Dems Should Take Notes on What Ted Cruz Just Said at ICE Shooting Presser About Violent Rhetoric

One of the things that came of the press conference covering the shooting at a Dallas ICE processing center was that the shooter had "anti-ICE" messages on the rounds.

Fortunately, no agents were hit, but detainees were injured during the shooting, with at least one dead. The shooter then killed himself.

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The Dallas ICE Director, who had to deal with this, said it plainly, "The takeaway from all of this is that the rhetoric has to stop...It's dangerous and people are losing their lives."

Dallas ICE Director: “The rhetoric has got to stop.”

Attacks on ICE agents are up 1000%, yet Democrats keep fueling violence against the very heroes protecting our communities.pic.twitter.com/jCGywkoG0J
— GOP (@GOP) September 24, 2025

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) also put it bluntly, "This needs to stop. Politically motivated violence is wrong."

🚨BREAKING: Senator @tedcruz calls out violent left-wing rhetoric after anti-ICE motive confirmed:

"This needs to STOP!"

"It was two weeks ago today that we saw a political assassination in Utah."

"This is the THIRD SHOOTING IN TEXAS directed at ICE or CBP."

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— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 24, 2025

"It was two weeks ago today that we saw a political assassination in Utah that tore the heart out of much of this country," Cruz said, referring to the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

"This is the third shooting in Texas directed at ICE or CBP. This must stop. To every politician demonizing ICE and demonizing CBP, stop. To every politician demanding that ICE agents be doxxed and calling for people to go after their families, stop. This has very real consequences...Your political opponents are not Nazis."

Cruz then thanked ICE, CBP, and other law enforcement who "put their lives on the line to keep us safe." He asked for prayers for those who had been shot. "We should not be putting language out there that inspires madmen to commit evil crimes."

As I reported, California Gov. Gavin Newsom went on a wild anti-ICE rant on Tuesday night's Stephen Colbert's show, claiming they were disappearing people off the street without due process. He also demonized President Donald Trump, calling him a "son of a b***h" and saying he didn't think he was going to allow another election.

But he's not the only one - there have been many politicians and many more in the leftist media.

SUPERCUT: MSNBC has an addiction to calling ICE “gestapo.” pic.twitter.com/NjsYstcCbn
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 24, 2025

ICE is enforcing the law. It's Democrats who are acting contrary to the rule of law and contrary to the best interests of the American people, just because they want to attack Trump.

Then you look at how assaults have shot through the roof, even before this attack.

Democrats' vile rhetoric towards ICE agents have led to an unprecedented number of assaults on our officers.

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— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 24, 2025

You would like to think that someone shooting detainees might stop the folks on the left, even if they didn't care about the ICE agents. But at this point, they're already devolving into conspiracies about this shooting, so I don't think they're going to be stopping anytime soon. They have seriously lost the plot, and many need an intervention.

Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.

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