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Americans watching the unrest in Minnesota should be furious, not surprised, that violent protests erupted after a federal ICE operation left a woman dead — an outcome that has predictably been spun by the left as yet another excuse to shield illegal immigration from scrutiny. Rob Finnerty slammed the tone-deafness of the leftist media on his show, rightly noting that many in the press act as if their job is to defend unlawful border crossing instead of reporting facts. The honest story — violent agitation around an ICE arrest operation — is being buried under a barrage of liberal excuses and sanctimonious coverage that prioritizes narrative over safety.
The fatal shooting of Renee Good during the operation has become the latest flashpoint, and federal authorities have referred to an ongoing FBI inquiry even as the Justice Department said it did not find grounds for a civil-rights prosecution at this time. That decision has inflamed passions and led to public spectacle rather than sober, law-based responses, with some local prosecutors even resigning amid the swirl of politics. This is exactly the chaos conservatives warned would follow when politicians substitute virtue-signaling for enforcement.
Washington has not sat idly by while mobs obstruct federal officers; the Department of Homeland Security has surged personnel into the Minneapolis area, supplementing ICE with hundreds of Border Patrol and Customs agents to protect operations. Officials say the influx reflects the seriousness of the situation and the need to focus on removing dangerous criminal aliens — not to placate activists who would block lawful arrests. The left’s reflexive outrage at enforcement only encourages more people to step in front of agents and play hero, putting ordinary citizens and officers at risk.
Border Patrol leadership on Finnerty warned about “agitators” who aren’t just protesting but actively attempting to derail enforcement actions, a pattern that’s led to near-misses and escalating confrontations. When federal officers are threatened during lawful operations, the predictable result is that someone will get hurt — and then the media will run sob stories about the politics instead of the criminal records of some of those arrested. That inversion of priorities — empathy for lawbreakers and contempt for law enforcement — is a moral failure of our major outlets.
When local officials and national left-wing media defend obstruction, federal lawmakers and even the White House are forced to consider extraordinary remedies; Rep. Andy Harris and President Trump both signaled that the federal government could respond decisively if state and city leaders refuse to uphold the law. Conservatives who believe in the rule of law are not calling for chaos — we’re calling for the predictable enforcement of federal statutes and protection for the men and women who do the dangerous work of keeping our country safe. Threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act is a direct response to political actors who enable mobs rather than disband them.
Patriotic Americans should stand with the professionals doing their duty, not with activist mobs who think confrontation is a substitute for civic responsibility; as Rep. Randy Fine put it on Finnerty, ICE agents are simply trying to do their jobs in the face of obstruction. The answer is not to bow to performative outrage or to let sanctuary-minded politicians handcuff federal enforcement — it is to back the law, demand transparency where it’s due, and prosecute those who obstruct justice. Our communities, our workers, and our children deserve officials who put safety and sovereignty above partisan theatrics.
Minnesota’s leaders must be held accountable for inviting this chaos with soft-on-enforcement rhetoric, and the national media must be exposed for the biased coverage that treats illegal immigration like a cause, not a crisis. If Americans want safe streets and honest reporting, the only path forward is to elect leaders who enforce the law and to support newsrooms that do the same — true journalism uncowed by ideology, and public servants committed to American citizens first. The rest is just noise; hardworking patriots deserve better than applause lines for lawbreakers.
