On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) corrected U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) after she claimed there was "no violence" in Los Angeles amid the rioting to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement deporting criminal aliens.
“Nobody was shot, nobody was killed, get it into your head,” Waters claimed during a press conference, adding, "Don’t think that somehow because they called out the National Guard there was violence. There was no violence. I was on the street, I know."
In response to Waters' claim, Tuberville posted a clip of a man allegedly throwing rocks at Border Patrol agents during the Paramount protest.
He wrote on X, "Apparently, @RepMaxineWaters doesn’t count rocks and fireworks being thrown at law enforcement officers as violence. More lies from Democrats to protect illegal aliens."
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According to the New York Post, "Rioters in Paramount hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails as riot cops fired back with less-lethal countermeasures including rubber bullets, smoke bombs and pepper spray to beat back the crowd. In Compton, dozens of masked, hooded thugs ransacked a convenience store, smashing windows and loading up with ill-gotten merchandise in a caught-on-video crime spree."
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