Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, failed Democratic Party vice presidential candidate, sat in the hot seat during a congressional committee on Thursday morning, sweating as he attempted to answer questions concerning recent public statements he’s made.
In what can only be described as a sad twist of fate, Walz was the most well known of the Democratic governors who came to D.C. to testify against President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize members of the California National Guard and send them into the city of Los Angeles. Anti-ICE protests quickly transformed into the usual left-wing rioting and looting we’ve come to expect from modern-day liberal Democrats.
They’ve been raging ever since last weekend.
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Since the riots began on Saturday, Walz has on multiple occasions referred to U.S. Customs and Immigration officers as “Gestapo” soldiers from the Nazi regime, comments that Rep. James Comer (R-KY) sought to highlight at Thursday’s hearing. He pointed to a similar comment by fellow committee member Stephen Lynch (D-MA).
“Now that Mr. Lynch has endorsed it, it seems to be a Democrat talking point,” the Kentucky Republican went on to say during the hearing. “Governor, do you and other Democrat politicians understand that referencing the Gestapo is offensive?”
Comer cited a 413% increase in threats against ICE officers and their families according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, a fact that has led Trump administration officials to defend immigration authorities’ use of bandanas to cover their faces during public operations.
“Do you think that comments like that and rhetoric like that put ICE officers and other law enforcement in greater danger?” Comer then asked Walz. The governor immediately began denouncing any attacks on local law enforcement.
“Th-thank you for the question, Mr. Chairman. First and foremost I think any attack on law enforcement is unacceptable wherever it’s at, whether it’s state, local-” he began. However, Comer could smell a dodge coming on the wind, cutting him off and quickly turning to a case in the state of Illinois where pro-illegal immigration activists attacked police.
The callout by Comer comes after the DHS specifically noted the governor’s rhetoric contained in a May 19 press release in which Walz referred to ICE as “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo.” A very poor choice of words that belittles the horrific actions that took place in World War II.
“Governor Walz’s comments comparing ICE agents to the Gestapo is sickening. This type of rhetoric and demonization of ICE officers has led to our officers facing a 413% increase in assaults,” Assistant Press Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said during the proceedings. “While politicians like Walz fight to protect criminal illegal aliens, our ICE officers will continue putting their lives and safety on the line to arrest murderers, kidnappers, and pedophiles that were let into our country by the previous administration’s open border policies.”
Every single Democratic governor signed a letter this week calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to direct Trump’s federalization of thousands of members of the California National Guard to quell the L.A. riots, a decision that Gov. Gavin Newsom called “unlawful.” He, Walz, and others have leveraged Trump’s use of National Guardsmen and Marines to begin suggesting that an authoritarian coup to democracy is taking place.
The president’s rapid response quickly fired back, writing that Newsom claimed Trump was “traumatizing” communities “by taking criminal illegal immigrant killers, rapists, gangbangers, drug dealers, human traffickers, and domestic abusers off the streets.”
In the DHS release about Walz, officials in the Trump administration noted a number of violent illegal immigrants have been arrested in his home state of Minnesota, including a few that were charged with illegal weapons sales, selling fentanyl, and domestic assault.
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