Sen. Ron Johnson said Sunday he’s supporting President Donald Trump’s decision to send  National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to the belligerence against federal immigration officers, as California’s leaders won’t step forward to protect them. 

“We have the experience in Wisconsin where Gov. Tony Evers refused to call the National Guard, and he let Kenosha burn,” the Wisconsin Republican told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “And then President Trump sent in the National Guard, and Kenosha stopped burning. So the reason you send in massive manpower is to prevent violence.”

Trump deployed 2,000 California National Guard troops, despite the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom, after protesters and federal immigration authorities, wearing riot gear, clashed. 

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