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Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has erstwhile again emerged arsenic the his party's "voice of reason" aft helium denounced the Los Angeles riots for their "anarchy and existent chaos" and Democratic colleagues effort to qualify the anti-ICE riots arsenic "peaceful protests."
"John Fetterman is erstwhile again a dependable of crushed wrong the Democrat party," University of Pennsylvania grad Eyal Yakoby, who has often spoken to the media astir antisemitism connected assemblage campuses since 2023, posted to X Monday.
Fetterman issued a beardown connection connected X Monday evening denouncing the riots successful Los Angeles and included a now-infamous photograph showing a rioter lasting connected a car portion waving the Mexican emblem surrounded by raging flames.
"I unapologetically basal for escaped speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that," Fetterman posted. "This is anarchy and existent chaos. My enactment loses the motivation precocious crushed erstwhile we garbage to condemn mounting cars connected fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting instrumentality enforcement."
A protester places debris successful a occurrence arsenic Border Patrol unit successful riot cogwheel and state masks basal defender extracurricular an concern parkland successful Paramount, Calif., June 7, 2025. (Eric Thayer/The Associated Press)
The connection received beardown enactment among conservatives who person balked astatine Democrats attempting to represent the riots arsenic peaceful and lone turning convulsive and chaotic erstwhile President Donald Trump activated the National Guard implicit the weekend.
"We conservatives were incorrect astir John Fetterman," 1 societal media commenter posted, referring to however conservatives were speedy to denounce Fetterman's 2022 Senate run. "He seems to beryllium the lone dependable of crushed connected the near astatine this point."
"You are invited to travel to the winning broadside similar the remainder of us…" comedian Rosenne Barr responded.
"He is 💯 correct. As I person ever said, anyone who engages successful this benignant of conduct, whether successful LA, successful Minneapolis, successful Portland, oregon connected January 6th should beryllium arrested and prosecuted," New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler responded. "Causing violence, carnal harm oregon harm is unacceptable and cannot beryllium tolerated."
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has repeatedly bucked the Democratic Party. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
"Why aren’t much democrats saying this?" Republican Minnesota person Joe Teirab posted. "To me, this is evident and communal sense."
"Senator John Fetterman should pb the Democrat party," another relationship posted.
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"Sen. Fetterman appears to beryllium the lone salient Democrat to denounce the rioting. Everybody other is arsenic quiescent arsenic a rodent (or arsenic a clenched fist). Didn't they archer america that ‘Silence is Violence’?" another wrote.
"True," erstwhile Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker posted successful effect to Fetterman's message.
"Once again, my person @JohnFetterman is simply telling the truth," Republican Alabama Sen. Katie Britt posted successful response.
A car burns connected Atlantic Boulevard during a standoff betwixt protesters and instrumentality enforcement aft aggregate detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement successful the Los Angeles County metropolis of Paramount, Calif., June 7, 2025. (Barbara Davidson/Reuters)
This is acold from the archetypal clip Fetterman has recovered himself being praised by conservatives and emblematic critics of the Democratic Party. Fetterman was among a fistful of Democrats to denounce anti-Israel protests that took implicit assemblage campuses aft warfare broke retired successful Israel successful 2023. He praised Trump for ending the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran and re-imposing sanctions against the federation successful 2018.
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President Donald Trump and Sen. Fetterman (Scott Olson/Getty Images)/Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images))
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Fetterman was vocal astir Democratic missteps during the 2024 statesmanlike election, remarking successful the lead-up to Election Day that Trump enactment successful the Keystone State was "astonishing" and condemning Democrats who slammed Trump arsenic a "fascist" aft the election.
Conservatives are praising Fetterman arsenic the Democrats navigate their aboriginal aft a disastrous 2024 predetermination rhythm that saw Joe Biden exiting the contention with conscionable implicit 100 days near successful the rhythm and Kamala Harris launching a truncated statesmanlike run that failed to rally enactment against Trump's bid.
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Fox News Digital reached retired to Fetterman's bureau for further remark connected the substance but did not instantly person a reply.
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