Karoline Leavitt Addresses Trump’s Claim ‘Paid Insurrectionists’ Are Behind The LA Immigration Protests

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During her press briefing on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about Trump’s claim of ‘paid insurrectionists' involvement in the LA protests.

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00:00Thanks, Caroline. The President said yesterday that paid insurrectionists were behind or involved

00:06in the protests in Los Angeles. Does the White House have any more details about who they believe

00:12is paying these protesters? Yeah, the President spoke about this last night when he returned

00:18from Fort Bragg because, frankly, the President has a lot of common sense. And if you look at

00:22some of the imagery that we have received from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE and

00:27law enforcement who are on the ground, you will see boxes and boxes of very professionalized

00:32masks and rioting equipment being dropped off for these protesters. So it's a good question

00:37the President is raising and one we are looking into about who is funding these insurrectionists

00:42and these rioters and these protesters and these illegal criminals. And I have updates for you

00:47on the numbers, by the way. Since June 6th, there have been 330 illegal aliens that have

00:53been arrested as part of these riots in Los Angeles. 113 of those illegal aliens had prior criminal

01:00convictions. And overall, and this includes arrests of American citizens, there's been

01:04157 people arrested for assault and obstruction-related charges, including the attempted murder of

01:13a police officer with a Molotov cocktail. So who is funding these illegal aliens who are coming

01:19in with this very professional riot gear? It's a question everyone in this room who cares about

01:24truth should be asking. And we encourage your help in trying to get to the bottom of that question.

01:29And Dina.

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