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House Oversight Chairman James Comer didn’t mince words on Sunday, urging President Trump to consider pulling federal immigration officers out of Minneapolis and letting the people there decide whether they want their city treated as a magnet for lawlessness. Comer told Maria Bartiromo that if local leaders are going to put ICE and Border Patrol in harm’s way, it may be time to redeploy operations elsewhere and let Minnesotans “rebel” against the soft-on-crime politicians who invited this mess.
The immediate cause of Comer’s outrage is the shocking, widely shared video of the latest deadly encounter between a federal agent and a protester in Minneapolis, in which 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot during a chaotic confrontation that critics say contradicts the administration’s initial account. Multiple bystander videos show moments of the struggle and have raised serious questions about whether the federal narrative — rushed out to justify the shooting — holds up under scrutiny.
This is not an isolated incident: the city has already endured an earlier fatal shooting involving federal immigration agents, and public unrest has mushroomed into mass protests that have tested the limits of law and order. Homeland Security has responded by sending additional agents to protect its personnel, but the deployment itself has inflamed tensions and handed Democrats a reckless propaganda win.
Comer’s suggestion is blunt and patriotic: protect American lives first, but stop enabling sanctuary-style politics that let crime and disorder fester under the guise of compassion. Conservatives who care about both enforcement and accountability should applaud a leader willing to put the safety of federal officers and innocent citizens ahead of political theater and needless escalation.
The congressman also used the platform to sound a warning about weaponized prosecutions and the need to hold rogue special counsels accountable, noting that those who abuse prosecutorial power can expect congressional scrutiny and possible legal consequences. That message landed like a thunderclap for career prosecutors playing politics with indictments, and it’s high time the swamp felt the heat for selective enforcement and lawfare.
Americans watching this theater of chaos should be furious — not at the brave agents trying to do dangerous jobs, but at the city and state officials who have allowed politically driven softness to replace public safety. The GOP must double down on oversight, demand transparency, and push for real consequences where federal power is misused, whether on the streets of Minneapolis or in politicized courtrooms in Washington.
If the Biden-aligned local elites refuse to restore order, then voters should take Comer’s counsel seriously and make their voices heard at the ballot box. This moment is a test of whether American citizens will tolerate leaders who invite chaos or whether they will rise up and vote for officials who put law, order, and national sovereignty first.
