Hey folks,
I joined NewsNation on air as images from Los Angeles filled the screen—fires, clashes, chaos—and the predictable question followed: Don’t these pictures hurt Democrats? My answer is still yes and no. People hate disorder in the streets, full stop. But they also understand what lights the fuse.
What we’re watching is what happens when immigration policy is driven by provocation instead of precision. When enforcement becomes indiscriminate, when due process gets tossed aside, and when tragedy follows, anger doesn’t just disappear—it spills out. None of that excuses attacking police officers or burning cities. Anyone who puts their hands on a cop should face the full force of the law. Period.
But leadership matters on both ends. Condemning violence while refusing to change the policies that sparked it isn’t leadership—it’s avoidance. The fastest way to calm the streets isn’t more rhetoric; it’s a reset: targeted enforcement focused on violent criminals, warrants and due process, and a real pathway to citizenship for people who’ve built lives here and followed the rules.
Americans don’t want open borders. They also don’t want chaos, cruelty, or government power run amok. The political fight right now is over who can land in that common-sense middle—and who keeps running past it.
—Mike
