California to sue Donald Trump for deploying National Guard in Los Angeles

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California is sued Donald Trump for its deployment in the National Guard forces to suppress the weekend protests in Los Angeles, which represents a sharp escalation of tensions between the most populated American state and the White House.

governor Gavin New No. The American president was accused of “creating fear and terrorism” in a statement issued on Monday with Rob Ponta, the state prosecutor. “This is a manufactured crisis to allow it to take over the state militia, which damages the basis of our republic.”

The state’s plans to file a lawsuit against Trump came after about 300 members of the National Guard arrived Los Angeles Sunday. On the weekend, Trump moved to “Federise” the National Guard in California by transferring control of military forces from the state to national control. The president allowed the publication of 2000 guards.

National Guard The forces took sites The city center, where thousands gathered to protest against raids by federal immigration agents in the state. Witnesses said the guards used tear gas on the crowd. Other law enforcement officials, including the Los Angeles Police Department, were within reach.

The demonstrations shook the city on Sunday afternoon, as taxi fire caught fire and a large crowd along a large road. Police announced that the city center was a “illegal collection area” and arrested dozens during the weekend.

Another gathering was to protest against immigration raids and the detention of union leader David Heareta in the city center on Monday afternoon.

The California lawsuit was the latest escalation in a confrontation between the White House, the government leaders and local leaders, as Trump and his allies press their sweeping plans to strengthen the strength of the president.

Trump and newsom have been partners from the debate for the time of the first president, when the ruler took over the mantle of the “resistance” leadership of his presidency. At one time in the war of words between the two men on Monday, Trump supported the idea of ​​Tom Human, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs, and the arrest of newsom.

“I will do it if you are Tom. I think it’s great,” Trump said, returning to the White House from Camp David. “Gavin loves advertising … He has done a terrible job. I love Gavin News, he is a gentle man, but he is very incompetent, and everyone knows that.”

The president also claimed that “the people who cause the problem are professional instigators, and they are rebels.”

Newsom, a democracy, said in a statement that the addition of the National Guard forces did not increase the situation except in the worse. “The identification of the National Guard in California is the abuse of the President’s authority under the law – and it is not seriously taken. We ask the court to put an end to an unprecedented illegal order.”

Trump accused the ruler of lying about the situation. The president insisted that Los Angeles had “totally blurring” without the National Guard.

The Federal National Guard is unusual. President George Herpeter Bush sent guards to Los Angeles in 1992 to control the riots after hitting police officers in Rodney King – a step that California governor asked at the time Beit Wilson.

This time, Trump has canceled Newsom’s desires, one of his political competitors. Newsom, former mayor of Francisco, who has been the ruler of California since 2019, is one of the most prominent democratic politicians and seen as a possible presidential candidate in 2028.

The last American president deployed the National Guard of the state without asking its ruler in 1965, when Lindon Johnson sent forces to protect civil rights demonstrators in Salma, Alabama.

Beit Higseth, Minister of Defense, said that the naval infantry was at a state of high alert and suggested their deployment in Los Angeles, where the isolated protests began on Friday and continued on the weekend. Sunday evening, Trump did not rule out sending the naval infantry. “We will send everything we need to ensure the existence of a law and order.”

In an interview with the progress of PodCaster PodCaster Brian Tyler Cohen progressive, Newsom said that Trump’s actions in California were “a preview of the upcoming things”. He added: “Donald Trump has not succeeded now.”