As we reported earlier, there was a shooting of a woman who the DHS is saying allegedly tried to run over an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Now, what you should be doing in this kind of situation as a public official is reacting to calm things down, so you don't have a situation as you had in Minneapolis in 2020 with rioting and burning part of the city. You also should be waiting for the facts.
Instead, Mayor Jacob Frey is all-in on inflaming the situation and making things worse. Instead of taking responsibility for whipping people up and putting ICE in danger, Frey blamed ICE, claiming they were "sowing chaos on our streets" and "quite literally killing people."
🚨Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fray says they're conducting an investigation to get to the bottom of the ICE-involved shooting...then puts 100% of the blame on ICE.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 7, 2026
"They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video myself, I can tell everybody… pic.twitter.com/x5y1L6Foun
"They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video myself, I can tell everybody directly, that is bulls**t. This was an agent recklessly using power, resulting in somebody dying, getting killed."
The mayor further exacerbated the situation by demanding that ICE get the "f**k" out of the city.
Warning for graphic language in the following videos:
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to ICE: “Get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” pic.twitter.com/oGBcsub7ZZ
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 7, 2026
Now, even if you thought that there was a problem with the shooting, you should be encouraging calm to stem rioting and more problems, if you're the mayor. And as I said, you should wait for the facts. What he did was exactly the wrong thing, unless he wants rioting.
But since Frey wants to talk about videos, the videos already indicate that an agent was in front of the car, and that the car moved right toward him. That was when he fired. It looks to me like the car clipped him.
Reporter: She wasn't driving the car toward [the ICE agent], using her vehicle as a weapon?
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 7, 2026
Mayor Frey: That does not appear to be the case at all. pic.twitter.com/LofdWh6OEo
Frey responded to a reporter that it didn't appear to be the case at all, when it certainly did. So he's gaslighting the public as to the facts of the matter. He's the one spreading nonsense without the facts.
Here's another angle:
🚨 BREAKING: New angle from the ICE involved shooting in Minneapolis shows the woman CLEARLY hitting the agent with her car before he fires at her
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 7, 2026
A vehicle is a deadly weapon. And she used that deadly weapon against an agent.
Self-defense. pic.twitter.com/kw3SbBzSrP
You can also see that the car was shot from the front, not from the side, further confirming he was in the front.
🚨 BREAKING: MAJOR fake news operation from the Left just got DEBUNKED
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 7, 2026
They claimed the ICE agent shot the terrorist from the driver window
THE BULLET HOLE IS IN THE WINDSHIELD
Even more proof this was fully self defense and he was about to get killed. pic.twitter.com/yaQbNFsqAQ
Unfortunately, leftists like Frey don't care about the facts. They aren't going to look at what the videos and the facts actually show. What he's doing is going to cause more harm to people and the city.
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