Domenico Montanaro

You know, these are the kinds of inflammatory language that's been coming from the people that Trump put in charge of these immigration efforts.

And if he's uncomfortable with that, he needs to rein people in.

I mean, I think that it's important to note that when we think about Minneapolis, of course,

It's a very liberal city.

But when you think about Minnesota writ large, yes, it's gone blue in multiple elections, but it's been very close in a few elections in the Trump era here.

And Republicans, moderate Republicans could have seen something of a surge coming on the heels of the fraud investigation in Minneapolis that the Trump administration was also pushing.

But these ICE tactics, I mean, you see what's happened here in these last couple of shootings and killings.

You suddenly have the Republican candidate saying yes.

You know what?

Republican can't win.

Yeah.

And I have to say about Minneapolis in particular, you know, it's a place with a highly educated population.

You have a lot of activism and it, you know, they have among the highest voter turnout rates in the country.

Minnesota in general does.

So this is a very active and engaged community.

And, you know, when you have that plus being led by Democrats in general and the Trump administration kind of going after blue states and because Tim Walz, who

ran on the Democratic ticket as vice president in 2024, you have this perfect storm.

Well, I think that's to your point.

In general, we're seeing that across the country with how Trump conducts himself in, you know, whether it's the leverage he wants over universities or journalists.

He'll take one thing, federal funding for medical research, for example, and say he's going to withhold that if, say, Harvard or some other school doesn't reduce its DEI hires, diversity, equity, and inclusion.