Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

SNATCHING DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY

Democrats finally had their moment. After months of trying to figure out how best to combat the rapid-pace Trump administration, Elon Musk handed them a victory on a silver platter.

Shortly after departing his role as a special government employee, Musk ripped Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” accused the president of flipping on his campaign promises, and even tacitly alleged Trump is a pedophile.

The public blow-up was red meat for Democrats who had been warning that the Trump-Musk relationship was destined for failure and who focused most of their attacks and protests on the Tesla CEO.

Within a week of Musk’s public blow-up, the Democrats found a way to screw it up again.

Over the weekend, activists took to the streets of LA to block ICE raids of illegal immigrants (the raids picked up child molesters, rapists, drug traffickers, and domestic abusers, among others). The situation quickly turned violent, with rioters physically blocking ICE agents, setting cars on fire, throwing rocks at law enforcement vehicles, blocking highways, and committing acts of vandalism.

Trump sent in 2,000 National Guardsmen, decrying the tepid local response that allowed riots to swell.

Instead of keeping their mouths shut and letting the “adults in the room” handle the chaos, Democrats quickly reminded everyone why they lost the 2024 election. They chose to side with the rioters and illegal immigrants waving Mexican flags on American soil.

Democrats blamed ICE and Trump — apparently the only two entities concerned with upholding the law — with fanning the flames started by the pro-illegal protesters.

“If you dial back time and go to Friday, if immigration raids had not happened here, we would not have had the disorder that went on last night,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said.

Okay, so we can’t detain illegal immigrants because they might riot? Isn’t that an even better reason to get them the hell out of our country?

Former Vice President Kamala Harris, perhaps mulling whether she should send out a link to another bail fund, stated, “Los Angeles is my home. And like so many Americans, I am appalled at what we are witnessing on the streets of our city … Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos.”

“This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted. He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said, adding that he was suing Trump over the deployment of the National Guard.

Newsom’s other statements suggested that the real problem with violent acts being committed is that it “gives Donald Trump the reaction he’s looking for” and fuels “Trump’s flames.” Democrats can’t even say outright that violence is bad without invoking Trump.

Immigration and crime were top issues in the 2024 election. How stupid do you have to be politically to leap to the defense of the exact people American voters said they’ve had enough of?

As a bonus, the Democratic response appears to be driving Musk back into the arms of Trump. The former DOGE chief took a screenshot of one of Trump’s Truth Social posts and shared it on X:

“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!”

AUTHOR

Amber Duke

Senior Editor

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