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Marines deployed to LA riots as Newsom sues Trump over National Guard mobilization
By ljdevon // 2025-06-10
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The streets of Los Angeles have erupted into violent chaos as pro-illegal immigration rioters torch cars, attack law enforcement, and attempt to storm federal detention facilities—all while California Governor Gavin Newsom wages a legal war against President Trump’s efforts to restore order. As Marines mobilize to reinforce National Guard troops, Newsom’s lawsuit seeks to block federal intervention, raising a critical question: Is this a principled stand for state sovereignty or a reckless surrender to anarchic mobs? With California already hemorrhaging $23 billion annually due to illegal immigration, Newsom’s priorities—armed guards at his mansion while cities burn—reveal a disturbing disconnect between elite political posturing and the crumbling rule of law. Key points:
  • A battalion of 700 U.S. Marines is mobilizing to support 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles amid violent pro-illegal immigration riots.
  • Governor Gavin Newsom is suing the Trump administration, claiming federalizing the National Guard violates state sovereignty.
  • Rioters, linked to Democrat-funded groups like CHIRLA ($34 million in state grants), have attacked federal property, blocked highways, and clashed with police.
  • Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass delayed police response, allowing riots to spiral before federal forces intervened.
  • Unless Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, military personnel cannot arrest rioters—leaving law enforcement outnumbered.

Newsom’s sanctuary state unravels

California’s self-proclaimed “sanctuary” policies have long shielded illegal immigrants from federal enforcement, but the facade is cracking under the weight of its own contradictions. While Newsom condemns Trump’s deployment of troops as “unconstitutional,” his own administration funnels millions to activist groups like CHIRLA, which organizes the very protests now devolving into riots. CHIRLA has received nearly $34 million in California state grants—taxpayer money funneled into destabilizing the very cities Democrats claim to govern. This isn’t grassroots activism; it’s a coordinated assault on law and order, bankrolled by progressive politicians. The $25 million budget Newsom pushed to “Trump-proof” California now looks like a hollow gesture as Marines march into LA—not to enforce immigration law, but to prevent rioters from burning federal buildings to the ground. The governor’s hypocrisy is glaring. While he decries federal “overreach,” his own residence is fortified with armed guards, a luxury taxpayers fund even as their neighborhoods descend into lawlessness. Meanwhile, ordinary citizens face arrest for minor infractions while violent agitators roam free—a two-tiered justice system where progressive elites protect their allies while disarming law-abiding Americans. Meanwhile, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass insists the city was "peaceful" before federal forces arrived—a claim contradicted by footage of burning buildings and rioters storming detention centers. Her refusal to deploy LAPD until the situation spiraled out of control raises serious questions: Is this incompetence, or deliberate sabotage?

Democrats weaponize chaos

The riots are not spontaneous. They are a coordinated assault on federal authority, backed by Democrat-aligned groups and enabled by leaders like Mayor Karen Bass, who waited until the city was in flames before reluctantly deploying police. “LA is being used for an experiment,” Bass claimed, as if the experiment wasn’t her own city’s decades-long embrace of sanctuary policies. Her rhetoric—echoing Newsom’s—frames federal troops as invaders, not peacekeepers, while ignoring the arson and assaults playing out in real time. This is a pattern: From Portland to Chicago, Democratic cities have tolerated—even encouraged—anti-ICE violence, portraying law enforcement as villains and illegal aliens as victims. But the truth is in the footage: rioters hurling fireworks at police, storming detention centers, and chanting slogans demanding open borders. The mainstream media, complicit in the narrative, downplays the destruction while amplifying Newsom’s legal theatrics.

Trump’s next move: The Insurrection Act?

The Marines’ arrival signals a tipping point. Without the ability to arrest rioters, their role is limited to guarding property—a band-aid solution while the wound festers. President Trump’s options are clear: negotiate with a state government actively sabotaging federal law, or invoke the Insurrection Act, a 1807 statute allowing military force to suppress domestic rebellion. History is watching. In 1992, the Rodney King riots saw federal troops restore order after local leaders failed. Today, the stakes are higher—not just for LA, but for every sanctuary city testing how far they can defy federal authority. If Newsom’s lawsuit succeeds, it won’t just embolden rioters; it will signal that progressive states can nullify federal law at will. The battle lines are drawn. On one side: a president enforcing the rule of law. On the other: a governor shielding rioters and illegal immigrants while suing the very forces saving his state from itself. TheNationalPulse.com TheNationalPulse.com CNN.com
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