“Mostly peaceful” riots broke out across Los Angeles over the weekend. While Trump attempted to save the city from its downfall, Governor Gavin Newsom made it clear he was content to let it burn.

Today’s show dives into all of that.

According to the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR):

Mass illegal immigration and misguided state policies that provide illegal alien with benefits and services now cost California’s shrinking tax base nearly $31 billion a year, according to a newly-released cost analysis by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).

The report, The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers, pegs the combined federal, state and local costs associated with illegal immigration at $182 billion annually. Thus, state and local taxes paid by Californians (not including their federal tax payments) account for one-sixth of the nationwide costs associated with illegal immigration. These costs include K-12 education, indigent medical care, housing and nutrition assistance. California also provides other costly benefits for illegal aliens such as in-state tuition at public colleges and universities, health coverage under the state’s Medi-Cal program, and sweeping sanctuary policies that shield illegal aliens from identification and removal.

“These have been fiery but mostly peaceful protests—and by that, I mean Los Angeles descended into complete and total chaos this weekend, as demonstrations erupted over lawful deportations carried out by ICE,” Crowder said.

Subsequently, Trump was forced to deploy “300 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom,” according to AP News.

According to the left, this makes Trump and his administration fascist.

“Here’s the truth: Trump is exercising his executive authority, which he is well within his rights to do,” Crowder said.

In other words, because the leftist local and state governments refuse to carry out their most basic duty—upholding law and order—the federal government is forced to step in. And calling that fascism is a lie beyond reason.

“They accuse you of doing that which they are doing,” Crowder said.

The biggest lie coming from the left right now is that there’s nothing to see in Los Angeles. Despite what you see with your own eyes—and despite the fires everywhere—they want you to believe everything is super duper peaceful. And to make matters worse, it’s all Trump’s fault.

“It’s really hard to blame Donald Trump when California is the sphincter of the United States—and that’s actually hard to pull off, because they have everything. They’ve got all the natural resources, it’s a beautiful state. You have to work hard to screw it up,” Crowder said. “This has all been caused by California’s officials, and President Trump, through a mandate from the masses, is doing exactly what he said he would do in attempting to at least clean up the mess that Democrats have made in states like California.”