As violent mobs continued to wreak havoc in the streets of Los Angeles this weekend, President Donald Trump sent a clear message to the American people: the days of tolerating leftist anarchy in American cities are over.
Speaking to reporters on the tarmac in Morristown, New Jersey, before boarding Air Force One, the President was blunt about what he sees on the ground in LA. “There are violent people,” Trump said. “And they’re not gonna get away with it.”
The President’s words came as National Guard units faced off with radical protesters in Los Angeles, where the streets have descended into a dangerous mess thanks to the complete abdication of leadership by the city’s Democrat officials.
While the President is taking action to protect federal property and restore public order, local Democrats have apparently decided that the month of June is better spent celebrating left-wing virtue-signaling festivals than actually governing.
Pride Month parades and banners are being rolled out across the city while violent demonstrators tear apart neighborhoods and attack law enforcement.
The contrast could not be clearer. On one side is President Trump, determined to restore law and order, defend law-abiding Americans, and stop the escalating violence in one of America’s most prominent cities.
On the other side are Democrat politicians who seem more interested in parading rainbow flags and scoring woke points than in keeping their citizens safe. The absurdity of the situation speaks volumes about the modern Democratic Party’s priorities.
The President’s deployment of National Guard troops was entirely necessary, as left-wing agitators in Los Angeles began launching violent protests in response to lawful ICE raids targeting criminal illegal aliens.
As the administration has explained, these protests have nothing to do with protecting innocent immigrants and everything to do with shielding criminal elements from justice.
These are the same radical groups that scream “defund the police” one week and then beg for protection when their own rallies spiral out of control the next.
And where are the Democrat leaders? Busy issuing statements about Pride Month, of course. California Governor Gavin Newsom, who seems far more concerned with promoting leftist identity politics than dealing with the chaos on his own streets, has spent the last several days virtue signaling on social media instead of coordinating an effective law enforcement response.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is following the same script, boasting about rainbow banners at City Hall while her police officers face assaults from violent mobs.
This is the modern Democratic Party: Pride flags flying while storefronts are smashed. Speeches about “love and inclusion” while Molotov cocktails fly through the air.
Calls for tolerance from politicians who can’t even tolerate basic public order. Meanwhile, the only adult in the room is President Trump, who understands that a nation without borders, without laws, and without order is not a nation at all.
As Trump explained on Sunday, the message is simple: those who break the law will be held accountable. His administration is not going to stand by while violent agitators undermine federal immigration enforcement or attack officers simply doing their jobs.
“They’re not gonna get away with it,” Trump said. It is a statement that Americans across the country desperately needed to hear after months of Democrat-run cities tolerating lawlessness in the name of woke politics.
And let’s not ignore the staggering hypocrisy at play here. The same Democrats who plaster their cities with Pride Month slogans and pretend to be champions of tolerance are now openly cheering on mobs trying to obstruct federal law enforcement.
What message does that send to American families trying to raise their children in safe communities? What does it say to law enforcement officers putting their lives on the line when Democrat leaders seem more interested in celebrating the latest progressive cause than backing their own police departments?
The answer is clear: the modern Democratic Party has abandoned the principles of basic governance. They would rather pander to their radical activist base than do the hard work of keeping cities safe and respecting the rule of law.
In their eyes, Pride Month celebrations must go on—even as innocent people are endangered by the violence happening outside their own government buildings.
Thankfully, President Trump refuses to play along with this charade. His administration is acting decisively to support federal law enforcement and restore order in Los Angeles.
National Guard units have already been deployed to protect federal facilities and ensure that ICE operations continue as planned. The President has made it clear that more federal resources will be brought to bear if necessary. In the face of Democrat paralysis, the Trump administration is doing what must be done to uphold the law.
The American people understand what is happening. They see through the left’s virtue-signaling distractions. They know that rainbow banners won’t stop a brick from being thrown through a small business window.
They know that Instagram posts about “love is love” won’t protect ICE officers being attacked by anarchists. They know that the only real solution is leadership committed to enforcing the law and defending the rights of law-abiding citizens.
President Trump has never wavered on this point. From the very start of his political career, he has stood firmly for law and order, border security, and respect for America’s laws.
His actions in Los Angeles are just the latest example of that commitment. While Democrats posture and preen during Pride Month, Trump is actually doing the hard work of protecting American communities.
And the results speak for themselves. In every city where Democrats have allowed radical protests to spiral out of control, it has been federal intervention that ultimately restores stability.
From Portland to Seattle to now Los Angeles, it is President Trump’s leadership—not woke slogans—that brings results. The American people want safe streets, not endless riots disguised as social justice.
They want leaders who stand with law enforcement, not politicians who abandon them in favor of the latest leftist trend.
As this situation continues to unfold, the choice facing America could not be starker. Do we want a nation governed by the rule of law, where all citizens are protected and all laws are enforced?
Or do we want cities where Pride parades take precedence over public safety, and where Democrat leaders refuse to confront violent mobs in their own streets?
President Trump has already made his choice clear. He stands for the American people, for law enforcement, and for the principles that make this country strong.
His actions in Los Angeles are a powerful reminder that real leadership requires courage, not hashtags. It requires standing up to the mob, not pandering to it. It requires prioritizing public safety over progressive virtue-signaling.
In the days ahead, as National Guard units continue their mission in Los Angeles and as federal law enforcement presses forward with necessary immigration operations, Americans should take heart in the fact that President Trump remains committed to restoring law and order. The contrast with Democrat incompetence has never been clearer.
The American people deserve better than the hollow slogans and empty gestures of the left. They deserve the strong leadership and unwavering commitment that President Trump continues to deliver. And no amount of rainbow flags or woke distractions will change that simple truth.