The situation in Los Angeles is spiralling toward yet another round of sure to be infamous LA riots, as leftist rioters ostensibly protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement as it tries to arrest and deport illegal aliens in the city are both fighting with law enforcement officers and setting the city alight. Horrifyingly, an LA Councilwoman was egging them on as they did so.
That was Los Angeles City Council Member Eunisses Hernandez (D), who gave a speech as the situation was escalating, in which she called for protesters to surge and advance the already violent riots against the ICE agents. As could be expected, conservatives online called for her to be arrested for her pro-chaos remarks.
In the speech, Hernandez praised leftist rioters for being quick to “mobilize” and said that they need to engage in “community defense” tactics to “slow” ICE in its attempts to arrest illegals. She said, “They know how quickly we mobilize, that’s why they’re changing tactics, because community defense works, and our resistance has slowed them down before.”
Continuing, she called on the rioting groups to not only show up to resist ICE and related law enforcement actions, but to do so “even stronger” as the law enforcement groups step up their tactics. She said, shouting into the mic, “And if they’re escalating their tactics, then so are we. When they show up. When they show up, we gotta show up even stronger.”
Hernandez got slammed online in the wake of her remarks getting recorded and going off online. For example, the Libs of TikTok X account posted a clip of her speech and said, “Los Angeles City Council Member Eunisses Hernandez (D) calls to escalate the riots against ICE agents. Arrest her.”
Similarly, Shawn Farash wrote, slamming Hernandez for seemingly inciting violence against law enforcement agents, “Here’s a DEMOCRAT LA City Council Member, Eunisses Hernandez, calling for an escalation of the attacks on ICE. If ‘Peacefully and Patriotically’ was ‘inciting an insurrection’ then what is this?”
Watch her speech here:
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Still another poster on X, demanding Hernandez be arrested while also noting that Hernandez seemed to be clearly calling for violence, said, “Meet Eunisses Hernandez, she’s an LA city councilwoman who called for the community to mobilize against ICE. Should she be arrested for inciting violence on ICE agents, which is a federal crime[?]”
Also joining in was Paul Szylpula, who exposed how Hernandez appeared to have precipitated violence with her speech, saying, “Los Angeles City Council member said on Friday that anti-ICE activists need to escalate their tactics and ‘show up even stronger.’ Then on Saturday, these activists rioted. Eunisses Hernandez incited violence. She must face legal justice.”
Hernandez’s remarks and the outrage surrounding them have come alongside increasing anger over what is being allowed to happen in LA. President Trump, for example, posted, referencing the need to crack down on the riots, “Governor Gavin Newscum and “Mayor” Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots. These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists. Remember, NO MASKS!”
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video