Sen. Lankford on the Calif. Protests: It’s Clear that the LAPD Is Being Overwhelmed as the Protests Rise

RUSH EXCERPT:
LANKFORD: "Yeah, well, active duty marines will not be put into local law enforcement. They would be in support roles as we have at the border. We have active duty military at the border and they’re not doing law enforcement tasks. They’re doing logistical tanks behind the scenes. Local law enforcement should take care of this, but when you’re seeing burning cars and federal law enforcement and law enforcement being attacked on the streets and with thousands of lapd which by the way, do a great job. The lapd has a great task in front of them and they’re meeting that task with a great opportunity to be able to enforce the law, but it’s clear that they’re being overwhelmed and as the protests rise we want to make sure the protests don’t spiral out of control. This wouldn’t be an issue if California didn’t promote sanctuary city policies to tell people you can violate federal law and live in our state and no one will arrest you for this. Now suddenly, when they are arrested for federal crimes then suddenly they go into this kind of protest saying, no, you can’t arrest us here. We’re immune from federal law. That’s not true."