Michael Gold

I think one person we haven't heard a lot from about any of this is Stephen Miller, which I find very interesting.

But I think there is a sense that, you know, Noam and Greg Bovino, it's just like we have to get them out of there and show that the administration is doing something.

But I don't know exactly what changes are going to happen on the ground in Minnesota, which I think is the question here.

Well, Rand Paul is often on an island, but I don't think he is in this particular case.

Obviously, one of the more frequent critics of a Trump administration going back for years.

But, you know, he's been in charge of this committee, which oversees ICE and CBP for a while and has not called a hearing, even as we see more controversial action.

So I think this really represents a clamoring from Senate Republicans to do something.

It's not just him.

Bill Cassidy was one of the first ones out.

I think there are other people who have just said that we need to look into this.

We need to figure out what's going on here.

To not give too much credit to Senator Paul, he was beat by the House.

Andrew Garbarino from Long Island, who is less of a frequent critic, called for one of these hearings already.

But I just think this is representative of the sense that

something is shifting here.

And I think to jump off something Rick said, one thing I would point out is Republicans usually want to be talking about immigration.

I mean, this is an issue that voters have typically seen them as being very strong on.

It was something that they felt really secure in in 2022 and 2024.

But the way that this has all unfolded at the beginning of the year is making them very uneasy on what's supposed to be one of their signature issues.

And I think the hearings are supposed to represent a way for them to regain some of that ground.