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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

Republicans use LA protests to push holdouts to pass Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

The ongoing chaos and clashes with immigration enforcement in Los Angeles have given Republican leadership a new talking point to convince their on-the-fence members to pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

During his weekly press conference, House Speaker Mike Johnson featured images of the clashes with law enforcement in Los Angeles, including one with a demonstrator standing on top of a burnt car waving a Guatemalan flag. Johnson said that California Gov. Gavin Newsom deserved to be “tarred and feathered.”

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