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Cara Swisher

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Anyway, we've got a lot to discuss, so let's get to it.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Donald Trump says his administration is reviewing everything surrounding the shooting of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Preddy in Minneapolis this weekend.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

He's also now sending his border czar, Tom Holman, to Minneapolis.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

The leading GOP candidate for Minnesota governor just dropped out of the race, saying he can't support the National Republican retribution on the citizens of his state.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

And as we record, a federal judge is hearing arguments on temporarily halting the immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

On the latest episode of On with Kara Swisher, I spoke with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

This was before the Alex Preddy shooting, but Frey knew another incident was inevitable.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Let's listen.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Unfortunately, he was pressy, and although I think a lot of people did understand the escalating tensions there, I'll also note I've been calling out CEOs for their silence on this.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

As comedian Steve Hofstadter put it on threads, if speaking out against fascism damages your brand, that means your brand is fascism.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

But since our last recording, some execs are speaking out, at least in Minnesota.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

On Sunday, more than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based companies, including Target, Best Buy, and 3M, released a letter calling for de-escalation.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

It took them long enough.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

And more than 450 tech workers from Google, Meta, OpenAI, and other companies have signed a letter urging CEOs to demand ICE leave cities and cancel company contracts with ICE.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Scott and I talked about what happened this weekend as a turning point.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Anthony, I'd love your thoughts on this because, again, you were just at Davos, tons of business leaders.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

You obviously are tuned into the political system.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

You are a Republican who is turned away from the Republican Party very early, I would add.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Talk about what is happening here.

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The Cost of Corporate Silence on ICE, Trump's Health, and TikTok USA

Obviously, we're all worried about the republic itself, as the mayor had, but it's an on-the-ground moving situation.