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Meanwhile, California’s top brass, Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass, were caught flat-footed. Instead of restoring order, they defaulted to their usual playbook — condemning Trump and begging rioters to tone it down. The city, for all intents and purposes, was left in their hands — a decision that’s looking worse by the hour.
Things took a bizarre turn during KTTV’s live riot coverage. A field reporter narrated, “We have people right now, look at this, dropping off food and water.” A warm, fuzzy moment? Not quite.
Back in the studio, one anchor remarked this wasn’t like prior protest scenes backed by known activist groups. “This is more … organic, and maybe that’s what you’re seeing,” she said, clinging to the narrative.
Then reality came crashing in.
“What are those boxes?” the anchor’s co-host asked. “Are those masks of some sort?”
That’s when the entire tone shifted.
“That doesn’t look like food,” one anchor admitted. The reporter on the ground confirmed what viewers already suspected: “Yeah, so people are prepping for some sort of altercation with police, as we speak.”
The male anchor chimed in, recalling another reporter’s earlier comment that the scene felt “festive,” even wholesome. “It looked like a lot of folks, including a lot of older folks, who were there for the right reasons,” he claimed. But the truth was glaring: these weren’t cheerful community members — they were agitators preparing for battle.
Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin added to the exposé, reporting that so-called “protesters” were being handed “earplugs, gas masks, and water bottles.” And those water bottles weren’t for hydration. “A lot of those water bottles are being thrown” at officers, he clarified.
Conservative journalist Nick Sorter pointed out the suspicious logistics behind the chaos — those masks weren’t cheap. Someone was funding this.
In fact, a KTTV reporter revealed that protesters were even receiving shields. While you can find some for under $60, that’s still no small cost for what’s supposed to be a grassroots effort.
So much for “organic.”
This isn’t a movement fueled by local passion — it’s a well-funded performance aimed at provoking a reaction from the White House. But unlike previous administrations, President Trump isn’t falling for it. He’s made the mission clear: protect federal agents and federal property. That’s it.
The rest? That’s up to Newsom and Bass — the dynamic duo who let it spiral. Whether they’re capable of cleaning up the mess they allowed is questionable. But deserving of the responsibility? Absolutely.
In the end, the KTTV anchor’s stunned silence captured it all. One moment, parroting the “peaceful protest” narrative. The next, watching the evidence of calculated unrest unfold on live TV. And for once, they couldn’t spin their way out of it.
