Mike Pence Slams Trump for Using Force in L.A. After Pardoning Jan. 6 Rioters [View all]
Source: msn/Daily Beast
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Former Vice President Mike Pence has criticized former boss President Donald Trump for using force against anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters after pardoning Jan. 6 rioters.
“We simply cannot allow or stand by while people in the midst of protests assault law enforcement officers,” Pence told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday. “[That is] one of the reasons I thought the President was wrong to pardon people who assaulted police officers on January 6th.”
Pence added: “This is a moment when we need to make it very clear that anyone who would ever use violence, whether it be against law enforcement or political violence of any kind, must be condemned universally, and people need to be held to the strictest account of the law.”
Over the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom, Trump deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles this week to quell protests over ICE raids in a city where up to 10 percent of the population is undocumented.
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