"[Trump] was claiming that, you know, it's mayhem on the grounds on the streets of Portland. He's saying that, you know, Chicago is a war zone. None of that is true. They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone. And they, you know, get people on"
"They're just making this up. And then what do they do? They fire tear gas and smoke grenades, and they make it look like it's a war zone. And they, you know, get people on the ground [who] are frankly incited to want do something about it, appropriately. I mean, if you were on the ground and you're having tear gas pellets fired at you, as they have in Broadview, Illinois, you want to react, you want something to happen."
Border Patrol and ICE agents were deployed to Chicago and an ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois. Federal agents used crowd-control munitions including pepper balls, tear gas, smoke grenades and rubber bullets to clear crowds, leading to more than a dozen arrests at an anti-ICE protest. The use of those munitions provoked violent reactions and escalation, including federal agents being rammed and boxed in by multiple vehicles and an online-posting woman with a semi-automatic gun expressing intent to attack ICE. White House officials urged use of federal power to dismantle leftwing terrorism. Local leaders criticized federal deployments as undermining public order.
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