This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.

I'm your host, Greg Sargent.

The political war over President Trump's dispatching of the military into Los Angeles has taken a new turn.

Journalists are rushing to amplify the White House's spin that this is a big political winner for him.

But the evidence isn't cooperating with that take. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt was clearly thrown on the defensive under harsh questioning from reporters about Trump's true

intentions, and a new poll had absolutely terrible news for Trump, especially on his core issue of immigration.

So how much longer will commentators try to sustain the fiction that this is all a big political

boon for Trump? Today we're talking about all this with Jennifer Rubin, editor-in-chief of the

contrarian, who has a new piece arguing that California is a test run for the whole

country. Thanks for coming on, Jen. It's my pleasure. Great to be here, Greg. So Jen,

journalists seem to be very receptive to the White House spin on what's going on in Los Angeles.

The Atlantic quoted one White House aide saying, We couldn't have scripted this better.

The New York Times has a headline that reads,

Democrats enter risky political terrain as protests grip California.

And the piece says Democratic leaders are worried.

The confrontation elevates a losing issue for the party.

Jen, it's hard to find journalists asking whether sending the military into a U.S.

city is risky politics for Trump.

Your thoughts?

Exactly.

And there are two levels in which I think the media is doing a great disservice to the

public and possibly dangerously encouraging a president who, as we now know,

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