Governor Gavin News, against the backdrop of protests of Los Angeles, accused US President Donald Trump of attacks on democracy.
“Democracy is attacked before our eyes. This moment that we were afraid has come,” said the politician on the body.
According to the governor, the deployment in the state of the National Guard and the Marine Corps is aimed not at suppressing protests, but at the “conscious displacement of the war in order to shake society to the ground and concentrate power in the White House.”
“California may be the first – but this is obviously not ending. Other states will follow. Democracy is the next goal. He declared war on culture, history, science, knowledge itself,” said News.
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He added that Trump attacks law firms and judicial power -“Fundamentals of an ordered and civil society.”
The governor called for peaceful protests against the Politics Trump pursued by the administration. “It’s time for all of us to get up,” said News.
700 Marines are sent to Los Angeles
US Secretary of Defense Pit Hegset announced the deployment of about 700 marine infantrymen in Los Angeles “due to an increasing threat.”
“Even if Gavin News refuses to act, we are obliged to defend federal law enforcement agencies,” he wrote on the social network X.
The Pentagon representative Sean Parnell confirmed the information, adding that the additional 2000 guards were called to the federal service by order of the president.
“The Ministry of Defense, at the direction of the president, sent national guards to support ICE and ensure the safe work of federal law enforcement agencies,” he said.
Protest in Los Angeles against the actions of Ice
In Los Angeles, protests in support of illegal migrants detained by the US immigration and customs police (ICE) continue. Demonstrations are accompanied by mass detentions and periodic clashes with the police.
President Trump said he was introducing the National Guard to stabilize the situation, accusing the city administration and the Democrat Governor of the inability to ensure order.