Friday was May Day, which, to the far left, is like their Easter, Christmas, and New Year celebrations, all wrapped into one.
It was coast-to-coast crazy. While people were being encouraged not to work, not to go to school, and not to shop, the numbers seemed to me to be lower than in prior years. It seems fewer people were paying attention to their admonition.
Los Angeles was one of the bigger events, with a big focus on the anti-ICE agenda.
LOS ANGELES: ‘May Day’ protesters show off their signs and slogans.
“ICE = DOMESTIC TERRORISM!”
“Communism means no borders, no money, no bosses, no racism.”
“AMERICA WAS NEVER GREAT.”@TaylerUSA | @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/mp9b9KrZoN
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) May 1, 2026
They demanded citizenship now.
LOS ANGELES: “WE WANT CITIZENSHIP, NOW!”
‘May Day’ protesters cheer in response to demands of mass amnesty for immigrants. @TaylerUSA | @TPUSA pic.twitter.com/xjqylAhb8T
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) May 1, 2026
The main march went to city hall, but then the trouble started with folks around the Metro Detention Center, the federal building that is generally a focus of their ire.
There was this lovely person.
Warning for graphic language in the following videos:
BREAKING: Far-left militants dressed in black bloc accosted our reporter @TaylerUSA outside the Metropolitan Police Department in Los Angeles while he covered a May Day demonstration.
The mob first surrounded him, deliberately outing his work with Turning Point USA to paint a… pic.twitter.com/EkxUwW22jg
— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) May 2, 2026
It didn’t end well for some of them when the feds came for them.
BREAKING 🚨: DHS agents have just made another arrest this evening, outside of the federal detention center in Los Angeles, CA.
This is at least the second confirmed arrest of the evening. pic.twitter.com/7Fg5byDbXE
— Anthony (@anthonycabassa) May 2, 2026
Some were also arrested by the LAPD, which had issued a tactical alert.
Multiple May Day protesters were arrested Friday night after they were met with a fleet of Los Angeles Police Department cruisers outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, police told KTLA.
According to the LAPD, the group was temporarily blocking traffic in the area. Visuals from Sky5 showed more than 30 LAPD cruisers responded, temporarily shutting down traffic on Alameda Street between Eliso and Temple streets.
In New York City, they carried signs calling on people to “eat the rich and be ‘ungovernable’ as you can see at this link on X.
They also got crazy outside the New York Stock Exchange, trying to chain themselves to the front of it. That also turned out to be a bit problematic for them.
🚨BREAKING: NYPD ARRESTS OUTSIDE OF STOCK EXCHANGE pic.twitter.com/KBPyw9hcOa
— America Reports (@AmericaRpts) May 1, 2026
They got picked up and hauled away by the NYPD, which doesn’t play, as you can see at this link.
Then there was Chicago.
CHICAGO COMMIES: Multiple communist groups are marching in the May Day protest that’s now headed to downtown Chicago. Listen to them chant “Intifada revolution” which is a Palestinian campaign of resistance against Israeli rule. They’re also calling for class warfare.
Very few… pic.twitter.com/ilSfXqE4np— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) May 1, 2026
Listen as the local media explains that the teachers’ union wanted the day off. They didn’t get that, but the city reached a “compromise to participate in today’s civic action event.” Well, that’s one term for it.
CBS News Chicago: Chicago to provide buses for students to attend anti-Trump May Day rallies pic.twitter.com/w0ZwcJyUtV
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 1, 2026
The city provided buses for some students and teachers to attend a rally in Union Park. There were multiple organizations in the park.
COMMUNIST RECRUITMENT: Multiple communist groups and far-left activists have set up shop in Union Park, pushing their message on Chicago Public School students.
The teacher’s union is accused of encouraging students to skip class for this event. @choeshow|@TPUSA pic.twitter.com/XY9i4u32Y4— FRONTLINES TPUSA (@FrontlinesTPUSA) May 1, 2026
In Portland, they had a regular march and a second event at the ICE facility were there were multiple arrests. You can see the lovely attention that has been paid to the facility, as they chant, “All cops are bastards.” Reporter Katie Daviscourt caught the action.
Portland Police make several arrests after rioters, concealing their identities and wearing gas masks, attempted to breach the ICE facility. pic.twitter.com/liMiYHqOsQ
— Katie Daviscourt 📸 (@KatieDaviscourt) May 2, 2026
But I have to admit that this is my favorite video of the day, no contest. This guy was holding a Party for Socialism and Liberation sign, one of the main groups involved in these protests.
LISTEN: As May Day protests grow coast to coast, some demonstrators admit they don’t fully understand the movement they’re supporting. pic.twitter.com/TVJ69FvH0f
— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) May 2, 2026
He has absolutely no idea about the sign he’s carrying and ends up professing he really doesn’t know anything about socialism. Where did they find him?
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