A California sheriff called former Vice President Kamala Harris’ statement blaming President Donald Trump for the Los Angeles protests “an embarrassment.”
“President Trump didn’t start these riots. He’s not out there lighting cars on fire, hurling projectiles at law enforcement or blocking freeways,” Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco posted Monday on X.
“This statement is an embarrassment and does nothing to diffuse the violent riots taking place across the city.”
“The Democrats and their ‘leaders’ own this,” he added.
Harris on Sunday blamed the Trump administration for the protests and called the unrest “overwhelmingly peaceful.”
“Los Angeles is my home,” Harris posted Sunday.
“And like so many Americans, I am appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city,” she said.
“Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos. In addition to the recent ICE raids in Southern California and across our nation, it is part of the Trump administration’s cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.”
Harris also said the Trump administration is not concerned about “public safety” but rather “stoking fear.”
Trump deployed 300 National Guard troops to disperse the chaotic protests, which were in response to immigration raids.
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