President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles, California, because of the inaction of Democrat governors during the George Floyd riots in 2020, which led to massive destruction in cities like Minneapolis.
Trump’s remarks came during an Oval Office press conference on wildfires and forest management.
“You have to remember, I’ve been here before, and I went right by every rule, and I waited for governors to say, ‘Send in the National Guard.’ They wouldn’t do it, and they just wouldn’t do it. It kept going on and on. Got worse and worse,” Trump said, referring to the 2020 riots.
“And in Minneapolis, that city was burning down for seven days,” he added, bashing failed 2024 Democrat vice presidential
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