Gutfeld Torches Democrat Senator Over Memorial Day Pepper Spray Spectacle [WATCH]

Memorial Day was meant to honor fallen heroes, but Democrats in New Jersey apparently missed the message.

Instead of reverence, they turned Newark’s Delaney Hall into the latest scene of political theater, where screaming activists, clashing protesters, and even a United States senator turned up for what ended as a mess of pepper spray and self-inflicted optics.

Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey ended up being the most memorable sight from the debacle, captured by the cameras bent over with his eyes being flushed after a cloud of pepper spray rolled through the crowd.

For left-wing outlets hungry for victim stories, the image was gold.

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But when Greg Gutfeld took to the air Tuesday night on The Five, he shredded the entire stunt and the motives behind it.

“It took place on Memorial Day,” Gutfeld stated flatly.

“The message is clear. Illegal immigrants, no matter how criminal they are, take priority over dead soldiers.”

That line summed up not just his criticism but the outrage many Americans felt watching Democrats hijack a sacred day to play out another radical protest.

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Gutfeld refused to give Kim or any of the activists an ounce of sympathy.

The wall-to-wall coverage of a senator doused with pepper spray might have fit perfectly into the progressive media’s emotional playbook, but Gutfeld was focused on what mattered: the disrespect of the holiday and the hypocrisy of those leading the circus.

“We would rather foment anti-American spectacles on Memorial Day than express support for our country,” he said.

“It’s like throwing mud at a bride at our wedding. We do not celebrate this day.”

That comparison struck a nerve with viewers tired of watching Democrats redefine patriotism to fit whatever fringe protest they happen to favor that week.

When asked about Kim personally, Gutfeld did not soften.

“Do I care that Andy Kim got pepper-sprayed? No, I don’t care,” he said.

“You are doing this on Memorial Day, champ. You’re actually participating in something that undermines our country’s security.”

It was vintage Gutfeld, biting and unapologetic, the kind of commentary that refuses to bow to the media’s moral manipulation.

He also reminded his audience of an overlooked tragedy: the murder of a veteran just days earlier, which received barely a whisper from the same Democrats who were suddenly flooding the streets to protest detentions of illegal aliens.

“A veteran was murdered a few days ago. You didn’t give two turds about that. I don’t care about you,” he said, cutting through the selective outrage with a blunt truth the networks avoided.

The heart of Gutfeld’s argument went beyond the surface chaos.

His focus was on motive.

He saw Kim and his fellow protestors not as principled dissidents, but as camera-seekers using a national holiday for personal gain.

“What Kim got was what he wanted. He wanted the attention off Memorial Day and on him,” Gutfeld said.

“But it’s not going to change the way we feel about him or anything else.”

According to Gutfeld, it was textbook progressive choreography: create confrontation, get the perfect image of chaos, then blame the chaos on conservative policy.

“This is all designed. All this. We know this, and we’re not scared of it anymore. That’s the beauty of it. Doesn’t bother us.”

In other words, conservatives see the act for what it is and refuse to flinch.

Gutfeld went on to describe how left-wing organizers use emotional theatrics to trap opponents.

“It’s designed to create a visual spectacle, an obstacle that then pressures you into submission. Then when the spectacle happens, they go, look. Look what the policy is creating. Look at this chaos. Isn’t this awful?”

He compared it to throwing a party and then being blamed for violence someone else brings to it.

“You brought the violence there, you scum,” he concluded.

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The Fox host’s attitude struck a chord with many Americans who are done with being guilt-tripped by political operatives masquerading as civil rights crusaders.

While progressives praised Kim as a victim of state overreach, conservatives saw through the act.

There is a reason Gutfeld’s response resonated so widely: people are exhausted by a media landscape that glorifies misbehavior as moral courage.

To hold a demonstration that ties up law enforcement and disrespects Memorial Day while claiming the moral high ground is tone-deaf at best and deeply insulting at worst.

By the end of Gutfeld’s segment, the message was crystal clear. The left can spin their footage however they want, but conservatives are no longer playing along with the charade.

The purpose of Memorial Day is to honor the men and women who laid down their lives for freedom, not to stage sympathy reels for politicians craving screen time.

His final swipe summed it all up without apology. Democrats, he argued, cannot continue to hide their own failures behind emotional spectacles and photo ops.

“All of this is by design,” he said again.

And with every stunt like this one, more Americans are waking up to that fact.

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