Minnesota Lt. Gov. Flanagan slams Laken Riley Act at Sanders rally

Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s second-in-command, torched the Laken Riley Act in front of a cheering crowd at a “Stop the Oligarchy” rally over the weekend led by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

Flanagan, who trails Rep. Angie Craig in the latest RealClearPolitics polling average for the Democratic senatorial primary, is aiming to succeed retiring Sen. Tina Smith. He was also reported to have approved of it. At the Rochester rally.

Two anti-ICE activists, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, whose names Flanagan omitted, were shot and killed in law enforcement-involved shootings earlier this year as the Land of 10,000 Lakes descended into anti-immigration enforcement chaos.

“We need to step away for a second and talk about how we got here because this wasn’t an accident either. Donald Trump acted with an agenda that we knew would make ICE stronger,” Flanagan said.

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“This wasn’t snuck under our radar. It wasn’t in the fine print. There were literally huge signs saying mass deportations were now happening. It wasn’t a secret. And the first vote he put forward in the second Trump administration was in favor of the Laken Riley Act.”

Flanagan criticized the legislation, sponsored by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., as a tool that strips immigrants of due process and allows adults and children to be detained indefinitely.

“This was the green light to give ICE unprecedented power to completely terrorize our communities,” Flanagan continued.

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He added that he sees a “straight line” between the Laken Riley Act vote in Congress and the unrest in communities like Minneapolis; I praise Smith and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., for voting against this.

While he criticized Craig for being the only Minnesota Democrat to vote for the Laken Riley Act in both chambers, Craig said he regretted his vote for the legislation just last week.

Don’t write Minnesota Stars TribuneCraig said he cast his vote at a time when he felt voters in the suburbs of Minneapolis and Mankato largely agreed that the Biden administration was “incompetently handling immigration.”

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However, Craig added that he believes Trump went beyond the scope of the law by conducting “large-scale immigration raids that terrorized Minnesotans” and that he therefore regrets his vote.

At the “Stop Oligarchism” rally, Sanders and Flanagan were joined by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, another important name of the unrest in Minneapolis.

The GOP primary will feature former Houston Rockets forward Royce White and former NBC Sunday Night Football reporter Michele Tafoya, while the winner of the Flanagan-Craig match will face the Republican candidate.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan speaks at the United Center during the first day of the Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

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Walz chose Flanagan as his vice president, including Minnesota Reformer They reported an alleged rift between the two following the governor’s unsuccessful bid for the vice presidency; this publication stated that it prevented Flanagan from ascending to the governorship through succession.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Flanagan for additional comment and Walz for a response to his aide’s remarks.