Amid an increased presence of immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota in the aftermath of the ICE-Renee Good incident, Gov. Tim Walz (D) gave a deranged speech Wednesday night in which he built on a narrative he’s crafted in recent days about how the state is “at war with the federal government.”
The speech started and ended with embarrassing technical glitches, making it a challenge to follow:
In it, Walz, who has previously called ICE “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo,” urged residents to protect illegal immigrants by “resisting” and taking their phones with them at all times to document the alleged “atrocities” he says ICE is committing in their communities as part of what he claims is the Trump administration’s “campaign of organized brutality”:
Let’s be very, very clear: this long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it’s a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government.[…]But as bad as it’s been, Donald Trump intends for it to get worse. This week, he went online to promise that quote, the day of retribution and reckoning is coming.That’s a direct threat against the people of this state who dared to vote against him three times and who continue to stand up for freedom with courage and empathy and profound grace.[…]Second, you are not powerless, you are not helpless, and you are certainly not alone. All across Minnesota, people are learning about opportunities not just to resist, but to help people who are in danger.[…]You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct these activities, so carry your phone with you at all times, and if you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record.Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution.
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It didn’t take long for people to point out that incendiary rhetoric like this is exactly why agents are being harassed and assaulted, something that allegedly happened on the night Walz gave his speech, when an agent reportedly was ambushed while trying to apprehend an illegal immigrant, resulting in one of the alleged attackers getting shot:
As Legal Insurrection reported, in response to the latest incident involving an ICE agent being attacked, as well as Walz’s speech, President Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act, something he noted in a Thursday morning post on Truth Social:
If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State. Thank you for you attention to this matter! President DJT
This is, of course, a developing story. We’ll keep you posted on the latest developments.
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