Maxine Waters Blames Trump For LA Violence She Previously Claimed Wasn’t Even Happening

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California claimed Wednesday President Donald Trump “started” five days of riots in Los Angeles after previously claiming no violence was occurring in the city.

Democratic Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles declared a curfew for parts of the city Tuesday following five days of rioting when United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents carried out an operation at a Los Angeles-area Home Depot. Waters previously denied violence was taking place in prior media appearances before attacking Trump during an appearance on “CNN News Central.”

“The president of the United States should do what he didn’t do when we were invaded in the Capitol, when they had the insurrection that he led, he should get on the phone and talk to the local police,” Waters told “CNN News Central” host Briana Keilar. “He should talk to the people that he’s had deployed there. And he has a responsibility in all of this. He started this. That should be no violence. He should not continue to support violence. They should not be egged and, you know, provoked in any way. And that’s what the president of the United States is doing to exert his power and to show that he’s in charge, and to show that he’s going to get the numbers that he promised to get to get people deported.”

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