Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, discussing the unrest in Los Angeles with Newsmax on Wednesday, questioned President Donald Trump’s decision to send National Guard troops into California but agreed that Mayor Karen Bass must call on the resources available to her to deal with the situation.

“First and foremost, clearly, if there are troubles in your city, as the mayor, you must deal with those,” Brown told “Wake Up America.” “That means you must call upon whatever resources may be available to you and your city and your state and in your nation. I believe that the mayors of California are doing exactly that now.”

Brown, 91, is credited with helping launch California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political career and said that he believes having the National Guard “imposed” on the state leaders has made the situation “difficult.”

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