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John Fetterman and Bill Maher agree chaos in LA and Dem reaction to
riots will be 'good for Trump'
(But most Democrat leaders are just SO DUMB that they can't
help themselves!)
The Democratic senator said in cases like this he wonders what 'the
people in Scranton' might think
By Marc Tamasco Fox News
Published June 14, 2025 11:59am EDT
Sen. John Fetterman and Bill Maher agree Democrats defending LA riots
will be 'good for Trump'
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and "Real Time" host Bill Maher agreed on
Friday that the optics of Democrats defending the anti-ICE protests in
Los Angeles will be "good for Trump" as scenes of chaos from the riots
continue to go viral on social media.
Maher noted that some on the left condemned Fetterman after he denounced
the violence happening in the streets of Los Angeles and agreed that "it doesn't do the Democratic Party any good to defend" the violent protests.
Fetterman issued a strong message on X Monday evening denouncing the
riots in L.A. and included a now-infamous photo showing a rioter
standing on a car while waving the Mexican flag surrounded by raging flames.
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Sen. John Fetterman and LA riot split image
Fetterman told Maher that Americans don't want to see Los Angeles "on
fire twice in just six months now," noting that these optics won't play
well for Democrats. ((Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)(Photo by
Jay L Clendenin/Getty Images))
"I agree. When they see it in a campaign ad, when they see the guy with
the Mexican flag and the Waymo burning behind him, it's going to be good
for Trump," said Maher.
Fetterman concurred, noting that most Americans don’t want to see Los
Angeles "on fire twice in just six months now."
Reflecting on the political impact of such imagery, he asked, "And those optics, I just run that through — like what's the people in Scranton
might see those kinds of images and those kinds of videos?"
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Maher then emphasized that Fetterman’s views on free speech and
immigration still align with core Democratic values, and those who are
calling him out are doing so because he's not a "progressive," adding
that "we don't even know what these terms mean" in today's political
climate.
Bill Maher and John Fetterman
Fetterman told Maher that he doesn't feel that his values have changed —
but rather the Democratic Party itself has.
The "Real Time" host said that he sees himself as an "old-school
Democrat," to which Fetterman agreed.
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"That's the thing," Fetterman replied. "It's like your values — I don't
think have changed — I know mine haven't really changed. But I think our party has changed and now if you actually kind of point out and call out
a lot of these things, you know, you do take a political price for a lot
of those things."
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