'Vance Endorsed Slashing Civil Liberties Protections During Minneapolis Visit' [View all]

"If you read mainstream coverage of Vice President JD Vance’s trip to Minneapolis this week, you’d be forgiven for thinking that he went there as an eyelinered MAGA Mahatma Gandhi, asking the city a simple question: How about we just give peace a chance?"

"CBS News, a network whose bosses have made elaborate contortions to please the president, portrayed Vance as calling on local officials to 'lower the temperature.' ABC, NBC, and PBS all had similar headlines."

"But how did the temperature get so high? Per lawsuits, affidavits, and reporting from the scene, it’s mostly responsive to heavy-handed tactics from DHS officers in the city. Their number, around 3,000, far exceeds the normal civilian law enforcement force there to maintain order in normal times. The flood resulted in the killing of Renee Good earlier this month; a lawsuit from the ACLU accused DHS of detaining people without warning or cause en masse, solely on the basis of their race."

"But Vance made another remark while in Minneapolis that has largely escaped attention."

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