In a rare moment of balance from the normally biased CNN, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was challenged on her party’s opposition to Trump’s immigration policy after a CNN poll showing 54% of Americans backing Trump’s deportation plan undermined her far-left ideas.
For context, despite the violent anti-ICE riots sweeping her city, Bass has opposed immigration enforcement, calling them terror tactics, sparking backlash from Trump officials, including an epic response from Vice President JD Vance, which set the internet ablaze.
Starting off the segment, a CNN anchor posed a simple question to Bass, saying, “Are Democrats out of touch on this issue?” Flustered by this simple question, the LA Mayor responded, “I think if you did the polling in Los Angeles, I’m not sure it would be that way. We are a city of immigrants!”
Completely unable to take accountability, the mayor said, “This morning, we received reports of federal immigration enforcement actions in multiple locations in Los Angeles. As Mayor of a proud city of immigrants, who contribute to our city in so many ways, I am deeply angered by what has taken place.”
Concluding her weak response, Karen Bass claimed, “These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city. My Office is in close coordination with immigrant rights community organizations. We will not stand for this.”
Slaming the Governor of California as well as the spineless Karen Bass, JD Vance took to X on June 10, 2025, to set the record straight. He said, “Gavin Newsom says he didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved. Both of these photos were taken before the president authorized the national guard to go protect our border patrol in California. Does this look like “no problem”?”
Turing up the heat, the VP said, “Newsom and his stooge Karen Bass fomented and encouraged the riots, because their entire political movement exists for one purpose: to promote mass migration into our country. It is their reason for being.”
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Shifting his focus to the DNC, the VP added, “Democratic leadership has no solution for the economy, for prosperity, or for security. They use their power when they’re in the majority to import millions of illegal immigrants and when they’re in opposition they do everything possible to prevent deportations.”
Enraged by the Democrats’ weakness, Vance said, “Under Newsom’s leadership, medicaid was extended to all illegal immigrants in 2024. This means that he elected to take healthcare from impoverished and disabled Californians and give it to illegal aliens. And now, everything is President Trump’s fault? Give me a break.”
Still not done with his epic rebuke, the Republican said, “If you want to know why illegal aliens flocked to your state, stop accusing Donald Trump. Look in the mirror. If you want to know why border patrol fear for their lives over enforcing the law, look in the mirror. It was your policies that encouraged mass migration into California.”
Watch the clip here:
Building to a crescendo, Vance declared, “Your policies that protected those migrants from common sense law enforcement. Your policies that offered massive welfare benefits to reward illegal immigrants. Your policies that allowed those illegal migrants (and their sympathizers) to assault our law enforcement. Your policies that allowed Los Angeles to turn into a war zone. You sure as hell had a problem before President Trump came along. The problem is YOU.”
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