Peggy Flanagan

I am the mom of a 12-year-old, and I am horrified by that.

Minneapolis Public Schools has closed school.

They closed school today and tomorrow.

due to safety of children.

Let's be honest, and now have moved to a potential distance learning option for students who want to participate in school that way because they're afraid.

This is outrageous, and this builds upon American citizens being detained by ICE, legal observers being arrested, folks thrown into the back of vans, and now children being exposed to chemical irritants.

What are we doing?

It's it is unconstitutional.

ICE is dangerous.

They are making us less safe and terrorizing and causing chaos in our communities.

And it has to stop.

So one, I mean, just continue to speak up and speak out.

I know the videos are incredibly painful to watch, but it matters that we share those images, right?

You know, the lies that Donald Trump and Kristi Noem are spinning right now, we have our own eyeballs and can see what happened in that video footage.

So make sure that that gets out there.

you know contribute to uh mutual aid make sure um that you know when you are protesting that you're doing so uh peacefully that non-violent you know demonstrations really matter right now we have to demonstrate you know that it is completely unacceptable the way that the federal government is behaving uh right now and to lift your voice in your own community and the last thing that i would say is call your member of congress no matter where you are and say we demand

that the FBI partner with the Minnesota BCA and that there is a full, independent and transparent investigation to bring justice to Renee, to Minnesota and for all Americans.

My name is Peggy Flanagan.

I am the lieutenant governor of Minnesota, and I'm really honored and humbled to be here with all of you today.

I am incredibly clear that the Somali community is part of the fabric of the state of Minnesota.