In response to the country’s protests, President Donald Trump” does not allow mob rule to succeed in America,” the White House declared on Wednesday as the military-backed assault in Los Angeles erupted. At a lecture with veiled protesters and burning cars depicted on television, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made the statement. The government’s most fundamental duty is to maintain law and order, and this administration takes this sacred responsibility seriously, she continued. The unrest comes in response to last week’s wave of immigration and customs enforcement ( ICE ) raids in Los Angeles intended to impose Trump’s hardline immigration agenda. Although many of the demonstrations were quiet, incidents of violence, such as the burning of self-driving cars and stone-pelting at officers, have compelled authorities to use tear gas and other non-lethal weapons in response. Trump has accused the demonstrators of using professional anti-riot equipment and labeled them as “animals” and “paid subversives.” Leavitt told AFP,” It’s a great problem the leader is raising, and one we are looking into, about who is funding these paramilitaries.” In a statement he made on Tuesday at Fort Bragg defense center, the president said he would “liberate” Los Angeles, which heightened tensions with the Democrat leadership of California. Both the government and the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, have criticized Trump’s troop rollout as being “dictatorial” and politically motivated. In reply, Leavitt charged both of breaking their oath by saying that” Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass shamelessly broke their oaths,” adding that Newsom had “fanned the lights and demonized our valiant Snow soldiers.”
