Posted on 06/14/2025 10:04:11 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
About 50 U.S. Marines squared off against hundreds of protesters in front of a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, with the crowd yelling in unison for them to go home.
The Marines had been sent to the city by U.S. President Donald Trump along with federalized members of the California National Guard earlier this week over the objections of the state governor and the city's mayor, as anger over immigration raids drew thousands of demonstrators into the streets.
Jesus Arias, a Los Angeles-based attorney, was at the front of the crowd with a bullhorn, working to convince the Marines to abandon their post.
"We are not your enemy, we are the people!" Arias said into the bullhorn as the Marines looked on. "You are breaking the oaths you took to be Marines. Wake up! Wake up!"
California Governor Gavin Newsom and local leaders have called Trump's move an inflammatory provocation for the protests over the past week - demonstrations that the local sheriff on Friday said were 99% peaceful, with a only a handful of people engaged in violence and vandalism.
Trump summoned 700 Marines from California who were trained to help in the L.A. mission, including de-escalation and crowd control.
The deployment sparked a debate about the use of the military on U.S. soil given Marines are trained for conflicts around the world rather than at home, but the Trump administration has defended its move by citing the need to maintain law and order. Trump, who is carrying out a campaign promise to deport illegal immigrants, has argued that Los Angeles would have burned down if he had not acted quickly.
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No, Jesus Arias IS THE ENEMY.
I have a better idea: instead of the Marines leaving Hell-A, why don’t the illegal aliens leave America!
True.
And “Jesus” wept...
Some activist judge will try to have the Marines locked up.
Trump only has until mid week to see if the temporary ruling allowing him the right to send the National Guard and troops during the rioters threatening federal buildings and employees is upheld. Otherwise the little judges win again.
The illegals want the Marines to leave.
The irony. Thick, it is.
I refuse to call a Mexican “Jesus”.
Something tells me, they won’t leave.
Y’all still don’t get it. The illegals didn’t organize or fund this. They are just pawns.
This is the Communist Party, globalists, and all the useful idiots they roped in.
The marines, working as the National Guard, were not breaking the Constitution.
“I refuse to call a Mexican “Jesus”.
You would’t call a Mexican that…..it’s pronounced “Hey soos”
No they aren't. I and they took an oath to obey the orders of their superiors, and to protect the constitution. This dufus is asking them to violate that oath.
Trump came out for amnesty this week.
Are you sure?
From the halls of Montezuma
To the streets of East LA...
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He went on about illegals who have been working here for 20 years in farming and hospitality that the employers don’t want to give up—so we are “going to have to do something about it”. Then two days later, over the weekend, he put a pause on immigration enforcement in those sectors.
It’s on video. He actually claimed that if we didn’t let those employers keep their illegals, they’d have to replace them with violent gang illegals. He said we were going to “protect our farmers” through, he didn’t use the word, but amnesty.
“ About 50 U.S. Marines squared off against hundreds of protesters in front of a federal building ….”
So, it worked.
“Trump came out for amnesty this week.”
Hmmmm, it could/might be construed as an alignment with the UFW, which... there are misgivings concerning affiliations with Marxist efforts.
The smart move would be to infiltrate the 7FW and monitor the situation on the ground if it isn’t already so. It would certainly be strikingly remiss if it wasn’t.
That is sad in a way, but we can work on them after we get rid of the rottenest of apples.
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