JD Vance Responds To ICE Tragedy—Doubles Down And Makes It Worse

JD Vance defended ICE this week.


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In yet another of a series of tragic events in Minneapolis, a 37-year-old woman, Renee Nicole Good, was shot and killed by an ICE agent, in a killing that was caught on video from multiple angles. The shooting took place less than a mile away from where George Floyd was killed in 2020, and came as part of a surge in the Twin Cities area by ICE.

The shooting almost immediately became a political talking point, with Democrats, for the most part, calling it unjustified, if not cold-blooded murder, while Republicans mostly defended the shooting.

Among the latter was Vice President JD Vance, who declared on X, to ICE, that “their president, vice president, and the entire administration stands behind them.”

Also on Wednesday, Vance called on Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to resign from office over the Minneapolis fraud scandals.

“I think Tim Walz should resign,” Vance told Fox News’ Jesse Watters in the interview this week. “I almost feel bad for the guy, except for the fact that he should’ve seen this.”

Some social media viewers had colorful reactions to Vance standing with ICE agents after they killed a woman:

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