Perhaps the better question is, "What evidence does townhall.com have that Trump had anything to do with this?
The biggest arrest, 474 in California, was part of a 30+ agency effort and this is the third year of it taking place.
Quote:In conjunction with Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Sheriff Jim McDonnell announced details and results from the third annual ‘Operation Reclaim and Rebuild’ enforcement operation, conducted by the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force and more than 30 participating federal state and local law enforcement agencies, and task forces from across California.
L.A. Regional Human Trafficking Task Force Announce the Arrest & Rescue of Many During 'Operation Reclaim & Rebuild
Here are the agencies involved:
Anaheim Police Department
Chino Police Department
Citrus Heights Police Department
Clovis Police Department
Coalinga Police Department
Concord Police Department
Costa Mesa Police Department
Delano Police Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fresno
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Monterey
Fresno Police Department
Homeland Security Investigations, Los Angeles
Homeland Security Investigations, Ventura
Kern County Sheriff's Office
Livingston Police Department
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force
Long Beach Human Trafficking Task Force
Long Beach Police Department
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
Los Angeles Police Department
Los Angeles Unified School District Police
Marina Police Department
Merced Police Department
Orange County Sheriff's Office
Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force
Oxnard Police Department
Placer County Sheriff's Special Investigations Unit
Pomona Police Department
Riverside County Sheriff's Office
Riverside County Anti-Trafficking Task Force
Roseville Police Department
Sacramento County Sheriff's Office
Sacramento Police Department
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office
San Bernardino County Trafficking Task Force
San Bernardino Police Department
San Diego County Sheriff's Office
San Diego Police Department
Santa Ana Police Department
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office
Santa Barbara Human Trafficking Task Force
Santa Clara Sheriff's Office
Santa Monica Police Department
Simi Valley Police Department
South Gate Police Department
Torrance Police Department
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
Ventura County Coalition Against Human Trafficking
Ventura Police Department
The operation took place January 26th through January 28th. Trump was too busy signing EO's to do squat with this!
And for the arrest of 178 in Tennessee, again this was an annual operation.
Quote:The operation was part of what's called the National Johns Suppression Initiative -- an annual initiative now in its 13th year. In Harris County, it ran from Jan. 4 through Super Bowl Sunday and netted the most arrests of any agency.
NOTED SPORTS AGENT AMONG 178 ARRESTED IN HARRIS COUNTY DURING 'JOHNS SUPPRESSION INITIATIVE'
And most of it took place before Trump was even sworn in!
Same for the Virginia story:
Quote:Eleven people in Virginia were arrested recently after a five-month cyber-sting operation led by the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office Child Exploitation Unit in partnership with the Northern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
The sting began in October and ended earlier this month (February).
11 arrested across VA in child sex sting
And two of the links in the story don't even work.
As to why these aren't national MSM stories, the likely reason is that they're mostly local arrests. Not to mention, a little minor thing was occuring around mid-to late January that took just a bit of their attention.
Bottom line, Townhall's effort to make this a "MSM hates Trump" story borders on the exact definition of Fake News!
Sad. Very sad. Believe me.