(DCNF)—Independent journalist Anthony Cabassa said Monday on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” that he witnessed the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) “recruiting” youth to “resist fascism” during Los Angeles’ recent “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump.
Millions of anti-Trump protesters took to the streets Saturday in major U.S. cities to “reject” so-called “authoritarianism” and the president’s policies. Fox News’ Laura Ingraham asked Cabassa about his on-the-ground reporting over the weekend, noting how it seemed to be “the same people at the protests every single time.”
“I think you’re right. … I’ve been covering the LA protests, going back all the way to the George Floyd protests and riots that happened out here. And I’ve been seeing a lot of the same usual suspects. It’s usually the Democratic Socialists of America, the Party of Socialism and Liberation,” Cabassa said. “And even this Saturday, I witnessed SEIU [Service Employees International Union], which I believe the largest union in the nation, if not the second largest, they had tents out there.”
“They [SEIU] were recruiting people to the Party of Socialism and Liberation and the Democratic Socialists of America. So, I posted that on my socials that they were recruiting the youth, some of these new people coming out and wanting to, ‘resist fascism,’ saying that only socialism can defeat fascism,” Cabassa added. “So, I’m kind of interested to see what some of the union members of SEIU have to feel about the fact that their union due money is being used to recruit the youth and some of these protesters into socialist parties.”
The House Education and Workforce Committee recently opened an investigation into the SEIU, a pro-Democratic labor union representing 2 million workers across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, after the union hired a child molester to a top local chapter role. The SEIU endorsed failed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in 2024.
Republican Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg sent a letter to the union on June 24, asking why its San Francisco chapter hired sex offender Noelia Linares as a business agent. The investigation was notably opened after the Daily Caller News Foundation revealed the employee’s record.
The “No Kings” protests began over the summer, with thousands taking to the streets in cities like Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Houston. While Democrats maintained that protesters were peaceful, some could be seen wishing death upon Trump and others in his administration.
In Chicago, one activist carried a piñata resembling Trump and offered other protesters a chance to hit it with a stick. In video footage, a child could be seen stabbing and hitting the figure, as others watching cheered.
On Monday, reports revealed that at least 34 protesters were arrested during the events for offenses ranging from terroristic threats to assaults.
The SEIU did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.
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