US EditionJohnson: Deploying Marines to Los Angeles protests would not be ‘heavy-handed’
- President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles on Saturday in response to protests targeting ICE agents and offices.
- The deployment followed intensified federal immigration raids and protests, though California leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom opposed sending troops.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth raised the possibility of mobilizing active-duty Marines at Camp Pendleton if violence continues, a rare federal escalation.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson defended Hegseth’s proposal as not “heavy-handed,” stating the alert serves as a deterrent while National Guard efforts remain sufficient.
- The situation highlights tension between federal enforcement goals and local opposition, with possible implications for future federal troop use in domestic unrest.
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Republicans Offer Cowardly Lack Of Pushback To Hegseth Suggesting Marines Could Quell Protests
"I don’t think that’s heavy-handed," House Speaker Mike Johnson said about the possibility of sending active-duty military to respond to immigration protests in a major American city.
House Speaker Mike Johnson Tells TGP House Democrats' Incitement of Riots is "Beneath Any Member of Congress" - Floats Censures
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday told The Gateway Pundit that the House of Representatives may move to censure members of Congress who are inciting anti-ICE riots and violence from so-called protesters. About 500 US Marines have been mobilized in response to the violent Los Angeles riots, the Gateway Pundit reported.
Johnson: Deploying Marines to Los Angeles protests would not be ‘heavy-handed’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that deploying the Marine Corps to Los Angeles to suppress protests, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has suggested, would not be “heavy-handed.”
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