The optics for California Democrats—particularly far-left Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom—have turned negative. Their characterization of the riots as "mostly peaceful" is increasingly being contradicted by viral X footage of looting, vehicle fires, and street-level chaos. Public sentiment appears to be shifting, with growing scrutiny on the role of well-funded far-left NGOs allegedly involved in organizing the unrest.
On
Tuesday night, Mayor Bass was forced to impose a curfew on downtown Los
Angeles—a move that stands in stark contrast to earlier claims from
California Democrats that the protests were "mostly peaceful."
CNN- “Mostly peaceful protesters”
— Tandy (@dantypo) June 9, 2025
ABC- Hold my beer
“A bunch of people having fun watching cars burn”
pic.twitter.com/lVvrKk8iIx
Meanwhile,
a federal judge denied California's request for an immediate
restraining order that would temporarily prohibit the Trump
administration from using the Marines and the National Guard in the
state.
🚨JUST IN: Judge Breyer has DENIED Newsom's emergency motion to block Trump's deployment of the National Guard, opting to set a hearing for Thursday. pic.twitter.com/S4CXuZFDod
— Tony Kinnett (@TheTonus) June 10, 2025
About 700 Marines have been activated to assist federal personnel and property and join the 2,100 members of the California National Guard who are boots on the ground in securing the L.A. metro area.
On Wednesday morning, Attorney General Pam Bondi addressed reporters in the White House driveway about the Trump administration's decision to deploy Marines and National Guard troops to stop the social unrest sparked by far-left NGOs.
"Right now, we're the ones keeping California safe. If Gavin Newsom won't do it — we will," Bondi told reporters.
Bondi continued, "Today we wanted them to declare - they didn't declare an economic disaster with all the businesses affected by the unrest, which would've allowed the US Small Business Administration to come in and help and give federal aid to all these businesses."
"We've all seen the news—drugstores being robbed, looted, even the Apple Store just got hit. We're watching this unfold live," Bondi said, adding, "And to me, this isn't just looting—we're applying the Hobbs Act. We're treating it as robbery to protect Californians. If you loot a store, we're charging you with robbery under the Hobbs Act. That carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison," she said.
More critically, Bondi's team—alongside FBI Director Kash Patel—must launch a thorough investigation into the rogue far-left NGOs that are providing organizational or logistical support for these riots. Equally important is examining whether these NGO-linked color revolutions are being influenced or financed by foreign actors with the intent of destabilizing the nation from within.
Take this poll for whatever it's worth...
Do you approve Trump's national guard deployment
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) June 10, 2025
Yes 59% (+20)
No 39%
Insider advantage #A - 1000 LV - 6/10
The core objective of any color revolution is to shift public sentiment, but in the Democrats' informational war against Trump, that shift has yet to materialize. In fact, polling trends are moving in the opposite direction!
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LA MAYOR: "I have declared a local emergency & issued a curfew for downtown Los Angeles."
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 11, 2025
"Last night, there were 23 businesses that were looted."
"Law enforcement will arrest individuals who break the curfew." pic.twitter.com/N9V3DsB5GQ
The curfew will extend from 8 pm to 6 am and will extend for several days.
But before anyone gets ideas that this was a sincere gesture meant to protect the lives of innocent civilians, keep in mind that the mayor explicitly wanted to highlight just how contained the curfew zone will be. It will apply to the area of downtown from the 5 Freeway to the 110 Freeway and from the 10 Freeway to where the 110 Freeway and the 5 Freeway merge, Bass said. In other words, see - the rest of LA is perfectly safe. Well, we'll see.
The mayor made the announcement Tuesday evening after suggesting earlier in the day that she would consider a curfew if violence broke out again. It did.
The curfew comes as arrests have increased every night since protests began in response to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Southern California.
No one was arrested by Los Angeles police on Friday night, but 27 were arrested Saturday, 40 were arrested Sunday, and 114 were arrested Monday, according to Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell. Some would call it a wave of escalating peace.
Bass and other elected officials in Los Angeles have repeatedly asked protesters to remain nonviolent and refrain from spray-painting graffiti or otherwise vandalizing or burglarizing businesses. But each morning, new, often explicit, graffiti has adorned buildings across downtown. Oh, and of course, the looting did not help to demonstrate just how peaceful the illegal LA immigrant communist are.
So to summarize leftist governance:
- Let rioters rage
- Call it “peace”
- Impose curfews to protect your narrative, not your citizens
And when reality contradicts ideology, they don’t change policies—they change the vocabulary. “Mostly peaceful” is the mask they put on urban ruin.