Posted on 06/09/2025 8:58:46 PM PDT by Morgana
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) shot back at Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s accusations of “inciting violence” in Los Angeles as anti-deportation protesters violently riot against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, saying, “California deserves a lot better” than its far-left leader.
Cotton took to X on Monday afternoon to denounce the ongoing riots, which the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) chief said are “getting increasingly worse and more violent”:
“What’s happening in Los Angeles is a threat from the left. They demand open borders, or they will riot. And Dem politicians like Newsom will back them,” the Republican senator wrote. “It won’t work. We must never tolerate this lawlessness.”
Instead of tending to his burning city, Newsom replied, “The only one supporting lawlessness is you and every one of Trump’s minions who are allowing him to illegally militarize our city and incite violence.”
In his own reply, Cotton posted a photo of a Mexican-flag-waving protester standing shirtless on top of a burned and vandalized car on a Los Angeles street:
“What kind of governor blames police officers and the National Guard for ‘inciting’ this violence? Your policies created this mess,” he argued. “And California deserves a lot better.”
Speaking exclusively with Breitbart News on Monday, the senator said, “Gavin Newsom and Democratic politicians created this crisis with open border policies. President Trump is right to take these violent riots seriously and—if necessary—to send in the troops to back up law enforcement. We can have no quarter for violent rioters, especially those waving foreign flags.”
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“Shot”?
Cotton has a political assault weapon?
We come from the land of ice and snow
Of the midnight sun where the hot springs blow
Viking Kitties are taking America back.
No we don’t.
Tide turned quickly...Trump took over in LA and the riots and looting are all but gone. Right now the cops and other assets on the ground outnumber the insurgents, and they’re going to be around a long time.☺
Somebody please free us from this commie Newsom and all his commie henchmen in the state capital. We are in occupied territory in California and need to be rescued.
‘Sen. Cotton Shoots Back at Gov. Newsom: ‘California Deserves Better’’
I couldn’t agree more, Senator Cotton!
If California votes for these hucksters, maybe they don’t deserve better.
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