Episode 5075: People Want To See The President Get it Done In Minneapolis; Florida Schools Restricting ICE
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What allegations are being made against Minnesota officials?
Just confirmed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry are under federal criminal investigation by the Trump Justice Department for allegedly obstructing federal immigration enforcement. That's according to two sources familiar with the matter. Fry's office tells us they've heard rumors but have not received formal notice from DOJ on the matter. Just minutes ago, Governor Walz released this statement, quote, two days ago it was Elisa Slotkin. Last week, it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system and threatening political opponents is a dangerous authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
Michael, details are pretty thin at this moment, but we do understand that grand jury subpoenas are being prepared if they haven't been issued already, although it's not clear that anyone has been served with those subpoenas. We understand that this is an investigation being run out of the U.S.
attorney's office in Minneapolis and that one of the statutes they're looking at is USC 372, which makes it a crime to impede or assault an officer.
And it's connected to It appears to be connected to statements that the governor and the mayor have made encouraging people to exercise their rights, essentially, when it comes to immigration enforcement and the activities of ICE in the state. And a lot of people, as you just said, are going to see this as a weaponization of the Justice Department against political opponents. These are both Democrats, obviously, the mayor and the governor. But nonetheless, this investigation is proceeding and we'll just have to see where it goes from here.
Racial profiling so prevalent that a mayor of a major U.S. city is herself concerned that she could be a target of that racial profiling. And perhaps we would be surprised, Congressman, if not for the fact that that racial profiling had been sanctioned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
You know, Simone was quoting James Baldwin a few minutes ago, and when I pulled up to the Minnesota State Capitol building in St. Paul this morning, I noticed the street signs, and the ring road around the Capitol is Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard, and I thought to myself, What would Dr. King think right now? What would he say right now? What would he call us to do in this moment? And Mayor Herr, who we heard from today, is the embodiment of Dr. King's dream. And we see the Trump administration explicitly targeting people across this country based on their race. The Supreme Court of the United States sanctioning it. It is disgusting and it is un-American and it has to stop.
They made an imperfect precedent, which is what happened in 2020, which I think is very instructive and I think probably unrecognized. You know, in 2020, we had George Floyd killed by law enforcement in the city of Minneapolis. We saw protests emerge there and elsewhere. And what we also saw was we saw Donald Trump step up and for really the first time as president, try and enforce his will, try and try and be the iron fist that he's always wanted to be. in that city, in particular, and then elsewhere. He eventually went on and said that Tim Walz did a good job in 2020, which people, I think, may forget. It's important to remember.
But, yeah, I mean, what we're seeing here really is, can be distilled to four words, which is, how dare you object? All of this is downstream from Donald Trump and his cronies and his allies, feeling as though it is improper for anyone to say, you shouldn't do these things. Ice sweeping into Minneapolis, if you are protesting, how dare you do that? If you are saying, Donald Trump, you can't invoke the Instruction Act, how dare you? I get to do what I want as president.
All of that, I think, has its birth in 2020, probably before that in his presidency, but really we're seeing resonate now. So there's an element of him coming back here to finish the job? 100%. I mean, we heard all the reports in 2020 how he wanted to have the protesters be confronted by soldiers, how he got rid of Mark Esper because Mark Esper wouldn't invoke the Instruction Act.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What allegations are being made against Minnesota officials?
0:00–6:46
2
How is the Insurrection Act relevant to current political tensions?
6:46–7:52
3
How does the podcast address the topic of racial profiling?
7:52–13:24
4
What historical parallels are drawn regarding federal intervention?
13:24–17:42
5
What are the implications of ICE actions in Minneapolis?
17:42–35:36
6
How do immigration policies affect local communities in Florida?
35:36–54:19
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