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Media shops and elected Democrats have made the rounds in fresh days, incessantly the usage of the phrase “peaceful” to explain the anti-ICE unrest in Los Angeles over the weekend regardless of rioting and violence that has led to destruction and injured cops, a video overview through Fox News Digital reveals.
“The vast majority of protesters and demonstrators are peaceful,” Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., stated not too long ago on MSNBC. “They’re passionate.”
“A lot of these peaceful protests are being generated because the president of the United States is sowing chaos,” Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., stated on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” on NBC.
On CNN, a California Democrat House member stated she doesn’t know what the “so-called” violence is “all about.”
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A rioter flies the Mexican nationwide flag within the Compton group of Los Angeles right through a protest over federal immigration operations on June 7, 2025. (Getty Images)
“Well, first of all, it’s not even all of downtown,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stated whilst downplaying the level of the violence. “This is isolated to a few streets, five or 10 streets. This is not city-wide civil unrest like has happened in our city before. But if you watch the pictures, especially on national TV, you would think that the entire city has blown up into unrest, and this is just not true.”
ABC7 Los Angeles anchor Jory Rand cautioned regulation enforcement from escalating tensions through interfering and stated on Sunday that they risked turning “what is just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn into a massive confrontation and altercation between officers and demonstrators.”
Rep. Nanette Barragán, a Democrat who represents California’s forty fourth Congressional District, stated on CNN’s “State of the Union” program Sunday, “We are having an administration that’s targeting peaceful protests.”
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A rioter holds a Mexican flag as automobiles burn alongside a side road in Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who’s broadly believed to be eyeing a run for California governor, sparked controversy on-line when she referred to the unrest as “overwhelmingly peaceful.”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton posted on X, “California Governor Newsom didn’t request the National Guard be deployed to his state following peaceful demonstrations. Trump sent them anyway. It’s the first time in 60 years a president has made that choice.
“Trump’s function is not to stay Californians protected. His function is to reason chaos, as a result of chaos is just right for Trump.”
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A protester waves the Mexican flag in front of a burning Waymo autonomous car during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
While there were examples of some peaceful protests at the outset, by the end of the day Friday property destruction and violence broke out in a situation that became increasingly violent over the next few days and led to injured officers.
“Last evening, over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal regulation enforcement construction and assaulted ICE regulation enforcement officials, slashed tires, defaced constructions, and taxpayer funded assets,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a press release Saturday referring to the previous night.
Several officers have been injured in the rioting, which included rocks and other projectiles being thrown at them, and dozens of people have been arrested related to the protests and rioting.
Conservatives on social media have blasted the various media outlets and Democrats who have used peaceful phrasing to describe the protests despite the various examples of violence, property destruction and burning cars.
President Donald Trump sent in the National Guard over the weekend, sparking outrage from local Democrats, and announced on Monday the mobilization of Marines to help quell the rioting.
