Jake Tapper
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choose which situations are in which laws are enforced and which ones aren't every single one of them is being enforced under the Trump administration and the clarity of the law stands and if people don't like it these members of Congress and elected officials should go change the law and make sure they have that debate and policy I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers
This individual and these instances and these investigations all have to be taken and done and done correctly in context of every situation that is happening on the ground.
So what we are doing today as the Department of Homeland Security is out there with our law enforcement officers making sure
that we're targeting the worst of the worst and that we're talking factually about each situation and making sure that we're bringing those perpetuators of violence back to justice, bringing them to justice and making sure they face consequences for their crimes.
We'd love to have the partnership of Mayor Frey.
We'd love to have the partnership with the chief of police and of Governor Walz.
Every day when we're out there to make sure they tone down the rhetoric and they do the right thing for the people of Minnesota.
Well, everything that I've said has been proven to be factual and the truth.
This administration wants to operate in transparency.
I have the responsibility as the Secretary of Homeland Security to know this information as soon as possible.
Had just been in Minneapolis the day before, had already had conversations with officers on the ground and supervisors and knew the facts and decided that the department and the people of this country
deserve to know the truth of the situation of what had unfolded in Minneapolis.
It absolutely is what happened.
Those officers.
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Action.
A vehicle had been stuck.
They had come to help get that vehicle out.
That's when this individual started blocking traffic for minutes and minutes.
Blocked the road for a long time and was yelling at them and impeding a federal law enforcement investigation.