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BONUS POD: Civil War Inside the Democratic Party Erupts Over ICE Enforcement
21 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What portrayal of ICE operations is presented in Minnesota?
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Good Wednesday morning. Nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update. It is a civil war in the Democratic Party right now. Democrats coming out in force, trying to demonize ICE, and more of them calling to abolish ICE altogether. So what are they going to do? And what does President Trump have to say in response? It's the 47 Morning Update, and it starts right now.
Story number one.
There is anarchy in the Democratic Party right now, and they have gone to war not with the people that they should be going to war with, the criminals who are being arrested in this country, but instead they're now going to war with ICE. Now, there is a civil war within the Democratic Party of their trying to decide.
Do we just straight up be honest and say we want to abolish ICE, or do we kind of lie a little bit? Now, before I get to that, I want you to hear about the arrests that have happened since yesterday in Minnesota. I want you to listen to what the federal government has put out about the arrests since yesterday. As Democrats say that ICE need to get the F out of their city.
the F out of their state, and there needs to be a civil war against the ICE agents. This is also coming, as the Democratic Party is saying in the future, they may go out and arrest ICE agents and hold them accountable for the crimes they claim they're committing now. So who are they actually out arresting? Well, listen to this. And this is, again, just since yesterday.
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Chapter 2: How are Democratic leaders criticized regarding ICE enforcement?
Rape, and then on top of that, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor. This individual is walking the streets of Minneapolis with impunity just yesterday. Let's keep on there. We've got Annabelle Gomez, a criminal illegal alien from Honduras previously arrested for criminal sexual conduct and domestic assault. Other convictions include disorderly conduct and driving under the influence of liquor.
Walk in the streets as of yesterday. These are just three three that I decided to print out, there's a whole stack of them. There's a whole stack of these. As a matter of fact, when we look over the past year at the 10,000 that have been arrested here in Minneapolis and Minnesota, that stack is enormous. These are the kinds of individuals this operation focuses on.
Individuals who escalate situations and endanger others. Again, our neighbors, our friends, our colleagues in Ma and Pa America.
Chapter 3: What internal conflict is described within the Democratic Party?
This is exactly, exactly why Interior Enforcement exists to remove dangerous criminals from our communities. Remove dangerous illegal alien criminals from our communities. It's also...
Now, these are the stories the left doesn't want you to know about, because this is all about a civil war. Quote, Trump's politicalization of the DOJ will not deter Mayor Fry, Governor Walz, and A.G. Ellison from doing their jobs to protect the people of Minnesota. I stand with them against these blatant abuse of power.
So let's just be clear, Senator Schumer is fighting hard to keep criminals like Pao Zhong, a rapist and child molester in the country. He's been convicted of sex offenses against child fondling, burglary, larceny, and rape. He was arrested in Minnesota. This individual is who Chuck Schumer is defending in the Democratic Party. That's where the Civil War comes in.
There are other Democrats who are like, we can't say that publicly. Like, we know we want to abolish ICE and we are the same party that says we want to get rid of police officers. But now, how do you actually accomplish this? That is the debate they're having on TV.
Now, they're going back to their old playbook, which is to demonize, dehumanize, and try to convince Americans that ICE agents are the Gestapo, that ICE agents are not crime fighters. Not actually going after the worst that are out there that are illegal immigrants. You know, the rapists and the murderers and the sex traffickers and the drug dealers. No, no, no, no.
They want you to believe that somehow that is ice. And the do-gooders are the people that broke into this country that are also committing heinous crimes. Take a listen to Chris Van Hollen. This is what he had to say as he's trying to rewrite history. And there's a theme that is happening. This is orchestrated by the Democratic Party.
Listen to what he said about the deranged leftists that are impeding ICE operations and what he calls them.
One of the things that gives me great hope, even amidst all of this division and chaos sown by Donald Trump, are the patriots in places like Minneapolis who are standing up, blowing whistles to protect their neighbors, blowing whistles on the illegal tactics of ICE. And I was just at a rally in Hagerstown, Maryland today.
Hundreds of people coming out because ISIS signaled that they might use a facility in Hagerstown for their purposes. And people were coming out to say no.
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Chapter 4: How are protests and activism against ICE framed in the episode?
So almost all of the protests and demonstrations that we've seen in Minnesota and especially in Minneapolis and St. Paul have been peaceful, have been non-violent, and of course that is the right response. What all of our messages have been is basically don't take the bait. Don't fuel the president's narrative. Don't fuel Donald Trump's narrative that this is a dangerous place.
Let's show them how we stand up for each other and stand up for our neighbors. And that's what makes me So proud of Minnesota, right?
You listen to that Democratic senator. She now says that's what makes her so proud. Almost all of the protests and demonstrations that we've seen in Minnesota have been peaceful. So she's telling you and admitting, okay, yeah, some of them have gotten completely out of hand, but we're just so proud of all these people that just keep showing up.
And we're just so proud that they're out there terrorizing people in church. Democratic Minneapolis city council member, telling this lie about ICE agents. And again, this goes back to the playbook of dehumanizing and attacking ICE agents, trying to turn them into the bad guys, into the Gestapo.
Remember, you have a mayor and a governor that have not only disparaged ICE agents, but they've said they want a civil war and they can get the F out of their city. Well, now you've got a Democratic Minneapolis City Council member saying this.
Every single person in the city understands that this is not here for public safety, right? Jake, we've had the first murder in the city of Minneapolis was perpetrated by federal agents. If this was about safety, ICE would be out of our city.
And so I think we are seeing every single individual from every single corner of walk of life in this city start to understand that this is not about safety and that we are trying to do something here in our city because it's not okay.
So to be clear, that is a Democratic city council member telling a lie to Jake Tapper. Notice how he doesn't say a word to stop him. A disgusting lie to smear ICE agents who are already under attack while trying to arrest rapists, murderers, and pedophiles. This city council member said this was just... If this was about safety, ICE would be out of our city.
No, ICE is actually doing the job that you refuse to do. Minnesota Democrats are protecting the criminal illegals, just like the fraudsters who are there that have stolen countless dollars from American taxpayers. You've got deranged individuals out there, just like Stacey Abrams invoking Hitler and Chavez when trying to smear President Trump. This is part of the Democratic Party.
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