The woke mayor of Los Angeles, along with other high-ranking officials in the city, is at the center of a whirlwind of controversy after a violent riot broke out in downtown LA and far-left protestors attacked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and destroyed private property.
For context, the riot began on Friday, June 6, 2025, when ICE agents targeted several businesses in Los Angeles, leading to dozens of arrests. These arrests were later condemned by immigrant advocacy groups, which led swarms of far-left protestors to converge on ICE agents, throwing bricks and other dangerous items at them and leading to the deployment of tear gas.
Moreover, the violence continued throughout the weekend, with President Trump signing an official memorandum authorizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to dispatch at least 2,000 National Guard members to quell the violence. In the memorandum, President Trump decried the protests, which he said “threaten the security of and significant damage to Federal immigration detention facilities and other Federal property.”
However, on the night the riot broke out, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass released a statement on X condemning ICE agents for apprehending illegal immigrant criminals. She wrote, “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.”
Continuing, Mayor Bass argued that ICE’s methods of apprehending dangerous illegal immigrant criminals “sow terror in our communities and disrupt the basic principles of safety in our city.” She added, “My Office is in close coordination with immigrant rights community organizations. We will not stand for this.”
After Mayor Bass released her statement on X, conservatives called her out in the comments section, with the influencer ALX saying, “Democrats will stop at nothing to defend criminal illegal aliens.” Another conservative influencer wrote, “Then you will be arrested for impeding an official act of the president. You will be in jail soon.”
Furthermore, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shot back at Mayor Bass and other woke LA officials on X as well, writing, “In the wake of this violence, California’s feckless Democrat leaders have completely abdicated their responsibility to protect their citizens.” Leavitt added, “The Trump Administration has a zero tolerance policy for criminal behavior and violence, especially when that violence is aimed at law enforcement officers trying to do their jobs.”
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Likewise, Vice President JD Vance called out the hypocrisy of Mayor Bass’s unwillingness to respond to the riots in an X post, saying, “One of the main technical issues in the immigration judicial battles is whether Biden’s border crisis counted as an ‘invasion.’ The vice president added, “So now we have foreign nationals with no legal right to be in the country waving foreign flags and assaulting law enforcement. If only we had a good word for that…”
Watch Mayor Bass side with LA’s illegal immigrants:
Featured image credit: Mayor Karen Bass via X