Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Donald Trump caused riots and chaos, he must be held accountable
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, in an interview with Fox News Digital, blamed President Donald Trump for the riots and chaos in Los Angeles. Cortez claimed that Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are taking measured action intended to cause chaos and unrest throughout the United States. Cortez argued that it didn’t make sense to punish people, who are not in charge of the country, for the rioters’ actions.
From Fox News:
Ocasio-Cortez, who is seen as a leading figure in the Democratic Party and a possible 2028 presidential candidate, told Fox News Digital the Trump administration needs to be held accountable for what she described as intentionally stoking unrest leading to the Los Angeles riots.
“Everyone is seeing all of this chaos unfold in Los Angeles, and we really need to have accountability for the administration that has decided to intentionally uncork this chaos. The Trump administration owns this,” she said.
“Donald Trump and Stephen Miller know that when you violently raid elementary schools, Home Depots and start ripping kids out of people’s arms that it’s going to create and stoke social chaos,” she said. “Donald Trump knowingly is doing this. He is knowingly provoking chaos and, at the end of the day, he has to answer for everything that has happened.”
She went on to say that it “doesn’t make any sense” to punish those who are not in charge of the country for the rioters’ actions.
“I don’t know where this whole thing comes from, where this administration is intentionally creating chaos and then somehow it’s the people who aren’t in charge that have to answer for it,” she said. “We need to hold the leaders [accountable] who are making this chaos and creating this chaos.”
Earlier this week, Ocasio-Cortez attempted to downplay the rioting in Los Angeles, saying on the social media platform Bluesky that Democrats do not need to “answer for every teen who throws a rock” and that her party was falling into a Republican trap by trying to explain why parts of the city had gone up in flames.
Additional Reading:
Pinedo, P. (2025, June 12). Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
WATCH: AOC blames Trump for LA riots, says his administration ‘owns this’. Fox News. Link.
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