Democrat Sets Out On Virtue Signaling Quest, Ends Up Getting Clubbed By Internet Instead

Democratic California Rep. Sara Jacobs protested the deportation of illegal migrants in her congressional district by dining out at a ritzy Italian restaurant over the weekend.

Jacobs, a three-term lawmaker who is an heiress to the San-Diego based company Qualcomm’s fortune, decried an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at a popular Italian restaurant on May 30, which led to the detention of at least four restaurant workers with no legal status. Her decision to protest federal immigration enforcement by posing with wood-fired pizza and a glass of white wine at the San Diego restaurant hit by an ICE raid was quickly panned by critics as out of touch and representative of the modern-day Democratic Party’s affinity for “cheap illegal immigrant labor.”

“I was proud to have dinner at Buona Forchetta to show my support to them as they deal with the fallout of the raid where agents threw out flash bangs in order to arrest restaurant workers — not hardened criminals,” Jacobs wrote on X Sunday evening. “We will continue to stand with our immigrant communities.”

Jacobs’ vocal opposition to ICE’s deportation efforts comes as left-wing protestors violently rioted in Los Angeles over the weekend in response to ICE carrying out deportation operations in the sanctuary city. Jacobs notably criticized President Donald Trump for deploying national guard unit to Los Angeles to protect ICE agents as they execute their deportation efforts. The congresswoman argued in an X post that the president’s move was an “unnecessary escalation.”