Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Says Weekend Trump Protest was 'Overwhelmingly Peaceful'

Democratic mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, told CNN on Sunday that she found the city’s anti-Trump “No Kings” protest on Saturday to be "overwhelmingly peaceful."

To note, L.A. has been embroiled in violent anti-ICE riots for the last two weeks.

Bass made her assessment from the comfort of a helicopter.

These latest L.A. riots began on June 6, with vandalism and violence breaking out across the city. President Donald Trump deployed 700 Marines to restore order.

On Saturday, anti-Trump "No Kings" protests were held throughout the country, including Los Angeles.

Bass said that while flying around in a helicopter, everything seemed fine.

And that she didn't see any Marines.

“I have to say that yesterday I spent time in the helicopter, so I went all over the city in search of these Marines. And I’m sorry, but I just didn’t see them. What the troops are doing, the Federalized National Guard, is protecting the federal building."

She assured everyone that the troops Trump sent weren't there.

"I do want to dispel the notion that the military is here,” Bass said. “We don’t want them here. They don’t need to be here. Our local law enforcement have complete control of this situation.”

Trump had also deployed 2,000 National Guard members, a move both Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized.

Bass assured everyone that the protests (aka riots) that happened were peaceful.

“I will tell you, the 30,000 people were downtown L.A. There were protests in 15 different locations in our city. I flew over each one of them, and they were overwhelmingly peaceful,” Bass continued.

“It’s not shocking that at the end of a protest that you’re going to have some confrontation. Of course, I wish there was none at all, but I don’t think that characterized the day at all,” Bass said. “I mean, otherwise, more than five people would have been arrested.”

See? Nothing to see here. Despite and the chaos and mayhem that has clearly plagued the streets of Los Angeles in recent weeks, that city's Democratic mayor assures us that none of this has been happening.

And is mad at President Trump for sending in troops to quell the violence.

God help the people of Los Angeles.