President Donald Trump doesn’t hold much hope for renegade California where many politicians --- from Gov. Jerry Brown, on down --- can’t seem to get on the same track, observes Grumpy Editor.
Trump says he’s considering pulling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers out of California because he feels the Golden State, loaded with Democrat politicians, is giving his administration no help in targeting the violent MS-13 gang, especially in Los Angeles.
“Frankly, if I wanted to pull our (ICE) people from California you would have a crime nest like you’ve never seen in California,” warns Trump. “All I’d have to do is say ICE and border patrol, let California alone,” adding “You would see crime like nobody has even seen crime in this country.”
Trump also took a shot at California’s leadership.
“They are doing a lousy management job,” declares Trump. “They have the highest taxes in the nation and they don’t know what’s happening out there. Frankly, it’s a disgrace, the sanctuary city situation, the protection of these horrible criminals in California and other places. If we ever pulled our ICE out and we ever said, ‘hey, let California learn and let them figure it out for themselves,’ in two months, they’d be begging for us to come back.”
The Justice Department has threatened to deny millions of dollars in federal grant money to communities that refuse to comply with a statute requiring information-sharing with federal law enforcement.
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NEW ‘FACE THE NATION’ MODERATOR. Margaret Brennan made her debut as CBS’s “Face the Nation” moderator yesterday. She replaces John Dickerson who moved to New York to become one of three “CBS This Morning” anchors. Brennan worked at Bloomberg News and CNBC before joining CBS in 2012.
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