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WATCH: Trump accuses some Los Angeles protesters of being 'paid insurrectionists'

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President Donald Trump called some of the protests at anti-ICE demonstrations in Los Angeles “paid insurrectionists” and said the city would be “burning” had he not deployed the National Guard .

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued the Trump administration for calling up the state National Guard , saying he was overreaching his authority.

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57

Informative language

49

Neutral language

77

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

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not detected

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detected

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short-lived

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1

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