President Donald Trump’s casual reference to Oakland during a press conference about crime on Monday has sparked a furious response from the city’s elected officials, who accused him today of distorting the truth, fomenting authoritarianism, fearmongering, and trying to distract the public from his ties to the deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

At a City Hall press conference on Thursday, Mayor Barbara Lee promised residents that her administration will not back down against any threats from Trump.

“No one knows this president’s playbook better than I do,” Lee said, noting that she served in Congress during his first administration, and was on the House floor on January 6, 2021, when Trump encouraged his supporters while they stormed the Capitol in an attempted insurrection.

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