Harris ripped for 'appalling' LA ICE raids statement placing blame on Trump: 'The country dodged a bullet'

Former Vice President Kamala Harris was slammed by conservatives connected societal media aft she issued a connection connected the anti-ICE riots successful Los Angeles, blaming the Trump medication and calling the unrest "overwhelmingly peaceful." 

"Los Angeles is my home," Harris posted Sunday arsenic riots had breached retired crossed the metropolis for respective days, led by protesters upset with national agents arresting amerciable immigrants successful the city, prompting the Trump medication to nonstop successful the National Guard. 

"And similar truthful galore Americans, I americium appalled astatine what we are witnessing connected the streets of our city," she said. "Deploying the National Guard is simply a unsafe escalation meant to provoke chaos. In summation to the caller ICE raids successful Southern California and crossed our nation, it is portion of the Trump Administration's cruel, calculated docket to dispersed panic and division."

Harris added that the Trump medication is not acrophobic about "public safety" but alternatively "stoking fear."

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris was wide mocked connected societal media by conservatives implicit her effect to the LA anti-ICE riots. (Getty)

"Protest is simply a almighty instrumentality — indispensable successful the combat for justice. And arsenic the LAPD, Mayor, and Governor person noted, demonstrations successful defence of our migrant neighbors person been overwhelmingly peaceful," Harris said. "I proceed to enactment the millions of Americans who are lasting up to support our astir cardinal rights and freedoms."

Harris’ comments were instantly criticized by conservatives online and by Trump officials. 

"The state truly dodged a slug successful November," Fox News contributor Guy Benson posted connected X. 

In different post, Benson added, "Their authoritative presumption is that they’re appalled by what’s happening successful Los Angeles…because of Trump and ICE, not the convulsive rioters. In its existent form, this enactment cannot beryllium salvaged."

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Police officers are enveloped successful a unreality of fume from teardrop state and percussion grenades portion guarding a road on-ramp during a protestation against national migration sweeps successful downtown Los Angeles connected June 8, 2025. (Omar Younis/Reuters)

"Thank you, America, for employing encephalon cells and rejecting this woman’s quest to go president of the United States," Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich posted connected X. 

Others, including the blimpish influencer relationship LibsofTikTok, took contented with Harris calling the unrest "mostly peaceful" by responding with pictures of rioters burning cars and attacking instrumentality enforcement. 

"No surprise[sic] that the astir incompetent Vice President successful past stands with the amerciable alien rioters," GOP Sen. Tom Cotton posted connected X. 

White House main lawman property caput Harrison Fields responded connected X by saying, "America’s statement" on with a photograph showing the gains President Donald Trump made crossed the state successful the November 2024 election. 

"No 1 is funny successful your opinion," Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Leo Terrell posted connected X. 

"President Trump didn’t commencement these riots," California GOP gubernatorial campaigner and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco posted connected X.  "He’s not retired determination lighting cars connected fire, hurling projectiles astatine instrumentality enforcement oregon blocking freeways. This connection is an embarrassment and does thing to diffuse the convulsive riots taking spot crossed the city."

"The Democrats and their ‘leaders’ ain this."

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Then-Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a run rally connected Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 astatine the PNC Music Pavilion successful Charlotte, North Carolina. (Jacquelyn Martin/The Associated Press)

Steve Hilton, a Fox News contributor besides moving for California politician arsenic a Republican, posted connected X, "In this appalling connection you are siding with convulsive criminals implicit California  communities; rioters implicit instrumentality enforcement; amerciable immigrants implicit ineligible immigrants and American citizens."

"You are a pandering instrumentality person who should ne'er clasp nationalist bureau again."

White House lawman property caput Abigail Jackson posted connected X, "We each cognize you enactment lawless, violent, amerciable alien rioters. That’s wherefore you mislaid truthful severely successful November. Back to irrelevancy you go!"

Fox News Digital reached retired to Harris’ bureau for remark but did not person a reply. 

Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to the metropolis successful an effort to quell immoderate of the unrest, overmuch to the dismay of Democratic officials.

The convulsive protests erupted arsenic ICE officials carried retired plans to region individuals illegally residing successful the left-wing city, which dubbed itself a "sanctuary" for amerciable immigrants successful November 2024 earlier Trump was sworn backmost into the Oval Office successful January. 

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Demonstrators protestation extracurricular a downtown jailhouse successful Los Angeles pursuing 2 days of clashes with constabulary during a bid of migration raids connected June 8, 2025. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

ICE raids began Friday, with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issuing a connection supporting amerciable immigrants successful the metropolis and bucking the Trump administration's deportation efforts. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom likewise criticized ICE efforts, branding the migration raids "chaotic and reckless." 

"Continued chaotic national sweeps, crossed California, to conscionable an arbitrary apprehension quota are arsenic reckless arsenic they are cruel," a connection from the politician read. "Donald Trump’s chaos is eroding trust, tearing families apart, and undermining the workers and industries that powerfulness America’s economy." 

During the riots, ICE officers were targeted with unit that included throwing rocks and different projectiles on with vandalism successful the signifier of graffiti calling for unit against ICE officers. 

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks shared a photograph of 1 Border Patrol agent's bloody hand, which was injured by a stone flying done the windshield. Federal sources said agents could person been killed by the flying debris and respective officers person been reported arsenic injured during the rioting. 

ICE agents captured the "worst of the worst" transgression amerciable immigrants during Friday operations, including murderers, enactment offenders and different convulsive criminals, the bureau said Sunday. 

Los Angeles County Sheriffs basal during a protestation successful Compton, California, connected Saturday, June 7, 2025 aft national migration authorities conducted operations. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

About 45 radical were arrested crossed respective locations, including 2 Home Depot stores, a store successful the manner territory and a doughnut shop.

"Why bash Governor Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass attraction much astir convulsive murderers and enactment offenders than they bash astir protecting their ain citizens?" asked Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.

"These rioters successful Los Angeles are warring to support rapists, murderers, and different convulsive criminals escaped connected Los Angeles streets," she said. "Instead of rioting, they should beryllium thanking ICE officers each azygous time who aftermath up and marque our communities safer."

Fox News Digital's Taylor Penley, Emma Colton, Greg Wehner and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.