Of course, the recent violent confrontations against ICE immigration enforcement officers have come in blue areas, namely Minnesota.
There, protesters, many of them hired hands, intentionally provoke the officers to ignite a reaction for video cameras to capture.
I wrote here recently that it's hard to grasp the surreal nature of people protesting legally against ICE officers acting legally to arrest immigrants who've not only broken the law by illegally entering the country, but broken other laws here and/or back home in their native country.
The violence and controversial shooting deaths of two protesters have prompted both President Trump and Gov. Tim Walz to move toward cooling the situation. Realizing video images in an age of television can have outsized effects, President Trump, this week, told NBC News, "Maybe we can use a little bit of a softer touch."
A realization that such violent images involving federal officers can do serious political damage in a crucial midterm election year.
The president then added, "But you still have to be tough." That is crucial.
For the moment, that's reassuring for those of us who strongly believe that deportation of these illegal immigrants accused of crimes is essential, regardless of accompanying controversies.
What gets lost in news media coverage of these protest confrontations is the human impact of crime committed by illegal immigrants, crimes that include rape, murder, molestation, and fatally crashing laden big-rig trucks into civilian cars by inadequately trained illegal drivers. Online accounts and videos of their victims are painful to watch.
Apparently Joe Biden and his seditious cohorts will not be held legally accountable for wantonly permitting some 10 million illegal immigrants to enter this country during his tragic four years.
But we can get rid of as many of these characters as possible. That's why aggressively and urgently continuing Trump's deportations is essential before America's not always reliable national will collapses.
That's the topic of this week's audio commentary. Click here to listen. And leave your Comments below.
The most recent audio commentary examined the political phenomenon of Democrats always preferring cover-ups to cleanups.
Do you recall anyone, anyone at all, from the happily departed Biden administration confessing regret for the years-long cover-up of JB's deteriorating physical and mental condition? Or any of the legion of Democrats who proclaimed the oldest president ever was sharp as a tack and certainly deserving of another four-year term in office?
You can't. There hasn't been any. It's as if all his screwups, including the lethal Afghan exit, never happened.
We already mentioned this week's Sunday column.
