Karoline Leavitt

Yet Democrat leaders in Minnesota with sanctuary city policies have actively defied federal immigration law and the will of the people.

And as a result of that defiance, two Minnesotans have now tragically lost their lives on the streets of Tim Walz's state.

But let's be clear about the circumstances which led to that moment on Saturday.

This tragedy occurred as a result of a deliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota.

For weeks, Governor Walz and the Mayor Jacob Fry and other elected Democrats were spreading lies about federal law enforcement officers who are risking their lives daily to remove the worst criminal illegal aliens from our streets.

Murderers, rapists, pedophiles, human traffickers, and gang members.

The president supports the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding American citizens, absolutely.

There has been no greater supporter or defender of the right to bear arms than President Donald J. Trump.

So while Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms, Americans do not have a constitutional right to impede lawful immigration enforcement operations.

And any gun owner knows that when you are carrying a weapon, when you are bearing arms and you are confronted by law enforcement, you are raising the assumption of risk and the risk of force being used against you.

And again, that's unfortunately what took place on Saturday.

Yes, it's a good question.

I spoke with the president about this at length.

What the president is referring to is the fact that you have Governor Walz and again the mayor who have been encouraging these left wing agitators to come out and to harass and to dox and to threaten ICE and to make this conversation about

and smear lies about federal law enforcement who again are just trying to do their jobs in an attempt to distract from the widespread massive fraud that has taken place in their state.

Billions and billions of dollars has been stolen from law abiding taxpayers in Minnesota

And the administration continues to be very focused on getting to the bottom of it, especially, and the president raised a good question over the weekend, with respect to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who now has a net worth within the millions.

And one must ask themselves, why and how is that possible?

Is she connected to the fraud rings that we have seen taking place within her state and her own district?

It's a question the American people are raising, and the president believes it's one worth answering.