Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., stated during a press encounter on Wednesday that he had not heard any of his fellow Democratic Party members refer to the ongoing anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles as ‘peaceful,’ despite several party members using the term to describe the demonstrations. During the encounter, the reporter asked him whether he condemned the ongoing protests, which some have described as riots. Durbin responded that he condemned violence, regardless of where it occurred.
Despite Durbin’s claim of not hearing any party members refer to the protests as ‘peaceful,’ several Democrats have used the term to describe the demonstrations. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., stated on Sunday’s