Dramatic footage exhibits a masked protester on a mud bike waving a Mexican flag as he performs donuts round a blazing automotive in Los Angeles throughout the weekend’s riots.
The drone footage of the masked protester went viral after it was shared on X.
Photographs and video from the riots present a number of protesters in Los Angeles waving Mexican flags as they confronted federal brokers.
Observers are saying that overseas flags on the protests give President Trump and Republicans straightforward speaking factors as they take a tough line towards the anti-ICE protesters.
“Insurrectionists carrying foreign flags are attacking immigration enforcement officers, while one half of America’s political leadership has decided that border enforcement is evil,” Vice President JD Vance posted on X late on Saturday.
Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) was amongst those that responded with fury to the viral clip.
“Defund sanctuary jurisdictions. Fund ICE,” she wrote on her private X account.
“Simple message to illegal aliens: leave now. You broke our laws to get here and you will be deported,” Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) wrote on X.
“There’s no confusion anymore. Democrats are putting illegals first and Americans last,” Christian Hernandez from the Nationwide Republican Congressional Committee wrote on X.
Many Democrats had been additionally livid on the protester — saying it offers Trump extra ammunition for a crackdown.
“I swear this guy has to be a Republican plant,” Democrat supporter Armand Domalewski claimed on X.
“This is like the perfect propaganda footage for Trump and Steven Miller. Why do people do this?” Australian political observer Drew Pavlou, wrote in response.
Nationwide Guard troops arrived in Los Angeles early on Sunday morning on the orders of President Trump.
The president introduced that 2,000 troopers could be deployed to the town following protests over raids on undocumented migrants.
At the very least one particular person has been arrested for throwing a Molotov cocktail and wounding three officers, and a number of other others had been detained following the unrest on Saturday, reportedly triggered by ICE raids on Friday.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom branded Trump’s actions “purposefully inflammatory” and claimed it “will only escalate tensions.”
