It’s the new “fiery but mostly peaceful protests.” A local ABC 7 anchor reporting on the rebellion in Los Angeles, where radical anti-ICE insurrectionists are burning down the city and attacking officers in defense of criminal illegal aliens, described the scene on Sunday night as “just a bunch...
And, of course, he blames Trump. Pretty clear to see where this is going:
“My first message is to keep it peaceful. This is a moment where we have to be on the streets all over the country to protest what's happening to our immigrant community."
"This is the most corrupt administration in the history of the country, and we are going to rise to this moment by being out there on the streets."
"I think the country sees what Donald Trump is trying to do here. He's looking for a fight. There's nothing in what he is doing that is about peace or about restoring order."
“He's trying to turn a protest that is pretty small into something that involves an even bigger confrontation."
Former DHS official Ken Cuccinelli came in with a tough dose of reality when Brianna Keilar asked, “Do you think that President Trump should invoke the Insurrection Act because of the unrest in California?”
“Yes is the short answer,” he said. “Just as it was done in LA back in 1992 (Rodney King riots).”
“President has made it clear that, unlike his first term, he’s willing to use it. And I think we all take him seriously on that.”
Keilar interrupted and pressed him on the legality, asking:
“Are you saying that it’s really just a matter of if they don’t have enough Guard, then they can go ahead and deploy active duty military like these Marines have been readied, and that’s okay because of the Insurrection Act?”
Cuccinelli didn’t blink, “That’s exactly what the Insurrection Act says.”