In a political career defined by grotesque statements, this president’s horrifying, illegal, and genocidal threat this morning is among the most dangerous and appalling.
You can’t shout “fire” in a crowded theater and a president cannot be allowed to threaten genocide with the United States military. Threats of war crimes and disregard for human life must be met with accountability under the law.
Trump must go—and Republicans, whether in the Cabinet or Congress, must join Democrats in using any and all constitutional powers at our collective disposal to end this illegal war and take the gun out of this madman’s hands.
Talarico: There is something broken in America. That’s because the most powerful people in the world want it that way. I am tired of being pitted against my neighbor. People across the political spectrum are hungry for a new kind of politics. Not a politics of hate. But a politics of love. A love that can heal what’s broken in America.
America is the immigrant.
America is the protestor.
America is the huddled masses yearning to be free.
Alex Pretti is America.
Renee Good is America.
Liam Ramos is America.
In this moment of crisis, America needs patriots now more than ever.
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This is what Oligarchy looks like.
You are defending the open killing of everyday Americans for exercising their Constitutional rights.
First, the mother of a 6 year old child. Now, an ICU nurse to veterans. Both shot at nearly point blank range.
All without reflection or remorse. People will not forget this.
Renee Good’s killer: 10 year ICE officer
Alex Pretti’s killer: 8 year Border Patrol officer
We can’t pretend this is all the result of Trump’s sloppy training. The entire agencies are rotten to the core.
.@JamesTalarico: ICE shot a mother in the face. ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old boy. ICE executed a man in broad daylight on our streets just this morning.
It’s time to tear down this secret police force and replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety.
We need to impeach Kristi Noem. We need to prosecute agents who have abused their power. We have to haul these masked men in front of Congress so the world can see their faces.
We need comprehensive immigration reform in this country. And once we win a Senate majority, we will do exactly that.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"
His name is Alex Jeffrey Pretti. He was 37 years old.
He was a licensed nurse.
He was recording ICE and defending a female protester from their aggression.
And they executed him.
This is murder. He never brandishes the weapon. Never threatens them.
The agents escalate the situation, pushing then pepper spraying 2 citizens.
This is why this operation needs to stop these goons are escalating against US citizens.
Another murder by immigration enforcement in my district.
I am absolutely horrified that federal agents are targeting and executing our residents instead of protecting them.
ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately. Kristi Noem must be impeached. Enough.
They shot Renee Good in the face.
They kidnapped Liam Ramos.
They just executed a man on the street.
Unmask them. Prosecute them. No more secret police.
Call it what it is: an execution. They are executing us in broad daylight, right in front of witnesses, and there are Democrats supporting them.
Nobody is going to save us but ourselves. Get. Organized.
Murdering protestors is what dictators do. Trump threatened to bomb Iran for it — while he and his ICE brownshirts are doing it right here.
ICE must leave Minnesota now. Congress must stop funding them. And the perpetrators of these crimes must be held accountable & not allowed to pull up their masks and run away to do it again.
Americans are being killed in the street by their government. Our Constitution is being shredded and our rights are dissolving. Resist.
Senate Dems should block ICE funding this week. Activate the National Guard.
We can and must stop this.
I want to thank our courageous friends in Minnesota who — in below freezing temperatures — are standing up to ICE. The American people want democracy and justice, not authoritarianism. When we stand together we win.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.