Republicans in Congress are backing President Donald Trump in his effort to crush the Los Angeles riots by any means necessary.

Protests broke out in LA on Friday in response to a wave of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids targeting illegal immigrants, and the protests quickly escalated into violent riots. Trump signed a presidential memorandum taking command of 2,000 National Guard members on Saturday to quell the violence, the first of whom arrived in the city early Sunday morning . While Democrats decried the move, most Republicans were united in their support for it.

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