JD Vance Says California Governor Gavin Newsom 'Egged On' The 'Violent Mobs' During Anti-ICE Protests

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In remarks at a federal command facility in Los Angeles, California, Vice President JD Vance slammed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA).

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00:00The reason I'm here is I just wanted to hear from the law enforcement officials themselves,

00:05the state officials, the local officials, but also the federal officials,

00:08what's actually going on here on the ground. I think there's some good news,

00:12and the good news is the rioting has gotten a lot better, but the bad news is, as I heard from

00:17everybody, unfortunately, the soldiers and Marines are still very much a necessary part of what's

00:21going on here because they're worried that it's going to flare back up. And what do I mean when

00:26I say flare back up? I think it's useful to take stock of what actually happened in the city of

00:31Los Angeles over the past couple of months. So first of all, to set the table, we have a public

00:38official in Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who over the past few years have

00:44actively encouraged illegal migration into this community, have strained public services, have

00:50strained law enforcement, and really have offered generous benefits not to American citizens, but

00:56to illegal immigrants to break the law, to come into our country, and to receive generous public

01:01assistance for having done so. What has that done? That has created an illegal immigration crisis,

01:06of course, facilitated by the policies of the Biden administration, and there is perhaps nowhere

01:11where that crisis has fallen harder than in the great city of Los Angeles. And, you know,

01:15I landed when I saw this city, when I was driving through to come to this FBI building. All I could

01:21think about is what a great American city Los Angeles is, and what a great tragedy it is that we have

01:28allowed illegal immigration and rioting to destroy, I think, one of the great gems of the American

01:35family. Now, these guys surrounding me represent the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Federal Bureau of

01:39Investigation. They represent immigration enforcement, and, of course, we just met some Marines who

01:44represent the Department of Defense. All of these law enforcement officials were necessary because what

01:50happened is in response to the basic federal action of enforcing immigration law, you had local

01:58officials and radical left-wing agitators who actually encouraged violence, who facilitated violence

02:05and rioting in the great city of Los Angeles. What happened here was a tragedy. You had people who were

02:12doing the simple job of enforcing the law, and they had rioters egged on by the governor and the mayor,

02:18making it harder for them to do their job. That is disgraceful. And it is why the president has

02:23responded so forcefully what happened in Los Angeles. Number one, because we've got to enforce

02:27our borders and get so many of these criminals out of our country to begin with. And number two,

02:32when you have violent agitators who make it impossible for the law enforcement to do their job,

02:37it is necessary to protect them and to defend them. We have to remember that the Friday that the riot

02:44started before there was ever a single National Guardsman, before the president of the United

02:48States had sent in additional federal resources. You had law enforcement officers who were being

02:53captured and beaten by violent mobs egged on by Gavin Newsom and other officials. It was necessary to

03:00send the National Guard to stop that process, to bring some order back to this great city and to make

03:05it possible for the people's president to enforce the people's immigration law. That's why we're here.

03:11That's why these guys are standing beside me. That's why we have close to 5,000, 5,000 soldiers

03:18and Marines from the Department of Defense. It's because we've got to enforce the law. The president

03:23takes that very seriously. I'm happy to take a few questions. But before I do, I just want to send a

03:28message to all of the law enforcement, local, state and federal, who, frankly, I think are suffering

03:35from a bit of a morale problem because they've had the local government in this community tell them

03:41that they're not allowed to do their job. I just want to let you know from the president,

03:45the vice president on down, this administration stands with you. We're grateful for the job that

03:49you do every single day. We know that we wouldn't have a border were it not for your hard work and

03:54for your efforts. And we're going to keep on fighting for you and keep on standing with you

03:58every step of the way. I heard today border patrol officials tell me that they feel like the local

04:04government is sicking violent mobs on them when they go out to the community to enforce the nation's

04:10immigration laws. Can you imagine what it's like to be a federal official doing your job,

04:15doing the job the president of the United States ordered you to do and have a mob come after you

04:21for following orders and for enforcing the American people's laws? I think it's disgraceful that we've

04:26ever gotten to this place in this country. But thank God we've got a president and an administration

04:31that is pushing back against lawlessness. We're going to keep on doing it every step of the way.

04:35So thank you to the border patrol. Thank you to the soldiers and Marines. Thank you to the U.S.

04:40attorneys. Thank you to the FBI. Thank you to all of you for doing what is necessary to enforce the

04:45laws of the American people. We are grateful to you and we'll keep on fighting for you. Now,

04:50I'll take a few questions.

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