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WATCH: Long Beach Mayoral Candidate Rogelio Martinez Calls on the Gangs to ‘Take Back the City’

Aaron Walker
Aaron Walker  |  8:35 AM on February 01, 2026

Well, talk about saying the quiet part out loud:

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But don’t worry, he wants them to do it ‘peacefully, but with strong force’—whatever that means. Seriously, isn’t that a contradiction in terms? Force is not peaceful.

Also, he thinks the criminal gangs care about allegations that innocent people being kidnapped? Maybe they do, but only in sort of an ‘hey! ICE is kidnapping innocent people? That’s our job!’ sort of way. Seriously, when we need a moral north star, we look to the gang leaders. They clearly have a solid and well-developed sense of right and wrong. /sarcasm

Incidentally, this guy appears to be a real candidate for mayor of Long Beach, California:

We don't know about this guy's speculation, but this Twitter/X user links to a story where Martinez discusses his candidacy with a local news outlet. We will say bluntly that we are not sure if this guy has a chance in Hell of actually winning—our gut says that he is probably a fringe candidate. But we report, you decide.

Still, it makes us wonder something. There are two major groups that want to stop ICE from its mission: the political left, and the criminal cartels. Every blue haired cat lady screaming at ICE is at least working for the same cause as the average MS-13 gangbanger trying to terrorize ICE. It’s not illegal for a person to agree with the goals of a criminal gang—for instance a criminal gang might not want one of its members to get the death penalty, while principled anti-death penalty activists might also want that person’s life to be spared.

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But if we were in the FBI we would be very interested in the possibility that it goes beyond sharing the same goals—that there might even be communication and collaboration between gang members and political activists. We aren’t saying it is definitely happening, but it is possible and worth looking into. We also wouldn’t be surprised if we discover that one or more Democratic politicians are directly on the take. One has to remember that while clashes with apparently honest but misguided activists garnish the attention of the news, underneath it all there is surely a struggle between the people who want to enforce immigration law, and the gangs that profit off of its non-enforcement. This is all speculation, naturally, but we think it is very logical speculation.

On to reactions:

Martinez has FA’ed. Maybe he should FO.

That being said, it seems more likely that the gang leaders won’t show because they would fear exactly this sort of thing. But if we were in the FBI, we would start to investigate Martinez thoroughly.

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The cut off text:

But if he’s thinking of using violent gang members to fight ICE, he’s just recruited a militia, that’s insurrection, and this mayoral candidate is in open rebellion against the Federal Union. @FBIDirectorKash @AGPamBondi @realDonaldTrump

If your insurrection last for more than four hours, call a doctor.

We should probably watch that movie just to get the references.

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To be fair, we kind of want that.

Finally:

Hey, we like you guys, too. *Laughing*

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