Trump Administration Still Avoiding Accountability for Minneapolis
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Welcome to Raging Moderates. I'm Jessica Tarlev, and I'm here with the voice of a generation, Aaron Parnas.
I love the intros keep getting better and different every week.
Well, last week, I didn't give you anything, or I even paused to let you say something before I flattered you and you were upset. So the male ego is fragile. I know.
Yeah, very, very fragile.
I work with Scott. I understand. I know the game.
Scott, if you're watching, we all have fragile egos, apparently.
He's definitely watching. I actually am always so impressed. No matter what he's doing, he's like, oh, I'm backpacking through Peru. And he's like, great conversation with Sarah Longwell. And I'm like, amazing. You are listening to your product.
Fascinating. Yeah.
Yeah. Good lesson in how to run a business. Lots of news to get to. I want to start with Minneapolis, of course, and an impending shutdown just hours away. The rollout of the Trump accounts, the DOJ's move to seize voter records. I hate Tulsi Gabbard in the background of that picture that someone got was sent shivers up my spine. I know. And the growing spotlight on Trump's health. Minneapolis first We have the fallout colliding with the shutdown clock in Washington, just days left to fund the government. The White House is betting on border czar Tom Holman to cool tensions after the killing of Alex Preti and hoping he can reassure Democrats enough to keep DHS funded. But behind the scenes, there's open infighting inside the administration, finger pointing between Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, my favorite plot line.
And growing Republican frustration over Noem's handling of the crisis. I want to first start with Holman. He did a press conference this morning. We're recording this on Thursday in Minneapolis. Let's listen to this clip.
I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March that the rhetoric didn't stop. There's going to be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die. Not officers, not members of the community, and not the targets of our operations. The people out there don't like what ICE is doing. If you want certain laws reformed, then take it up with Congress. Again, ICE is making this up. They're enforcing laws enacted by Congress and signed by President. The same laws have been on the books.
What is the current situation in Minneapolis regarding the Trump administration?
for the last six presidents I worked for.
So what did you make of what Holman says there and then just the press conference generally? I want to hear from you first, but I have some kind of positive thoughts, actually, about what we heard.
Well, two words, damage control. I mean, that's what this was, right? I mean, Tom Holman was sent there to lower down the temperature publicly. I think what a lot of people forget is that what's happening on the ground in Minnesota has been happening for a while and will continue to happen for a while, no matter what Holman says today. The Trump administration, Donald Trump, was upset not because Alex Preddy was murdered and the way it happened. He was upset because everyone saw it happening. Same thing with Rene Good. He is not happy with the public perception of his immigration enforcement activities. And his polling is dropping, and that is what makes him upset, not the policy itself. He's fine with the policy.
And so sending Homan there in that press conference to me was a way to shape the public narrative, to change the topic of conversation, because Homan also said that he's going to reduce the number of agents on the ground and that this is an effort to kind of deescalate in a sense. But based on everything I hear, sure, you may reduce the number of agents from 3,000 to 1,000, but 1,000 is still more than the entire Minneapolis Police Department, right? Like enforcement will still happen on the ground. You'll still see these horrifying videos coming from on the ground. But at least for today, no one is talking about why Alex Preddy was killed. They're only talking about now Holman saying we need to de-escalate a little bit.
And so the public narrative is changing.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–2:34
2
What is the current situation in Minneapolis regarding the Trump administration?
2:34–4:45
3
How is the Trump administration handling the fallout from recent events?
4:45–25:29
4
How is the GOP responding to the potential for a government shutdown?
25:29–27:08
Speakers
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