Pakistan: MAGA camp gloats as US consulate protest turns deadly

US Marine veteran and Rhode Island congressional candidate Vic Mellor is celebrating America’s illegitimate response to protests outside the US consulate in Karachi, Pakistan.

In a social media post, he declared that “the days of America not defending itself are over,” invoking a flimsy ‘you asked for it’ justification.

Today, armed rioters tried to storm our U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan

They breached the perimeter. They set fires. They thought this was 1979.
It’s not.

United States Marines met them at the door — and sent a message the entire world just heard:

The days of America not…

— Vic Mellor For Congress RI (@VicMellorForRI) March 2, 2026

He painted protesters as armed rioters who he said breached the security perimeter and set fire to the consulate. In the same breath, he framed the disproportionate response by US marines as heroic.

His comments came amid clashes killing 23 protesters across Pakistan, including 10 involved in the consulate protest sparked by the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israeli airstrike.

A video shared by DropSite News captures American soldiers firing at protesters.

American soldiers opening fire in Karachi: https://t.co/sLsz5I9pVo

— Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) March 2, 2026

The triumphalist reaction of MAGA supporters – celebrating the shootings – has also been spilling out on social media.

MAGA commentator Gunther Eagleman posted on X that anyone who approaches a US consulate armed and attempts to kill marines should expect no negotiations, no warnings, and no mercy. Eagleman’s post was accompanied by a video of the protesters’ funeral procession.

🚨 If you come armed and try to storm a U.S. Consulate while attempting to KlLL U.S. Marines, it won’t end well.

No negotiations. No warnings. No mercy.

pic.twitter.com/t79zaeB84k

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) March 2, 2026

CODEPINK question lack of international outrage

Anti-war group CODEPINK highlighted the glaring absence of international outcry. They condemned what they described as the slaughter of Pakistani protesters by US personnel on foreign soil.

US Marines shot and killed at least 12 people in Karachi, Pakistan. More than 30 are injured.

Where is the international outrage over these US soldiers slaughtering Pakistani protestors?

— CODEPINK (@codepink) March 1, 2026

The tweet features the following community-note:

News reports indicate the injured and dead protesters Code Pink is referring to were fired upon after attempting to storm the U.S. consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. No military action appears to have occurred until the protesters attempted to overrun the consulate.

UK commentators

Journalist and AJ+ host Sana Saeed expressed her shock and horror at the events.

This is horrifying – the Americans are now killing Pakistanis for protesting their illegal wars and assassinations. https://t.co/JCzNeNGGNw

— Sana Saeed (@SanaSaeed) March 1, 2026

Videos of Pakistani police seemingly firing at the protestors were also being shared.

Straight fires on Shia protesters in Pakistan by American puppets. 🇮🇷🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/90JLwLZo1p

— Shahid Jafry-𓂆🇵🇸 (@iShahidJafry) March 2, 2026

Writer Fatima Bhutto described the situation as a “national tragedy” in a post on X.

A national tragedy https://t.co/AaH41J8TFm

— fatima bhutto 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷 (@fbhutto) March 2, 2026

In another tweet, Bhutto slammed the Pakistani government for participating in the bloodbath.

The killing of Pakistanis by the guards of the US Consulate in Karachi is a crime. Will the government even register the deaths of their own citizens or are they too busy fawning over the bloodthirsty maniacs they sit with on the “board of peace”?

Pakistan joined Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ without public debate and in defiance of overwhelming public opposition to Israel’s actions.

And now 10 Pakistanis lie dead outside a US consulate – victims of the same military machine their government refuses to confront.

Featured image via the Canary