Minnesota Governor Tim Walz used a primetime address this week to demand that the Trump Administration withdraw federal agents from his state, even as his own livestream was undermined by glaring technical failures.
According to Gateway Pundit, the six-minute online address was riddled with audio problems, including a jarring echo that made parts of the speech difficult to follow. Yet Walz pressed ahead with sweeping rhetoric, declaring, Whats happening in Minnesota right now defies belief, and insisting, News reports simply dont do justice to the level of chaos and disruption and trauma the federal government is raining down upon our communities.
Walz escalated his attack on President Donald Trump, claiming, 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. He then framed that line as a personal threat to his electorate, asserting, Thats 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.
In a move that alarmed many supporters of law enforcement and the rule of law, Walz openly encouraged residents to target federal immigration officers operating in Minnesota. If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record, he said, urging citizens to 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.
While Walz painted federal agents as aggressors, events on the ground told a different story, with an ICE officer in north Minneapolis reportedly shooting a shovel-wielding Venezuelan in self-defense on Wednesday evening. As the governor continues to vilify federal enforcement and stoke hostility toward ICE, conservatives warn that such rhetoric risks undermining public safety, emboldening lawlessness, and turning political disagreement into open confrontation with those sworn to uphold the law.
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