Trump Blasts Minnesota Democrats As ‘Inciting Insurrection’ After Man Killed By Border Patrol (Live Updates)

Trump Blasts Minnesota Democrats As ‘Inciting Insurrection’ After Man Killed By Border Patrol (Live Updates)


Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, both Democrats, “are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric!” adding “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.” A video shared on Facebook on Saturday morning shows a group of federal agents taking a man to the ground and punching him before at least 10 shots were fired outside Glam Doll Donuts on the south side of the city, with the man going limp. Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt has since requested aid from the Minnesota National Guard “due to the potential for continuing and growing conflict,” as a crowd of protesters has grown near the site of the shooting in south Minneapolis while authorities have repeatedly deployed tear gas in an attempt to disperse demonstrators. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who earlier in the week filed paperwork to run for governor in Minnesota, said she is gathering information on Saturday’s shooting but made a call to federal authorities: “To the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress who have stood silent: Get ICE out of our state NOW.” Walz made similar remarks on X, writing, “Minnesota has had it.

Author: Mike Stunson, Forbes Staff, Mike Stunson, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestunson/


Published at: 2026-01-24 20:03:05

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