As violence continues to convulse the streets of Los Angeles, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has entered the national spotlight with a blistering rebuke of former Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing her and Democratic leaders of enabling the chaos and blaming President Trump for a crisis they helped create.
Bianco’s response, delivered in a pointed post on X, came after Harris publicly criticized Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in response to days of violent anti-ICE protests. “President Trump didn’t start these riots. He’s not out there lighting cars on fire, hurling projectiles at law enforcement or blocking freeways,” Bianco wrote. “The Democrats and their ‘leaders’ own this.”
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And, of course, he blames Trump. Pretty clear to see where this is going:
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— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 9, 2025
During her remarks on Sunday, Harris attempted to frame the unrest not as a consequence of ICE raids or radical activism, but as fallout from Trump’s enforcement actions. “Deploying the National Guard is a dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos,” Harris said, arguing that the protests had been “overwhelmingly peaceful”—a claim now widely disputed by law enforcement and independent observers.
The LAPD itself has called the situation “out of control,” with officers repeatedly attacked by commercial-grade fireworks, concrete blocks, and Molotov cocktails. Vehicles have been torched. Federal buildings defaced. Downtown Los Angeles declared an unlawful assembly zone for the first time in years.
Governor Gavin Newsom joined Harris in decrying Trump’s actions, threatening to sue the administration over the troop deployment and accusing the President of “creating the conditions” for civil unrest. Mayor Karen Bass followed suit, saying the administration was “manufacturing a crisis” and attempting to provoke “chaos.”
But for Sheriff Bianco, these narratives fall flat. He’s now leveraging his platform—not just as the top law enforcement official in Riverside County but also as a 2026 gubernatorial candidate—to say what many in law enforcement have been whispering behind closed doors: that Democratic leadership has lost control, and their refusal to support immigration enforcement or federal officers has emboldened lawlessness.
Footage from across Los Angeles paints a sobering picture. Protesters—many wearing masks and flying foreign flags—have been filmed storming freeways, attacking ICE agents, and even setting American flags ablaze. Despite the claims of peaceful protest, the documented damage and rising injuries among law enforcement suggest otherwise.
President Trump, meanwhile, remains resolute. “Looking really bad in L.A. BRING IN THE TROOPS!!!” he posted on Truth Social. He followed it up with a now-viral call to action: “ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!”
