Lemon LIVE at 5 | Military Takeover in Los Angeles?! - June 9th, 2025
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What breaking developments triggered the Los Angeles military deployment story?
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Lemon Live at 5. We are honored that you are here this evening for our Live at 5 show. And it is a big show. It is outrageous. You're going to love what we are doing here, who we have here. I'm going to show you who we have. First of all, Michael Fanone is going to join us. You know, the former police officer, Michael Fanone, who defended the Capitol. And then our West Coast correspondent, Tracy Jacobs, is going to join us from Los Angeles. She is living right there in the middle. of where all of this is happening. She'll join us in just moments here. But first, let me tell you what's going on before I bring both of them in. You know, there has been breaking news. Let's put CNN up and I'll show you what the breaking news is.
And it is outrageous. Here it is.
Andy, I don't hear it.
A significant escalation from President Trump, who had activated National Guard troops over the weekend without Governor Gavin Newsom's consent. In this new move, active duty military members are being deployed as a show of force against U.S. citizens.
CNN's Natasha Bertrand. The breaking news is that members of the military. have been sent. At first, well, the Marines are being sent. But at first, it was just members of the National Guard. So now Donald Trump and the MAG administration has ratcheted this up to a level that is really unbelievable. We are in uncharted territory right now. And this reminds me of what happened on January 6th. We know what January 6th is. It reminds me of what happened. But the Trump folks felt a little bit differently about it because those people have all been pardoned. even though they beat police officers with American flags and some of them within to an inch of their lives, and then one officer actually dying the next day from, it is believed, the stress that he suffered from the insurrection on January 6th.
Michael Fanone is here as a police officer who defended the Capitol. On January 6, Mike, thank you so much. When you see the breaking news of them sending the Marines in first respond to that. And then we'll talk about all of the histrionics and everything that happened over the weekend. What do you what do you think?
I mean, it's terrifying as an American citizen to see the United States military be used in this fashion against American citizens by a president who doesn't respect the rule of law and feels that his power is unchecked and that it is totaled. And so I think it should terrify every American that we have a president, really a king, who's willing to wield power in this manner and to use American military personnel against our own citizens.
Michael, to your point, this is what Donald Trump tweeted out. Instead of saying, we want to de-escalate this. We don't want anyone to get hurt. That's why we sent the folks in. Donald Trump is tweeting this. Here's what he says. Once great American city, Los Angeles had been invaded and occupied by illegal aliens. Where's the one where he said they spit? He said, if they spit, we will hit. Basically, and then giving folks, I guess, the go-ahead. Where's the soundbite? Do you have the soundbite of him talking about what he said about the folks there, giving them the go-ahead really for police violence and police brutality? It's the soundbite, Andy. Let's play it.
You're talking about in LA?
I wouldn't call it quite an insurrection, but it could have led to an insurrection. I mean, that was a serious, that was a lot of, that was a lot of harm that was going on last night. I watched it very closely. And it was amazing that the job that The National Guard did. And by the way, the police were working very hard also. But, you know, the police are given instructions to be politically correct. I said, no, no, you don't have to be politically correct. You have to do the job.
Basically, he's telling them that they don't have to abide by the rules of the police department or at least, you know, de-escalate that he wants excessive force. Michael.
Actually, I think it's important, you know. I think most Americans at this point are starting to grasp Donald Trump's, um, language and, and reading in between the lines, you know, when he says something like the police have to be politically correct, what he really means is police officers have, uh,
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What breaking developments triggered the Los Angeles military deployment story?
0:16–10:26
2
Why did the White House activate the National Guard and reportedly send Marines to L.A.?
10:26–20:56
3
How does Michael Fanone compare this deployment to January 6th and its implications?
20:56–39:28
4
What video evidence of police and mounted units in L.A. is being shown and analyzed?
39:28–51:57
5
What legal and constitutional concerns surround using active-duty troops for crowd control?
51:57–1:05:03
6
How are California officials and local residents reacting to federal intervention?
1:05:03–1:08:12