Democrat California Rep. Nanette Barragán claimed that President Donald Trump is concentrating on “peaceable protests” as a video of a burning automobile performed subsequent to her throughout an interview with CNN on Sunday.
There have been riots throughout Southern California as far-left agitators try and cease Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.
Barragán was talking with anchor Dana Bash in regards to the riots throughout CNN’s State of the Union.
“The president is sending the Nationwide Guard as a result of he doesn’t just like the scenes,” Barragán mentioned, whereas the community performed video footage from the riots. “He doesn’t just like the scenes of individuals peacefully protesting.”
As Barragán mentioned “scenes of individuals peacefully protesting,” a video of a automobile engulfed in flames performed beside her.
California Congresswoman Nanette Barragan apparently didn’t understand that there was actually video of a automobile on hearth as she claimed all protests have been peaceable. pic.twitter.com/lOVn5vztXv
— DeVory Darkins (@devorydarkins) June 8, 2025
Trump has federalized 2,000 members of the California Nationwide Guard to deal with the riot downside, as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom have been asleep on the wheel.
Barragán claimed that the rioters weren’t the true protesters and that the occasion had began as a “peaceable protest” earlier than turning right into a riot.
“These usually are not the individuals which might be popping out to protest immigration,” the Democrat politician mentioned. “We agree that should you’re being violent, try to be arrested. Try to be prosecuted. There isn’t a disagreement on that.”
Trump solely deployed the Nationwide Guard as soon as the rioting started.
Barragán shared the interview in a put up on X and wrote, “We’ve been informed to arrange for 30 straight days of ICE enforcement in LA County. Sending 2,000 Natl Guard troops into our communities is just not about security — it’s about escalation. Persons are offended, and I perceive why.”
We’ve been informed to arrange for 30 straight days of ICE enforcement in LA County. Sending 2,000 Natl Guard troops into our communities is just not about security — it’s about escalation. Persons are offended, and I perceive why.
However I need to remind everybody in LA: violence is just not the… https://t.co/nxSTopTdha
— Nanette D. Barragán (@RepBarragan) June 8, 2025
She added, “However I need to remind everybody in LA: violence is just not the reply. In the event you protest, do it peacefully.”
