violent criminals. That’s not what’s taking place right here.”
Barragán added, “We’re having an administration that’s focusing on peaceable protests, folks which might be there to protest. The president is sending the Nationwide Guard as a result of he doesn’t just like the scenes. He doesn’t just like the scenes of individuals peacefully protesting.”
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