Bulwark Takes Could The Rage after LA Defeat Trump or Embolden Him?
Jun 9, 2025
Intense protests erupt in Los Angeles as Trump ramps up mass deportations, causing tensions to soar with the National Guard's deployment. The hosts explore whether such demonstrations truly challenge Trump's policies or risk empowering him further. Personal anecdotes reveal their discomfort with protests while questioning the societal pressure to engage. They discuss the fine line between inspiring change and chaos in protest movements, and the long-term implications of political controversies on grassroots mobilization among Republicans.
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Protests: Impact Varies Greatly
- Protest movements can create real change, like the civil rights movement or Solidarity in Poland.
- However, many protests like Occupy or some Black Lives Matter events didn't achieve clear outcomes and can be counterproductive.
Perfect Protests Don't Exist
- Perfectly peaceful protests are unrealistic; some violence is inevitable due to scale.
- Insisting on perfect protests means rejecting all protests, which is not practical.
Tacit Immigration Agreement Broken
- The U.S. had a tacit cultural agreement ignoring many undocumented immigrants.
- Trump's administration broke that, causing backlash when removing entrenched community members.