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Kristi Noem did the one thing too many politicians shy away from: she called the Minneapolis ICE shooting what it looked like to clear-thinking people — an act of domestic terrorism. In an age when mobs and vehicle attacks are treated as policy talking points by the left, standing up for those who put themselves between chaos and the rest of us is not bravado, it is leadership. Conservatives should applaud a public official who refuses to mince words while others play politics with public safety.
The facts on the ground are messy and the video is being parsed by partisans, but the basic reality remains: an ICE officer confronted a dangerous situation, a vehicle was used as a weapon, and a life was lost. To pretend those facts evaporate because the optics are inconvenient for a particular mayor or political faction is to invite more violence. Law enforcement must be allowed to do its job without being browbeaten by a media chorus that prefers narratives to outcomes.
Meanwhile, the predictable outrage machine has cranked into gear. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Rep. Ilhan Omar rushed to discredit federal action and to castigate honest enforcement rather than demand answers about who is gaming the system and endangering neighbors. This reflex to defend the indefensible is exactly what erodes trust in government and leaves citizens exposed to the consequences of soft-on-crime policies.
Mike Howell of the Oversight Project was right to push back on the left’s attempts to muddy the waters during his Fox appearance. What’s happening in Minnesota cannot be severed from the larger breakdown of accountability there — from law enforcement restraint to rampant fraud that has siphoned taxpayer dollars. Conservatives see the pattern: when officials look the other way, bad actors exploit that vacuum, and communities pay the price.
That leads straight into the larger Minnesota scandal that Democrats would rather bury: years of alleged fraud in state programs that has real victims and real national security implications. Calls to investigate potential money flows to extremist networks are not xenophobic shouting points; they are sober national security concerns that deserve transparent, vigorous probes. Rep. Omar’s theatrical denunciations of enforcement only give cover to those who would avoid scrutiny.
If America is to remain a safe, prosperous country, we must stop treating every clash between law enforcement and a suspect as a political theatre piece. Federal agents who go into dangerous environments to restore order deserve our backing until their actions are proven unlawful. To do otherwise is to invite lawlessness and to reward those who would weaponize chaos against our communities.
The media’s rush to absolve and the left’s reflex to weaponize outrage should not distract conservatives from the task at hand: demanding truth, protecting the innocent, and holding accountable anyone who cheats the system or targets Americans. Leadership is not measured by how sensitively you craft a press release, it is measured by whether you keep people safe.
Kristi Noem stood up and named the threat; that is what leaders do when the comforts of political caution would bury the truth. Now is the moment for principled firmness — for relentless investigation, for support of law enforcement, and for refusing to let ideology shield corruption or violence. The country depends on officials who will act, not appease.
