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Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
The View hosts pine after 'gorgeous' Gavin Newsom as they defend his LA riots response
Hosts of the The View awkwardly paused their conversation about the ongoing riots in Los Angeles to talk up Governor Gavin Newsom 's good looks on Wednesday. 'Gavin Newsom brings me back to really handsome presidents,' 82-year-old Joy Behar said, also mentioning 'JFK and Obama.' 'Wouldn't it be nice to have an articulate gorgeous president like that again?' Behar continued, a prefacing her comments by saying, 'I don't want to be superficial.' 'Just saying.' Members of the audience couldn't help but chuckle in response, with the off-color remark even catching Behar's co-hosts off-guard. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg appeared completely puzzled. Co-host and former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin used the ensuing silence to segue back toward a more serious subject - Trump's deployment of the National Guard. 'So, on that note. Um, I was I was trying to kind of get into the head of Donald Trump on what what he's doing. I think most of this is driven by politics,' she said. 'What I think he's doing is he is baiting liberals and liberal governors like Gavin Newsom into taking the bait and adopting rhetoric that he thinks is going to be divisive and damaging ahead of the midterm.' Goldberg also jumped in, responding to comments from House Speaker Mike Johnson saying Newsom should be 'tarred and feathered' for defying Trump in the governor's live address on Tuesday night. 'That's what they did to black people all throughout the United States,' she griped. 'FYI to Mike Johnson, that is probably not the direction you want to go in right now.' Co-host Sara Haines, meanwhile, called it a 'waste of money' to send in the National Guard - a move Newsom pointed could have gone to LA's fire recovery. She also claimed on Tuesday's show that the president was trying to 'create a scene' by sending troops in. The estimated cost for the deployment is $134 million, a number that covers travel, housing, and food for federal agents. 'He wants to say he was justified,' Haines said at the time. She said the president was trying to capitalize on his immigration stance after losing support on other issues. 'His ratings are dropping. 'I think he has a strategy,' she said. Haines also maintained the demonstrations seen across the city had been 'non-violent' - before Trump sent soldiers in. The arrival of Trump's military reinforcements brought its own set of challenges on Tuesday, with Newsom filing an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order. 'I just filed an emergency motion to block Trump's illegal deployment of Marines and National Guard in Los Angeles,' he wrote on X. 'Trump is turning the U.S. military against American citizens. The courts must immediately block these illegal actions.' The state said the order would 'prevent the use of federalized National Guard and active duty Marines for law enforcement purposes on the streets of a civilian city.' 'They must be stopped, immediately.' A judge denied the motion and instead granted the Trump administration an extension of time to respond to Newsom's filing.
Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Voters reveal Trump's latest approval rating as LA riots mayhem shake the nation
A new poll shows that President Donald Trump 's approval rating has ticked up in the days following his dramatic crackdown in response to the Los Angeles riots. Trump's approval rating is now at 48 percent, according to the latest Daily Mail tracking poll conducted with J.L. Partners, up one point from last week's 47 percent, when the president was in the middle of a nasty public feud with billionaire and former close friend Elon Musk. The president continues to win the majority of voter's support for his approach to illegal immigration, even as the administration's increased display of deporting illegal immigrants has sparked protests in major cities across the United States. Fifty-five percent of voters favor his approach to illegal immigration while 45 percent disapprove. 'Trump might be inviting criticism on the airwaves, but these numbers show that voters are behind him on his approach to illegal migration,' J.L. Partners co-founder James Johnson told the Daily Mail. The poll included 1,807 registered voters and was conducted between June 10-11 with a 2.3 percent margin of error. Trump and his administration continue pursuing an aggressive approach to the deportation of illegal immigrants and the subsequent rioting that took place in the streets of Los Angeles. 'If our troops didn't go into Los Angeles, it would be burning to the ground right now, just like so much of their housing burned to the ground,' Trump wrote on social media on Wednesday. 'The great people of Los Angeles are very lucky that I made the decision to go in and help!!!' Trump's decision to send in National Guard trooms and United States Marines drew angry condemnation from California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. But the president remains committed to a forceful response from the federal government, as he has repeatedly condemned Newsom as 'incompetent.' 'The INCOMPETENT Governor of California was unable to provide protection in a timely manner when our Ice Officers, GREAT Patriots they are, were attacked by an out of control mob of agitators, troublemakers, and/or insurrectionists,' he wrote. Newsom has mounted a significant effort to challenge Trump's authority to send in federal troops to quell the riots, filing lawsuits to block his efforts. He also delivered a major address to Californians on Tuesday night, warning them that the very nature of American democracy was at stake . 'Democracy is under assault right before our eyes – the moment we've feared has arrived,' he said. 'He's taking a wrecking ball to our founding fathers' historic project.'
Fox News
11 hours ago
- Fox News
Illegal alien charged with attempted murder for throwing Molotov cocktail at officers in LA riots: DHS
FIRST ON FOX – The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a previously deported illegal immigrant from Mexico after he allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement amid rioting in Los Angeles on June 7. LA has experienced days of unrest, with agitators setting fire to cars, throwing bricks and fireworks at police officers and vehicles, graffiting property, looting businesses, and smashing windows of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) headquarters downtown in response to ICE raids in the city last week. Emiliano Garduno-Galvez is charged with attempted murder after throwing the Molotov cocktail. "Emiliano Garduno-Galvez is a criminal illegal alien from Mexico who threatened the lives of federal law enforcement officers by attacking them with a Molotov cocktail during the violent riots in Los Angeles. ICE arrested Garduno-Galvez, and he is now being charged with attempted murder. These are the types of criminal illegal aliens that rioters are fighting to protect," Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a Wednesday statement. McLaughlin added: "The Los Angeles rioters will not stop us or slow us down. And if you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." DHS noted that Garduno-Galvez had previously been deported and has a prior criminal record, including a 2024 arrest for grand theft near the Anaheim Police Department and a DUI in Long Beach. Demonstrations have been popping up across the country, from Asheville, North Carolina, to Chicago to Los Angeles, where unrest broke out over the weekend following a raid. DHS said ICE raids in LA over the weekend resulted in "hundreds of illegal aliens [being] arrested by ICE officers and agents," including "many with a criminal history and criminal convictions." DHS listed more information about 19 suspects who ICE Los Angeles arrested on June 7 who are accused of crimes ranging from robbery to second-degree murder to rape. "America's brave ICE officers are removing the worst of the worst from LA's streets, while LA's leaders are working tirelessly against them," DHS said in a Sunday statement as riots continued through the weekend.
The Independent
16 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Jon Voight calls Newsom a ‘lying dog' while heaping praise on Trump in bizarre video
Actor Jon Voight has lashed out at California Gov. Gavin Newsom, calling him a 'fool' for 'allowing destruction' to tear through Los Angeles in the anti-ICE riots. 'You're a fool blaming Trump!' he begins in his tirade, posted to his X account, against the backdrop of an American flag on Tuesday. 'What are you doing for the destruction of these animals destroying Los Angeles? Are you there, talking calmly with them, you fool! They would burn you down like they're burning the cars and the American flag, with no regard for humanity. This is not about Trump. This is about protecting the people from these animals and criminals trying to destroy us.' As the riots head into their sixth day, a curfew was activated by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass overnight Tuesday in the downtown area in response to looters and vandals 'taking advantage' of Donald Trump 's 'chaotic escalation' in his response to the immigration protests sweeping the city. Voight, 86, endorsed the president in the November 2020 election. Newsom is currently in a war of words with Trump regarding the military response that has been ordered in LA in response to the riots over mass ICE immigration raids. 'And the police force, are they supposed to stand there, let rocks hit them and kill them? Who's going to save them? You?' he adds. The octogenarian then praised Trump's militarized efforts to stop the riotswhile simultaneously scolding Newsom for 'causing chaos for the people' and labelled him ' a disgrace.' 'You're nothing but a lying dog for the hopes of becoming the president one day, and God is my witness, truth will prevail because of your faults and your incompetence for California's failure,' he said. The Hollywood veteran, who is the father of film star Angelina Jolie, then went on to state, 'I stand with Donald Trump to make this state great again.' 'He is the greatest president since Abraham Lincoln!' he added. Earlier this year, Trump tapped Voight and MAGA loyalists Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson to become 'special ambassadors' to Hollywood. his 'eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest.'
Time of India
17 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Apple Store Ransacked, Anti-ICE Riots Explode In Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles is under siege after ICE raids triggered nights of chaos, looting, and violent protests. Viral videos show mobs storming retail stores—Apple, T-Mobile, Adidas, and more—smashing windows and rushing out with stolen goods. At least 23 businesses have been hit in a wave of destruction that swept through downtown. Police confirmed looting of dispensaries, pharmacies, and restaurants as tensions boiled over. In response, Mayor Karen Bass has imposed a strict overnight curfew across a one-mile zone. The unrest follows a federal immigration crackdown that has sparked public fury and ignited the streets. As the city reels from the violence, questions grow about how far this crisis will spread.#LosAngelesRiots #ICEraids #laprotests #StoreLooting #AppleStoreLooted #AntiICEProtests #DowntownLA #ImmigrationRaids #LACurfew #CivilUnrest
