Keith Olbermann, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and More Call for Tim Walz Response to ICE Shootings: ‘Activate the National Guard’
Sen. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote on social media Saturday that Senate Democrats should “activate the National Guard” in response to the second shooting of an American citizen by ICE agents in Minneapolis. AOC was one of dozens of political voices calling for a stronger response to ongoing immigration operations in the city.
“Americans are being killed in the streets by their government. Our Constitution is being torn apart and our rights are being destroyed. Resist.” he wrote. “Senate Democrats must block ICE funding this week. Mobilize the National Guard. We can and must stop this.”
“Governor, you have Minnesota National Guard troops. Deploy them. Arrest ICE agents. Enforce the law and protect your people against Trump’s Terrorists.” wrote Keith Olbermann in response to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday.
(Walz wrote early Saturday morning: “I spoke with the White House this morning following another horrific attack by federal agents. This happened in Minnesota. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Thousands of violent, untrained police officers must be removed from Minnesota. Now.”
Massachusetts Senate candidate Seth Moulton insisted that ICE agents should be prosecuted. he wrote in x“YOU ARE COWARDS. You are all absolute, pathetic, uneducated, unprofessional COWARDS. Todd Lyons and the rest of you not only need to be defunded, but you need to be TRIALD.”
Representative Hakeem Jeffries suggested the same. “Masked and vigilante DHS agents brutally murdered another American citizen in Minneapolis,” he said. wrote on social media. “Donald Trump’s extremists unleashed this carnage on the streets of America. They should all be held criminally responsible to the fullest extent of the law.”
Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jamie was shot to death in the Parkland high school shooting in 2018, suggested former US presidents might have an influence. “Just a thought for @JoeBiden, @BarackObama, @BillClinton, and George Bush, but today would be a great day for all living former presidents to go to Minnesota together and help defend Democracy,” he wrote.
Megyn Kelly suggested The agency and Donald Trump are pursuing a different course of action, but he still found an aggressive way to do it. “The President should remove ICE from MN today and announce that there will no longer be immigration enforcement in MN. All illegals in the US are encouraged to move there,” she wrote on social media. “And if any illegals are found outside of MN and deported, they will never be able to apply for re-entry.”
Others noted the agents’ behavior in the field.
“The behavior of these agents is appalling. It is clear that they are untrained.” wrote Chuck Todd Before quoting an article from AP. “‘After the shooting, an angry mob gathered and shouted profanities at the federal officers, calling them ‘cowards’ and telling them to go home. As one officer walked away, he responded sarcastically and told them: ‘Boo hoo.’ Agents elsewhere pushed a screaming protester into a car.’”
“So the ‘everyone should be armed’ second amendment crowd is using the fact that a man is (perhaps) armed as justification?” asked CNN’s Adam Kinzinger. “Is this true?”
Sarah Longwell, founder and publisher of Bulwark reported ICE agents We are not cooperating with local authorities in Minneapolis. “Turn on your TV and watch this update. I can’t believe it. DHS/ICE is not cooperating with local law enforcement. And they seem extremely unhappy about it. They have to work from video, like the rest of us.”
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