On Monday, January 11, Minnesota filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, seeking to end the “unlawful” influx of DHS agents into the state. Last week, U.S. citizen Renee Good was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
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“The unlawful deployment of thousands of armed, masked and highly trained federal agents is harming Minnesotans,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a news conference.
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“Schools have gone into lockdown. Businesses have been forced to close. Minnesota State Police have spent countless hours dealing with the chaos caused by ICE,” Ellison continued. “The federal incursion into the Twin Cities must stop, so today I’m suing the Department of Homeland Security to end it.”
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After the lawsuit was announced, Trump told Truth Social: lengthy message For their part, Minnesota Democrats are trying to blame them for the unrest in the city.
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He started with some good-natured scaremongering, asking Minnesotans if they “really want to live in a community with thousands of convicted murderers, drug dealers and addicts, rapists, violent release and escapee prisoners, dangerous individuals from foreign mental institutions and asylums, and other deadly criminals too dangerous to even mention.”
It’s always tragic when someone misuses “there/they/them”, but even more so when it’s the president.
Trump went on to praise “ICE patriots” for doing their job and removing criminals who “illegally entered the United States through Sleepy Joe Biden’s horrific open border policy.”
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Then Trump did what he does best: blame Democrats. “Minnesota Democrats love the riots caused by anarchists and professional agitators because it takes the spotlight off the $19 billion that was stolen by truly bad and deranged people,” he said.
“$19 billion” may refer to a 42-minute YouTube video posted by independent right-wing journalist Nick Shirley in which he alleged widespread fraud at Somali-run day care centers in Minnesota. His discovery prompted a federal investigation that is still ongoing.
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While there was clearly a lot to unpack overall, it was the way Trump ended his rant that really got people talking. He wrote in capital letters: “Fear not, great people of Minnesota, the day of reckoning and retribution is coming!”
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People online have pointed out how dystopian “Reckoning and Retribution” sounds when it’s described as a political threat.
“Insanity and embarrassing,” one said, referring to the disturbing way Trump defined “deadly criminals.”
Others pointed to the dangerous impact of Trump’s divisive rhetoric despite their attempts to appeal to “the great people of Minnesota.”
“Charactering immigrants as criminals to justify fear and retaliation is political theater, not reality. When leaders use exaggerated threats to drum up support, they exacerbate divisions and distract from the real structural issues that undermine security and law.”
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“Is he waging war against his own people?”
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“Oh, great, the day of reckoning and retribution is coming soon, so of course I don’t have to be afraid.”
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