Former Fox News host Bill OReilly is calling on President Donald Trump to consider insurrection charges against Minnesotas top Democratic leaders over their handling of federal immigration enforcement and the deadly unrest that followed.
According to WND, OReilly used his No Spin News program to argue that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey should be held legally accountable once the current tensions subside. His comments came as border czar Tom Homan announced an end to Operation Metro Surge, under which thousands of federal agents are expected to withdraw from Minnesota after a turbulent period marked by the fatal shootings of two individuals in January.
If it were me and Im president, Id go after Walz and Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis. You cant do it now. You got to wait till the tensions come down, but Id go after them for insurrection, OReilly said. I might not win that if Im the president. Justice Department might not win it. But its worth the bet. It is worth it because these Walz, oh my, he was almost vice president! He further laid direct blame on Frey for the violence surrounding the Pretti and Good shootings, arguing that local officials failed in their basic duty to maintain order and protect federal personnel.
Those two people who were killed, that was the fault of Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis [if] he had provided a cordon of security around the ICE agents with local police which he should have that was his sworn duty to do to protect public safety those two people would be alive today because the cops would have kept the protesters away, physically away from the ICE agents, he said. So Frey did it. Its on him. Federal officials likewise criticized what they described as a lack of local cooperation in containing unrest that intensified after the Good and Pretti shootings.
President Trump reportedly weighed invoking the Insurrection Act on Jan. 15 if Minnesota leaders continued to refuse adequate protection for federal agents, though he ultimately refrained from doing so. Just days earlier, on Jan. 12, Minnesota officials joined leaders from Minneapolis and St. Paul in a public push to keep ICE out of the state, with both Walz and Frey demanding that federal agents depart.
Get the f out of Minneapolis, Frey told ICE during a Jan. 7 press conference following the Good shooting. The mayor had also signaled in a Dec. 7 WCCO interview that local police would not cooperate with ICEs activities, reinforcing a broader sanctuary-style posture that critics say undermines the rule of law.
Furthermore, Walz likened ICE operations to a Nazi occupation during a Jan. 25 news conference following the Pretti shooting. He also supported anti-ICE protests and urged Minnesotans to film agents operations, a stance that conservatives argue emboldened radical activists while leaving federal officers and bystanders exposed to escalating violence.
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