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WASHINGTON (KTTV) - President Donald J. Trump criticized California during his first public appearance in over a week on Tuesday afternoon.

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Earlier Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s decision to send National Guard troops to Los Angeles during immigration raids was illegal.

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"I applaud the court for today’s important ruling. The White House tried to invade the second-largest city in the country. That’s illegal. Los Angeles will not buckle and we will not break. We will not be divided and we will not be defeated," LA Mayor Karen Bass said in response.

The president has since expressed a desire to send troops to help combat c

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