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Megan Basham

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

And then you're hearing similar things from Dems like Mark Warner of Virginia and even Patty Murray of Washington, who was the one who negotiated this funding package.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

They say that they will not pass it if it includes that additional funding for DHS.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

And while Republicans control the Senate, they only have 53 seats and will need 60 votes to get that budget passed.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

So polymarket is now putting the odds of a government shutdown at 80%.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

So that's in Washington.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

What about the political leaders in Minnesota?

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

No, actually, I would say just the opposite.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

Daily Wire political reporter Cameron Arcand has been closely covering the situation for us over the weekend.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

And he points out that Walls used extremely loaded terms in his response.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

Walls called ICE deployment in the city a quote unquote occupation.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

And to Cameron's point there, Walz also held a press conference shortly after news of the shooting broke and used that time to denigrate ICE and attack the Trump administration.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

The police chief of Minneapolis, Brian O'Hara, seemed to follow his boss's lead there and said on CBS that even if an investigation determines that agents did lawfully shoot Alex Preddy, ICE should still stop its efforts to enforce immigration law in his city.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

And then on the other side of the aisle, DHS is out urging Minnesota residents not to interfere with ICE operations.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

And they're pointing out that these kinds of tragedies are not occurring in other cities where ICE has been deployed because in other cities, local law enforcement are working with ICE and are not encouraging organized protesters to obstruct their operations.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

This was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on Fox.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

And that was something that was echoed by Deputy AG Todd Blanch.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

Yeah, no, not right now there isn't.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

The president's response so far is to point the finger ultimately at Minnesota officials.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

He's asking where the local police have been, and he also continues to highlight what's driving this heightened federal presence in the state.

Morning Wire
Minneapolis Shooting Spirals & U.S. Armada Approaches Iran | 1.26.26

He said on Truth Social, quoting here, Minnesota is a criminal cover-up of the massive financial fraud that has gone on.