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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

Trump and allies are eager to distort protests in L.A.

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump needs the protests in L.A. to be violent and chaotic so he can justify the power grab he desperately wants. His allies in Congress and right-wing media are only too happy to oblige by encouraging his exaggerations and distortions. Jen Psaki takes a closer look at how the protests in L.A. are being mischaracterized as Trump edges toward invoking the Insurrection Act.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We are expecting that California Governor Gavin Newsom's office is going to have a major address,

0:05.9

that he's going to have a major address to Californians this evening.

0:09.4

And we're going to take it to you, if it comes to us in the next hour, which we certainly

0:12.7

expected to come to us in the next hour at this point in time.

0:16.6

We're expecting it around 9.30 Eastern time tonight.

0:20.2

Now, when Governor Newsom starts talking, we're going to take that live, as I said.

0:23.9

Tonight, the mayor of Los Angeles, as I just mentioned, also declared a local emergency for downtown L.A.

0:29.5

that happened literally in the last few minutes.

0:31.8

And they will enforce a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time.

0:36.3

Look, I'm sure by now you have seen a lot of images,

0:39.7

a lot of images of what is happening on the streets of Los Angeles. They are everywhere.

0:44.2

On television, they're on social media. And to be clear, there are moments. There have been

0:49.5

moments where the protests have been very chaotic. And there are moments where they have

0:54.0

certainly also been violent. I mean there are moments where they have certainly also

0:54.6

been violent. I mean, I'm sure you have seen this image of an autonomous Waymo car lit on fire

0:59.9

by protesters many, many times. I feel like it is all over my social media feed more than

1:06.1

almost anything else. And Fox News has been using the image basically like wallpaper.

1:11.6

You can see a lot of the examples there to depict the city of LA in a state of complete chaos.

1:18.6

What you may not be seeing are scenes like this.

1:21.6

This was the scene yesterday, outside of the clothing manufacturer that federal immigration agents raided on Friday.

1:28.8

These are family members of the people who were arrested, gathering to tell their stories

1:32.9

and demanding due process for their loved ones.

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