{"id":2446440,"date":"2025-06-12T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-go-full-tilt-hegseth-for-la-troop-deployments-until-he-reminds-them-of-their-own-deadly-failures\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:02:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:02:34","slug":"dems-go-full-tilt-hegseth-for-la-troop-deployments-until-he-reminds-them-of-their-own-deadly-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-go-full-tilt-hegseth-for-la-troop-deployments-until-he-reminds-them-of-their-own-deadly-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems Go Full Tilt Hegseth for LA Troop Deployments Until He Reminds Them of Their Own Deadly Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdems-go-full-tilt-hegseth-for-la-troop-deployments-until-he-reminds-them-of-their-own-deadly-failures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2446440&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a recent House Appropriations Committee hearing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced intense scrutiny from Congressional Democrats, particularly regarding the deployment of Marines to protect Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Los Angeles. Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum criticized the situation, suggesting it was unfair to put Marines in such a position. Hegseth retaliated by referencing past events in Minnesota during the 2020 protests,defending the current military actions and emphasizing the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >enforcing immigration laws amid significant illegal immigration<\/a>. He argued that effective law enforcement support is particularly crucial in areas facing unrest, countering statements about the National Guard&#8217;s lack of resources in their deployment. Throughout the exchange, Hegseth highlighted perceived failures by democratic leadership in managing civil order, while asserting the necessity of protecting federal enforcement agencies in their operations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Congressional Democrats started the fight. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ended it.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth was called before the House Appropriations Committee to discuss his proposed budget, but Democrats wanted to use the opportunity to pummel Hegseth over his work running the military and the deployment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/enough-enough-hundreds-marines-move-la-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marines<\/a> to ensure Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are protected in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a deeply unfair position to put our Marines in,&rdquo; Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota said in a jab at Hegseth, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sctimes.com\/story\/news\/2025\/06\/11\/pete-hegseth-faces-congress-grilling-speaks-on-tim-walz-george-floyd-protests\/84147090007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SC Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That unleashed a flurry of counterpunches as Hegseth told McCollum and all lawmakers, he was not allowing protests to devolve into chaos, as was done by Democrats five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I recall 2020 quite well, when Gov. Walz abandoned a police precinct and allowed it to be burned to the ground &mdash; and also allowed five days of chaos to occur inside the streets of Minneapolis,&rdquo; Hegseth said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hegseth-blasts-tim-walz-for-mobilizing-national-guard-far-too-late-during-minneapolis-riot-failure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The police precinct, ma&rsquo;am, was abandoned and burned to the ground. And because of that, the National Guard was eventually &mdash; far too late &mdash; mobilized,&rdquo; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And President Trump recognizes a situation like that improperly handled by a governor &mdash; like it was by Gov. Walz &mdash; if it gets out of control, is a bad situation for the citizens of any location.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-took-bait-theory-suggests-hegseth-trapped-dems-harvey-milk-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hegseth<\/a> then turned to the anarchy of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So in Los Angeles, we believe that ICE, which is a federal law enforcement agency, has the right to safely conduct operations in any state and any jurisdiction in the country, especially after 21 million illegals have crossed into our country in the previous administration. ICE ought to be able to do its job whether it&rsquo;s Minneapolis or Los Angeles,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You asked about the situation in Los Angeles, and we believe ICE agents should be allowed to be safe in doing their operations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And we have deployed National Guard and the Marines to protect them in the execution of their duties, because we ought [to] be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-sworn-in-as-secretary-of-homeland-security-despite-heavy-gop-opposition\/\" title=\"Mayorkas Sworn In As Secretary Of Homeland Security Despite Heavy GOP Opposition\">enforce immigration law<\/a> in this country, unlike Gov. Walz did in 2020.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to an estimate from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/news\/deadly-unrest-here-are-the-people-who-have-died-amid-george-floyd-protests-across-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WITI,<\/a> 17 people died in the first two weeks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/body-found-minneapolis-pawn-shop-set-fire-george-floyd-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">riots<\/a> that followed Floyd&rsquo;s May 2020 death.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar of California decided to throw a slam at Hegseth, claiming National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles &ldquo;have not been provided food or water&rdquo; by the Defense Department, according to SC Times.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are assured they&rsquo;re housed, fed, water capabilities in real time from my office,&rdquo; he said, calling the comment a &ldquo;disingenuous attack.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>National Guard troops, he said, will remain deployed for 60 days to &ldquo;ensure that those rioters, looters and thugs on the other side assaulting our police officers know that we&rsquo;re not going anywhere.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response to Aguilar&rsquo;s question about the authority to send troops, Hegseth said the issue was the vast population of illegal immigrants battling police.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;ve got millions of illegals, you don&rsquo;t know where they&rsquo;re coming from. They&rsquo;re waving flags from foreign countries and assaulting police officers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-orders-2000-more-national-guard-members-to-la-after-marines-deployed\/\" title=\"Trump orders 2,000 more National Guard members to LA after ... deployed\">law enforcement officers &#038;mdash<\/a>; that&rsquo;s the problem,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Gov. 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Hegseth appeared before the House Appropriations Committee to present his budget proposal, yet Democrats aimed to criticize him for his military leadership and the deployment of Marines to safeguard Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Los Angeles. Democratic Rep. Betty McCollum from Minnesota criticized Hegseth&#8217;s actions, stating it was unfair to place Marines in such a position. In response, Hegseth countered by recalling past events from 2020 when chaos ensued under Governor Walz&#8217;s leadership in Minneapolis, emphasizing that he would not allow similar disorder now. He asserted that ICE should be able to operate safely across the country and defended the deployment of National Guard and Marines for their protection while enforcing immigration laws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2446441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pete-Hegseth-3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3933,45173,51221],"class_list":["post-2446440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dems","tag-hegseth","tag-la-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pete-Hegseth-3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2446440"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446444,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2446440\/revisions\/2446444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2446441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2446440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2446440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2446440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}