Scott Jennings
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What strikes me is, first of all, it's extremely sad and unfortunate that someone died.
I mean, the political fighting and disagreements aside, it's terrible.
You don't want people to die in law enforcement situations or otherwise.
But it strikes me that we are undergoing an epidemic of political vigilantism right now.
Why are people showing up in vehicles?
in convoys, not just in Minneapolis, but all over the country in an effort to obstruct lawful federal law enforcement activities.
This is not an isolated incident.
We have had hundreds of car rammings against ICE agents all over the country.
According to DHS, this lady in this car today, along with other vehicles, have been tracking ICE agents around.
Why are people believing
that they can drive their car into a federal law enforcement situation and that is an appropriate thing to do.
I understand they don't like the fact that these agents are enforcing existing immigration law, but that's not how we change laws in this country.
If you don't like a law, you talk to the politicians.
You don't drive your car
into the middle of a building or a law enforcement situation that's being occupied by the people who are simply there to enforce the law.
If I don't like how much the IRS is charging me in taxes, I don't drive my car into the Treasury Department and try to run somebody over.
I call my congressman.
Political vigilantism is being encouraged by Democratic officials like the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, Peggy Flanagan, who earlier this year told people to, quote, put your bodies
on the line and Tim Walls calling these guys Gestapo all year.
What do you think happens when you radicalize a base of people about this?