After four straight days of escalating violence, the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles have revealed more than just smashed windows and torched cars—they’ve exposed a symbolic war on American identity itself.
What’s notably absent amid the smoke and shattered glass? The American flag. Unless, of course, it’s being trampled, torched, or spat upon.
Instead, the streets have been awash in the flag of Mexico, the Palestinian flag, and even banners brandishing the Communist hammer and sickle. These aren’t symbols of peaceful dissent. They’re the unmistakable signs of a movement whose allegiances lie not with reform, but with radicalism.
BREAKING: Organizers of LA Protests are now assembling and handing out American flags to protesters.
This comes after days of footage showing them waving Mexican flags while torching cars, attacking police and burning U.S. flags.
It’s clear they realized the current optics… pic.twitter.com/3iMPfSm4mj
— Aldo 🌞 (@AldoButtazzoni) June 10, 2025
Someone—perhaps a savvy PR consultant—must have realized just how devastating these optics are, because as of Monday, reports have surfaced that American flags are now being distributed to protesters. But the damage is done. No amount of backpedaling will erase the footage or photos. For days, the world has watched as a supposed “peaceful protest” turned into an ideological showcase against the United States.
And yet, astonishingly, leading Democrats and media figures continue to defend the chaos with Orwellian precision.
Senator Alex Padilla described the demonstrators as “peaceful” and “passionate.” Senator Cory Booker blamed President Trump for “sowing chaos,” as though enforcing immigration law is somehow more destabilizing than Molotov cocktails and injured officers.
Protesting the American government trying to deport you to Mexico by…saving the Mexican flag?
Do you like it here or not, because I’m confused. pic.twitter.com/qDX6b1DN5L
— Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) June 8, 2025
Even Mayor Karen Bass tried to gaslight the public, saying, “It’s only five or ten streets.” That’s not damage control. That’s abdication of leadership.
Kamala Harris called it “overwhelmingly peaceful.” Hillary Clinton declared that Trump deployed the National Guard without provocation. And Rep. Nanette Barragán insisted that the administration is “targeting peaceful protests”—this while ICE agents were being surrounded, rocks hurled at their vehicles, and federal property vandalized en masse.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a far less sugar-coated assessment:
“Over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer-funded property.”
These are facts—not interpretations.
And yet the corporate media continues its loyalty to the narrative rather than the truth. ABC7 anchor Jory Rand went so far as to caution police against interfering, saying officers could turn “a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn” into a confrontation.
Let that sink in: watching cars burn is now considered harmless entertainment by some in the media. That’s how far the goalposts have shifted.
I’m starting to think Stephen Miller came up with this “wave Mexican flags in front of massive street arson” campaign. https://t.co/51PlGkLuAM pic.twitter.com/sOx5YaImWj
— ~~datahazard~~ (@fentasyl) June 9, 2025
In response, President Trump deployed the National Guard, and then, when the violence persisted, authorized the deployment of U.S. Marines. Democrats and pundits predictably labeled this “authoritarian.” But ask the officers nursing broken bones and bruised ribs whether they wanted fewer boots on the ground.
And now, in an eleventh-hour image rehab attempt, American flags are being passed out to rioters. But no one’s fooled. You don’t get to burn the flag on Friday and wave it on Monday and call yourself a patriot. The symbolism has already spoken. Loudly.
