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Dulcinea

(9,784 posts)
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 07:36 AM 19 hrs ago

Republicans start raising concerns about Minneapolis shooting

(Politico) A small but growing number of Republicans are raising public concerns about the killing Saturday of a 37-year-old Minnesota man by federal agents.

Hours after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on a Minneapolis street, one House GOP chair called for the top ICE leader and other Trump administration officials to publicly answer lawmakers’ questions. GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Thom Tillis of North Carolina called for independent probes into the shooting, with Cassidy arguing the integrity of ICE and the Department of Homeland Security are “at stake.”

Another House GOP chair appeared to suggest President Donald Trump should withdraw from Minneapolis and send the agents there to another city.

"If I were President Trump, I would almost think about, OK, if the mayor and governor are going put our ICE officials in harm's way and there's a chance of losing more innocent lives, or whatever, then maybe go to another city and let the people of Minneapolis decide: Do we want to continue to have all of these illegals?” Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Sunday on Fox News, adding that he expected Minnesotans to “rebel against their leadership.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republicans-start-raising-concerns-minneapolis-184459188.html

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Republicans start raising concerns about Minneapolis shooting (Original Post) Dulcinea 19 hrs ago OP
So Comer just wants them to relocate ... luv2fly 19 hrs ago #1
That's quite an optimistic take on it bucolic_frolic 19 hrs ago #2
"If I were President Trump, I would almost think about, OK, if the mayor and governor are going to put our ICE sop 19 hrs ago #3
More Farty Mouth Noises from people who don't really want to do anything. hatrack 19 hrs ago #4
Clutching their pearls concerned? nt mitch96 18 hrs ago #5
Well, nice of them to "start"... Aristus 16 hrs ago #6

bucolic_frolic

(54,297 posts)
2. That's quite an optimistic take on it
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 07:44 AM
19 hrs ago

No stampede, no new converts. For most of them, fear feeds their objectives.

sop

(17,748 posts)
3. "If I were President Trump, I would almost think about, OK, if the mayor and governor are going to put our ICE
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 07:52 AM
19 hrs ago

officials in harm's way, and there's a chance of losing more innocent lives, or whatever..."?

Comer's saying Governor Walz and Mayor Frey are putting the lives of ICE agents in harm's way, or whatever.

hatrack

(64,408 posts)
4. More Farty Mouth Noises from people who don't really want to do anything.
Mon Jan 26, 2026, 07:54 AM
19 hrs ago

Anything at all.

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