By Sunday night, the smoke over Los Angeles had already settled into a grim haze. Federal buildings had been vandalized, ICE agents attacked, and mobs waving foreign flags had shut down freeways while hurling projectiles at law enforcement. For three consecutive days, anti-ICE riots — increasingly violent and ideologically extreme — tore through the city. And yet, it wasn’t until late Sunday evening that former Vice President Kamala Harris finally broke her silence.
Her statement, posted to X, was less a call for peace and more an echo of the very narratives that helped fuel the unrest in the first place.
“Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to promote chaos,” Harris wrote. “This Administration’s actions are not about public safety – they’re about stoking fear.”
The reaction was swift — and unforgiving.
As California Democratic officials like Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass rushed to deflect responsibility and attack the federal response, Harris was conspicuously absent from the conversation. Instead, her X feed on Friday featured a Pride Month post — while Los Angeles was already descending into chaos.
That silence broke only after videos of firebombs, looting, and masked rioters dominated national headlines. And when Harris did speak, she didn’t condemn the violence. Not once.
My statement on what’s unfolding in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/rujs8mrVPK
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 8, 2025
Instead, she framed the riots as “demonstrations in defense of our immigrant neighbors” and claimed they had been “overwhelmingly peaceful.” That characterization flies directly in the face of LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell’s own description of the events, who called the situation “overwhelming,” “increasingly violent,” and even “life-threatening.”
For someone who claims LA as her home, Harris appeared out of touch and late to lead. While the city’s downtown was being declared an unlawful assembly zone, Harris was still pushing the notion that this was just a righteous protest movement — not the pro-terrorist, anti-law enforcement spectacle it had become.
NEW: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that a Vietnamese illegal alien ICE arrested in LA operation yesterday is a convicted murderer & gang member who was involved in shooting up a high school graduation party in San Marino in 1994, killing two teenagers and injuring 7 others. Cuong… pic.twitter.com/7FL80w3gvV
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 9, 2025
And what of the ICE agents who were injured? The Waymo cars torched in the street? The Molotov cocktails? Her post didn’t mention them. Instead, it recycled the tired accusation that Trump’s response — not the riots themselves — was the real danger.
“It’s about stoking fear,” she claimed, as buildings burned in the background of live news feeds.
If Harris thought this would rally support, she may want to consult the data. A CBS News poll released just prior to the weekend’s events showed strong support for Trump’s deportation-focused immigration efforts — a stark contrast to the rhetoric coming from California’s Democratic leadership.
BREAKING: Federal sources ID some of the criminal illegal alien targets ICE arrested in their LA operation yesterday & today, which sparked violent protests. They include multiple gang members, convicted sex offenders, violent gun offenders, & drug offenders. One has already been… pic.twitter.com/WyZJ5JFLK4
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 8, 2025
Worse still for Harris, her delayed and politically calculated statement has racked up more than 25,000 replies, many of them brutally critical. Commenters have accused her of gaslighting, ignoring violence, and defending lawlessness for political gain.
