Few people really know what exactly happened this morning in Minneapolis, and that certainly includes the governor and Mayor of Minneapolis.
Yet both of them started making statements blaming ICE for the shooting of an armed man who was resisting arrest, and seemed to be encouraging the citizens of Minneapolis to attack ICE because they are part of an "invasion" of the state.
🚨UPDATE: ICE-involved shooting near Glam Doll Donuts on Nicollet Ave in south Minneapolis. DHS tells Fox News the suspect was armed with a gun, which has been recovered by federal agents.
— AJ Huber (@Huberton) January 24, 2026
Another ICE Agent had to stop a criminal trying to kiII them. #saturdaymorning
God bless… pic.twitter.com/gz22y3gtPi
Democrats have already settled on a narrative, which amounts to a claim that ICE and the Border Patrol are not legitimate law enforcement officers, that they are kidnapping children and peaceful American citizens, and that everybody being arrested is a "neighbor" who was just minding their business and making our communities stronger.
Mayor Frey on the shooting: “I’m done being told we are the problem!”
— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) January 24, 2026
This guy is an absolute clown and a disgrace. pic.twitter.com/IJ1pP0qF86
Senate Democrats, who haven't a clue about conditions in Minneapolis, are attacking ICE as a violent version of the Keystone Cops. They are untrained, incompetent, but also Gestapo agents who are arresting innocent rapists and murderers who are, through adding their diversity, increasing the strength of our community.
🚨🚨 OFFICIAL statement from the Senate Judiciary Democrats:
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) January 24, 2026
Federal law-enforcement officers are “undisciplined, overweight, low IQ rent-a-cops.” https://t.co/nr7cAhMFuH pic.twitter.com/mAxfuYzf2d
The reality is that the streets are being taken over by Black Bloc rioters who are assaulting federal agents every day, and that death threats against ICE agents are a fact of life here in Minneapolis. Random people are being stopped in the streets by anti-ICE "protesters" and harassing them.
Mayor Frey on the shooting: “I’m done being told we are the problem!”
— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) January 24, 2026
This guy is an absolute clown and a disgrace. pic.twitter.com/IJ1pP0qF86
Frey and Walz have all the tools to keep the peace, and could, at any time, tone down the temperature and the rhetoric. All they need to do is assist in the peaceful apprehension of known criminals and turn over the criminal illegal aleins in jail.
.@DrewHolden360 added in a second X post they updated it, but the fact that the FIRST version didn't have that key fact is how NARRATIVES are created.
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 24, 2026
The first version is often what people remember.
See "hands up, don't shoot" and "Trump is a Russian agent" https://t.co/wh2aGGfQlr
But the media and the Democrats think they have a winning issue on their hands, and want to make Trump back down. They have chosen a more violent version of the same strategy used in the shutdown. They hold the power to end the problem, but milk it for political reasons and blame the president for not doing what they, themselves, have the power to do.
Protests erupt in Minneapolis and are quickly spreading citywide after federal agents fatally shot a man during an ICE immigration enforcement operation https://t.co/0jp1fhETIg pic.twitter.com/YtmVCXWGSb
— Culture War Report (@CultureWar2020) January 24, 2026
So propaganda like this goes out and the media eats it up, as they ate up the story of the kidnapped 5-year-old being used as bait. Totally false, but it works with people who are disinclined to like Trump.
He had a PHONE and they murdered him pic.twitter.com/CeCD2hAjIP
— Jamie Bonkiewicz (@JamieBonkiewicz) January 24, 2026
We don't actually know all of what happened this morning, but as a general rule armed men should not walk up to law enforcement officers to interfere with them as they make arrests amid screaming protesters throwing rocks. It is going to be a fatal encounter.
STATEMENT: DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.
— 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠 (@chiIIum) January 24, 2026
The officers attempted to disarm the suspect… https://t.co/SRJyums9PM
None of the Democrats here are really calling for peace. Mayor Frey, in fact, called the federal officers being in Minneapolis an "invasion" and suggested that people of courage should "do something" to resist them.
Border Patrol agents are trained extremely well to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties. When a supposed “peaceful” protester brings a weapon (such as a loaded handgun) and brandishes it, there are going to severe consequences and repercussions. We…
— Border Patrol Union - NBPC (@BPUnion) January 24, 2026
Border Patrol agents are trained extremely well to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties. When a supposed “peaceful” protester brings a weapon (such as a loaded handgun) and brandishes it, there are going to severe consequences and repercussions. We have pleaded with and warned the media and the politicians that their irresponsible, hate-filled and false rhetoric is going to get people unnecessarily hurt, or worse, killed when they portray our agents and officers as the aggressors. They have encouraged these reckless confrontations and attacks on our agents and officers who are performing their lawful duties and enforcing the laws that Congress has put on the books. The fake and dishonest media and the shameless politicians should be held accountable for willfully misleading the public and enticing these protesters and agitators. We have full confidence that when more facts are revealed, our agents and officers will be shown to have utilized justifiable force in eliminating the threat.
There is one set of facts, but two different movies being fed to different audiences.
UPDATE: Trump comment:
This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go – What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers? The Mayor and the Governor called them off? It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves — Not an easy thing to do! Why does Ilhan Omar have $34 Million Dollars in her account? And where are the Tens of Billions of Dollars that have been stolen from the once Great State of Minnesota? We are there because of massive Monetary Fraud, with Billions of Dollars missing, and Illegal Criminals that were allowed to infiltrate the State through the Democrats’ Open Border Policy. We want the money back, and we want it back, NOW. Those Fraudsters who stole the money are going to jail, where they belong! This is no different than a really big Bank Robbery. Much of what you’re witnessing is a COVER UP for this Theft and Fraud. The Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric! Instead, these sanctimonious political fools should be looking for the Billions of Dollars that has been stolen from the people of Minnesota, and the United States of America. LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB! 12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and taken out of Minnesota. If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today!
Minnesota declares Civil War! pic.twitter.com/r90BHnutSR
— Edwin Schindler (@edwinschindler) January 24, 2026
...Walz just said we are being "shot in the face coming out of donut shops." This is not a presser, it is a rage fest by Walz...
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 24, 2026
They seem to be arguing that if the alleged criminals object and create chaos when you enforce the law, then the chaos is your fault, and you should stand down and let them operate as they please. (?)
— Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️♂️💼🥋 (@SharylAttkisson) January 24, 2026
From yesrterday:
Tim Walz just a few days ago was climbing on the gate of his mansion urging protesters to keep causing “trouble” and fighting ICE.
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 24, 2026
An armed man just attacked agents and got killed.
See how that works? Minnesota officials are fueling this.
pic.twitter.com/vUYnwZAhhe
UPDATE: Sheriff asks for National Guard to Protect Federal Building
Statement from the Hennepin County Sheriff:
— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) January 24, 2026
Statement on Request for Assistance from the Minnesota National Guard:
Due to the potential for continuing and growing conflict related to today’s federal agent-involved shooting, Sheriff Dawanna Witt has requested assistance from the… pic.twitter.com/pzxHIHix0g
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