“This Is Anarchy”: Sen. Fetterman Leads Charge To Break Party Lines

The anti-ICE riots have gotten so out of control that even Left-leaning Members of Congress are finally speaking out. Senator John Fetterman (PA) labeled the Los Angeles protests as “anarchy and true chaos.” He also slammed his party for failing to condemn the violent riots.

Here is what Fetterman posted on X:

I unapologetically stand for free speech, peaceful demonstrations, and immigration—but this is not that.

This is anarchy and true chaos.

My party loses the moral high ground when we refuse to condemn setting cars on fire, destroying buildings, and assaulting law enforcement.

Fetterman has notably been setting distance between himself and his party by defending Israel and condemning the lawfare against President Trump.

Of course, the Pennsylvania Senator’s message is the complete opposite of what the far Left is peddling. Senators like Cory Booker (NJ) are labeling the riots as “peaceful protests,” and California Governor Gavin Newsom filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration for deploying military personnel to stop the carnage.

The far Left is absurdly arguing that lawlessness will cease if ICE agents stop arresting violent illegal immigrants. Of course, President Trump believes otherwise, viewing attempts to block ICE’s mission as a rebellion, thereby empowering him to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and authorize the use of federal troops.

So again, the Left believes we just need “autonomous zones,” where the police have no presence and chaos reigns. We saw cities like Portland and Seattle overrun with rioters during the Summer of Love in 2020. President Trump wants to stop Los Angeles from suffering the same fate.

Fetterman can expect more animosity from the mainstream media based on his comments. When the Senator first started espousing middle-of-the-road views, he was met with articles questioning his mental state. Unfortunately, he’s likely to experience the same vitriol – all because he wants his party to condemn destructive violence.

In ACLJ-related news, we are now defending a family whose daughter, Jenna, a high school student at Carmel High School, was denied her right to host a student Bible club – of course, students at the school are freely allowed to start secular clubs. Jenna’s only “offense” was her desire to share her faith. For that, school officials took extreme measures to silence her.

She had finally received permission to form her Bible club, known as the “Good News Club.” She created posters to announce the club’s upcoming meeting. They included a welcoming message, a handful of well-known Bible verses, a cross, and an invitation for all students to attend. However, the school officials removed the posters from the hallways.

The school’s administrators told Jenna that her posters had “too many Bible verses” and the club could not be called the “Good News Club.” She was forced to change the group’s name and remove any religious imagery from her posters, including a cross and even a single Scripture reference.

So her posters were censored because they were Christian. School officials went so far as to insist on reviewing her posters to determine whether they were too religious.

The ACLJ won the seminal U.S. Supreme Court case 35 years ago defending Bible clubs in Board of Education v. Mergens. We have history on our side in defending students like Jenna.

My dad, ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow who argued that case, elaborated on the ACLJ’s history with Bible clubs:

That decision is almost 35 years old. It was 8-1 in our favor. There was one dissent – it was Justice Stevens. And the Supreme Court said that these Bible clubs have the right to meet on the same terms and conditions as any other club. And let me tell you what a school cannot do. A school cannot go in and review the religious content of the Bible club to determine whether they can have a meeting or not because that not only violates the free speech and freedom of association but also clearly violates the Establishment Clause and shows hostility toward religion. . . .

We had Mergens, which was out of Nebraska, but we also had a major case involving religion in the schools in New York at the Supreme Court about three years after Mergen’s called Lamb’s Chapel, and we won that 9-0. . . . This is settled law, and we’re going to do whatever is necessary to rectify the situation for these students.

In our latest Bible club case, the ACLJ is demanding that the school district immediately end its unconstitutional suppression of this student’s rights and provide written assurances that Jenna and her peers may meet and express their religious views without interference. If the district refuses, we are fully prepared to file a lawsuit.

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included a full analysis of Senator John Fetterman (PA) breaking with his party over the violent LA riots.

Watch the full broadcast below: