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After Dana Bash notes (correctly, for once) that in the 1992 Rodney King riots, California’s Governor Pete Wilson — a Republican — requested the National Guard be activated, while on Saturday, President Trump activated the National Guard without such a request. She also notes that the last time a president unilaterally activated and deployed the National Guard was in Alabama in 1965.
Why did President Johnson send in the Guard in 1965? Because local authorities refused to enforce federal law.
Why did President Trump send in the Guard in 2025? Because local authorities refused to enforce federal law.
In both cases, you had local authorities either refusing to enforce federal law or actively defying federal law.
Senator Mullin defenestrated that comment.
Well, you’ve got two issues here. You’ve got a very weak, lawless, governor in Governor Newsom, who’s not enforcing the nation’s laws. And then you had a Biden administration for the last four years that didn’t enforce our immigration laws… Regardless of what they’re doing right now, they entered the country illegally, and therefore they are illegal, and they are criminals.
I don’t know why a governor would want to try to protect illegal activity inside a state. And the president has made it very clear, if the governor or the mayor of a city isn’t willing to protect the citizens of his state or the city, then the president will.
Which brings us to Dana’s real jaw-dropping assertion:
Dana Bash: I just want to state for the record that what did happen in 1992 was so different from what we’re seeing now. That was a real riot.
Dana, it’s not your job to state anything for the record. It’s your job to report. You’re interviewing a United States Senator. Let him state things for the record. Senator Mullin replied:
Dana, if you have people… You and I can look at this and we can obviously see that this is not under control. It’s not under control. You and I both can see that. And a riot is a riot. They’re throwing all types of objects at law enforcement. And the president’s absolutely right. It’s pretty bad.
The pictures, videos, and reporting, much of it right here on RedState, coming out of this disaster speak very eloquently on just how out of control this situation is.
It’s a good thing for Dana that nobody is watching this stuff: Cable News Ratings: Fox News More Dominant Than Ever, CNN A Non-Factor, Troubling Sign For MSNBC.