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BumRushDaShow

(153,948 posts)
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:09 PM 7 hrs ago

Stephen Miller Calls Los Angeles Anti-ICE Protests An 'Insurrection'

Source: Huff Post/Reuters

Jun 7, 2025, 04:17 PM EDT


WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - Senior White House aide Stephen Miller on Saturday condemned protests in downtown Los Angeles against federal immigration raids as an “insurrection” against the United States.

Helmeted police in riot gear engaged in a tense confrontation with protesters on Friday night after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducted enforcement operations in the city and arrested at least 44 people on immigration violations. “An insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States,” Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, wrote on X.

Miller, an immigration hardliner, was responding to video footage on X showing a large number of people protesting in downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said it had not made any arrests related to the demonstration.
FBI deputy director Dan Bongino posted on X that they were reviewing evidence from the protests.

“We are working with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice,” Bongino said. “The Right to assemble and protest does not include a license to attack law enforcement officers, or to impede and obstruct our lawful immigration operations.”

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-miller-ice-los-angeles_n_68449d3ee4b0bd66362287db



He's trying to encourage them to instigate a situation where they can invoke the "Insurrection Act" and declare martial law.
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Stephen Miller Calls Los Angeles Anti-ICE Protests An 'Insurrection' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago OP
He wants to do a Kent State. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #1
He wants martial law across the country. Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #2
Yes. And will kill protesters on sight. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #3
I'm sure the right wing instigators are out in force there. hadEnuf 5 hrs ago #17
Miller is quite capable of what you describe. Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #21
I hope not. I hope the protesters keep their heads. hadEnuf 5 hrs ago #25
People are very upset about the Nazi Gestapo invading their towns. Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #26
I said back in march Javaman 4 hrs ago #33
You are looking more and more right on. Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #34
He wants to far surpass Kent State. TomSlick 4 hrs ago #36
I totally agree Tom. Irish_Dem 4 hrs ago #40
He wants martial alw jmbar2 7 hrs ago #4
Defined k_buddy762 7 hrs ago #5
Its an invasion of a masked military force. Historic NY 6 hrs ago #6
Such a spiteful little man. Qutzupalotl 6 hrs ago #7
hem, what was jan 6? AllaN01Bear 6 hrs ago #8
My ass. Ollie Garkie 6 hrs ago #9
*any* public opposition looks like an insurrection to Herr Goebbels DBoon 6 hrs ago #11
Keep trying dickhead. Until we kacekwl 6 hrs ago #10
Miller liberalgunwilltravel 6 hrs ago #12
Miller should be arrested and tried for ..... Butterflylady 6 hrs ago #13
Well, Goebbels and his wife committed suicide at the end..... Prof. Toru Tanaka 6 hrs ago #15
Steven Miller is beginning to se the handwriting on the wall Sessuch 5 hrs ago #24
"Law enforcement officers?" The Blue Flower 6 hrs ago #14
Sadly this all has one very obvious end point jgmiller 6 hrs ago #16
The GOP have acted like they are some kind of warriors for their right wing causes. hadEnuf 5 hrs ago #19
Rightstag Iamscrewed 5 hrs ago #18
Reichstag Fire and the resulting Ermchtigungs Gesetz Pachamama 1 hr ago #48
We need to be careful atreides1 5 hrs ago #20
Fuck Miller orangecrush 5 hrs ago #31
The next democratic president Puppyjive 5 hrs ago #22
I, for one, DENVERPOPS 5 hrs ago #23
And Martial Law gives him cause to suspend elections until further notice? 70sEraVet 4 hrs ago #32
Did his wife run off with Musk? No wonder he is cranky Srkdqltr 5 hrs ago #27
We have no idea if masked men with no identification are US officials or not. Irish_Dem 5 hrs ago #28
Just in case no one has really noticed Picaro 5 hrs ago #29
I'm sorry Figarosmom 4 hrs ago #39
Then go there you Nazi q-tip orangecrush 5 hrs ago #30
Has Miller referred to January 6th; when *rump supporters attacked the House of "We the People" Uncle Joe 4 hrs ago #35
That's why they wear masks and don't show any badge numbers or even wear uniforms IronLionZion 4 hrs ago #37
Of course he does Figarosmom 4 hrs ago #38
Insurrections are legal now, aren't they you sadistic punk. travelingthrulife 3 hrs ago #41
It's not an insurrection and will never be. Eko 3 hrs ago #42
STEPHEN MILLER IS A FUCKING NAZI YoshidaYui 2 hrs ago #43
Riots? Insurrection? 3825-87867 2 hrs ago #44
What a field day for the heat. LudwigPastorius 2 hrs ago #45
PIssed off incel Sailingdiver 1 hr ago #46
These guys (Trump et al) Dyedinthewoolliberal 1 hr ago #47
Bat Boy is describing the current US government. dchill 1 hr ago #49
The wannabe Goebbels / Eichmann The Wizard 23 min ago #50
Steve MIller's wife prefers getting schlonged by a guy with a deformed Wingus Dingus 19 min ago #51

hadEnuf

(3,230 posts)
17. I'm sure the right wing instigators are out in force there.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:23 PM
5 hrs ago

Vermin shit like Miller are just salivating at the thought of an "incident" where they can put tanks in the streets. It's not a stretch to think that they will create one. We've already got Proud Boys with badges and guns roaming around in armored personnel vehicles grabbing brown people off the streets.

The "assassination" attempt on Trump, that more and more people are seeing as staged, just shows what lengths these scum fascists will go to.



Irish_Dem

(70,495 posts)
21. Miller is quite capable of what you describe.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:39 PM
5 hrs ago

He is one of the most evil members of the Trump Crime Syndicate.

Yes I assume there are Miller and Russian instigators.

Yes the masked men are Proud Boys pardoned by Trump.
They are untrained criminals.

There is going to be a tragedy soon I fear.

hadEnuf

(3,230 posts)
25. I hope not. I hope the protesters keep their heads.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:51 PM
5 hrs ago

But tensions are starting to run high.

Irish_Dem

(70,495 posts)
26. People are very upset about the Nazi Gestapo invading their towns.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:55 PM
5 hrs ago

And the masked armed ICE nazis are untrained, arrogant and violent.

Along with probable Russian/GOP agitators.

We know this is not a good combination

Javaman

(63,959 posts)
33. I said back in march
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:37 PM
4 hrs ago

Between 3 and 6 months from now, the orange asshole will order his thugs to fire in protesters

We at inching closer to it every day

Irish_Dem

(70,495 posts)
34. You are looking more and more right on.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:41 PM
4 hrs ago

Masked, untrained, arrogant, violent proud boys.
Angry and fed up protestors.
With Miller and Russian agitators.
And a dictator who wants total power and control.

Recipe for disaster.

TomSlick

(12,440 posts)
36. He wants to far surpass Kent State.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:05 PM
4 hrs ago

Kent State occurred because untrained National Guards men were sent in to confront protesters.

Stephen Miller wants the feds to take over California. At a minimum, Miller wants the Gestapo to shot a lot more people than were shot at Kent State.

Irish_Dem

(70,495 posts)
40. I totally agree Tom.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:12 PM
4 hrs ago

What the evil ones have planned will make Kent State look quite tame.

God help us.
No one else will.

jmbar2

(6,908 posts)
4. He wants martial alw
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:17 PM
7 hrs ago

Damn! I am so proud of the protesters. And so many are women, out there getting hit over and over again with tear gas. They demonstrate so much strength combined with restraint.

Qutzupalotl

(15,359 posts)
7. Such a spiteful little man.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:30 PM
6 hrs ago

We (correctly) accused his side of an insurrection, so he accuses our side of the same thing. It’s a kind of trolling.

kacekwl

(8,314 posts)
10. Keep trying dickhead. Until we
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:37 PM
6 hrs ago

break into the White House and drag all you traitorous jackoffs out for hanging it won't be an insurrection.

Butterflylady

(4,429 posts)
13. Miller should be arrested and tried for .....
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:52 PM
6 hrs ago

Inciting an insurrection. He thinks he's a big cheese now, but just wait till f47 is taken down and he will be, then what will do ?

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,625 posts)
15. Well, Goebbels and his wife committed suicide at the end.....
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:13 PM
6 hrs ago

but I wouldn’t wish any ills on his family. Magda and Josef Goebbels poisoned their children before they took cyanide themselves.

The Blue Flower

(5,900 posts)
14. "Law enforcement officers?"
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 05:53 PM
6 hrs ago

Without ID or uniforms, how does anyone know who they are? Prove they're yours, Miller.

jgmiller

(564 posts)
16. Sadly this all has one very obvious end point
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:16 PM
6 hrs ago

Someone said Miller wants another Kent State, no what Miller wants is a Kent State X 100 and I'm afraid that is what is going to happen.

What happens once that happens decides if we survive as a democracy or not. I'd like to think that it would wake up some of the GOP in congress to realize what must be done to save the country. Unfortunately I think the more likely scenario is they will become even more intidimated which is exactly what Miller and the others want.

hadEnuf

(3,230 posts)
19. The GOP have acted like they are some kind of warriors for their right wing causes.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:29 PM
5 hrs ago

But they are cowards at heart and are winding up as hostages themselves. The monster is loose because of them and the monster will turn against them in a second.

Congratulations, you traitorous assholes.

Iamscrewed

(361 posts)
18. Rightstag
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:28 PM
5 hrs ago

My spelling may not be right but we've known for a long time that is exactly what they're looking for.

atreides1

(16,674 posts)
20. We need to be careful
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:34 PM
5 hrs ago

It's possible that saying anything against Stephen Miller may result in being called an anti-semite!!!

DENVERPOPS

(12,486 posts)
23. I, for one,
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 06:48 PM
5 hrs ago

have been predicting this for months and months...........

I would rather have been wrong in my suspicions that Trump’s Gestapo would try to provoke acting out by the Dems, so he could “justify” enacting the Insurrection Act, ignoring the Posse Comatatus Act, and institute Martial Law with being “Justified” in using the entire U.S. Military against any and all dissenters for his Military Coup takeover of the nation….

I also really fear that is what his June 14th flexing of the military is all about. If the 6,000 soldiers in the Parade are wearing their full battle gear, versus their “Dress” uniforms…... we will know….

I still am in hopes I am wrong, but it is looking more and more every day like Trump's intentions ................

70sEraVet

(4,568 posts)
32. And Martial Law gives him cause to suspend elections until further notice?
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:29 PM
4 hrs ago

Didn't he tell them in a campaign speech, that if they voted for him this time, they would never have to vote again?

Picaro

(2,016 posts)
29. Just in case no one has really noticed
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:04 PM
5 hrs ago

Steve Miller is a very dangerous individual. He is driving the policy that is being carried out.

He desperately wants his Reichstag moment so that he can get Trump to declare martial law and suspend habeus corpus.

He already said so.

Not sure how we get out of this without actual insurrection.

Uncle Joe

(61,879 posts)
35. Has Miller referred to January 6th; when *rump supporters attacked the House of "We the People"
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 07:48 PM
4 hrs ago

as Miller tried to overturn the voice of the American people by denying their votes as an insurrection?

Miller's lies almost cost *rump's former Vice-President his life.

(snip)

The House investigation found that after the call between Miller and Trump the morning of January 6, Miller added in “POTUS edits” to Trump’s Ellipse speech that included a mention of then-Vice President Mike Pence having the ability to overturn the election result – a power Pence himself believed he didn’t have.

“We will see whether Mike Pence enters history as a truly great and courageous leader. All he has to do is refer the illegally-submitted electoral votes back to the states,” the draft read. Another White House adviser then asked Miller to remove the Pence reference from the speech’s text. Pence and Trump then had an angry phone call, and the speechwriting team reinserted a line about Pence.

Criminal investigators from the special counsel’s office have been pursuing questions about Trump’s pressure campaign on Pence, and they’re securing testimony about it from a number of witnesses in recent weeks. Pence himself could testify as soon as this week.

The grand jury proceedings are secret, and the special counsel’s office hasn’t filed any charges.

(snip)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/11/politics/stephen-miller-testifying-grand-jury


IronLionZion

(49,033 posts)
37. That's why they wear masks and don't show any badge numbers or even wear uniforms
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:07 PM
4 hrs ago

no consequences for any of these ICE goons.

Eko

(9,320 posts)
42. It's not an insurrection and will never be.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 08:28 PM
3 hrs ago

But if you keep pushing you will see something indeed.

Sailingdiver

(245 posts)
46. PIssed off incel
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:01 PM
1 hr ago

Who gives a rip what that goofy incel says. He's as dumb as the rest of the cult.

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(16,111 posts)
47. These guys (Trump et al)
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:01 PM
1 hr ago

are slowly convincing me I may (speaking of rights) exercise my Second Amendment right................... insurrection my ass.

dchill

(42,511 posts)
49. Bat Boy is describing the current US government.
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:18 PM
1 hr ago

That's all. Projection on steroids. Trying to set up martial "law."

The Wizard

(13,186 posts)
50. The wannabe Goebbels / Eichmann
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 11:59 PM
23 min ago

Is the current face of the Trump cartel. Really just a talking penis.

Wingus Dingus

(9,026 posts)
51. Steve MIller's wife prefers getting schlonged by a guy with a deformed
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 12:03 AM
19 min ago

and malfunctioning weenie, that's gotta sting.

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