Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez downplayed the recent riots in Los Angeles. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images.)
CALIFORNIA SHERIFF SAYS NEWSOM ‘ENCOURAGED’ LA RIOTS AS ICE ARRESTS VIOLENT ILLEGAL ALIENS
The ugly scenes that kicked off on Friday prompted Trump to deploy the National Guard and the U.S. Marines.
"It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence," Ocasio-Cortez wrote. "They are in charge."
Rioters have been seen throwing rocks on police cars and at police while one violent individual was caught on video pelting several moving law enforcement vehicles in Paramount, California, as they drove past him.
A protester waves the Mexican flag in front of a burning Waymo vehicle during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
The president and his allies, meanwhile, maintain that he acted boldly and that the situation would have escalated further had he not done so.
"If our troops didn’t go into Los Angeles, it would be burning to the ground right now, just like so much of their housing burned to the ground," Trump posted to Truth Social on Wednesday morning. "The great people of Los Angeles are very lucky that I made the decision to go in and help!!!"
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