July 4th was a true study in contrasts.
You had Americans celebrating the holiday across the country.
President Donald Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill" and saluted the military in an amazing event on the South Lawn at the White House. It was quite something, and it looked to me like the First Lady was visibly moved.
LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE: A B-2 Bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base is escorted by two F-35 fighters for a special flyover — in honor of those who participated in Operation Midnight Hammer — as the Star-Spangled Banner is played.
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 4, 2025
GOD BLESS AMERICA! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/DzsYvVXNJP
If you think about what the president and Melania have been through--to be able to stand there together and hold such an event--it's easy to see why she might be so affected.
READ MORE: Watch: President Trump Signing the One Big Beautiful Bill at WH Military Family Picnic
Meanwhile, what was the left doing? There were supposed to be protests across the country as they tried to replay their "No Kings 2.0" effort. How did those go? Well, it didn't look like many turned out, if Los Angeles is an example. And they probably had more than other places. Compared to prior weeks, there were fewer turning out, in my opinion. Fox 11 also noted the crowd was smaller than they had seen in the past.
They were waving Mexican flags. Oh, and there was the obligatory leftist 'land acknowledgment.' Julio Rosas caught the action.
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Anti-ICE and anti-Trump protesters are spending Independence Day outside Los Angeles City Hall. A lot of Mexican flags being waved.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 4, 2025
The event is being started with a land acknowledgment. pic.twitter.com/E8O1v3iMU4
Many of them had "Refuse Fascism" signs. That group's position is "Trump must go now." How do they think that is going to happen?
They were trying to block vehicles again, and impeding law enforcement while screeching their heads off.
DHS agents at the federal building in Los Angeles had to move into the crowd to clear a way for a federal vehicle that was blocked by anti-ICE and anti-Trump protesters.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 4, 2025
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But perhaps the biggest contrast was the difference in dealing with the military, whose members have helped ensure our freedoms and independence. While the President of the United States and the First Lady honored them, the radical leftists heckled them, calling on them to "quit your jobs" as they did their job to protect the federal building in downtown Los Angeles.
Anti-ICE protesters are heckling the U.S. soldiers and Marines protecting the federal building in downtown Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/8jjnlkq6vZ
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 4, 2025
The irony of these people - of all people - telling these military members whose job is to protect and defend America to quit. Imagine how vile you have to be to heckle the military on July 4th.
Some of these anti-ICE, anti-Trump characters were also flying the flag upside down on July 4th because they are upset with the democratically-elected president enforcing the law. That's "fascism" to these twisted folks. They want to force him to go, despite Trump being the choice of the people.
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It is they who do not speak for the people or America.
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