If MS NOW had a mascot, it would be a blue parrot. When The Briefing host Jen Psaki interviewed Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on her Wednesday show about the ICE shooting involving an agent and an SUV driver, she repeated his accusation that the Trump administration’s defense of the agent was “BS,” and Frey himself echoed Psaki’s echo by doubling down on the “BS” language. During an interview with Frey, Psaki was certain Frey was correct, “We wouldn't know what happened today without citizen activism and without citizens taking—recording from many angles. It's kind of incredible. That's how we know how many of these things happen. You called the Trump administration's portrayal of what happened today BS. I think I just tried to outline why it's BS. We again, we showed the video. I think a lot of people watching have watched this video. This is your community. I mean, what stuck out most to you specifically when you watched that video this morning?”     Whether the woman could be described as a domestic terrorist or simply someone who put an ICE agent’s life in danger for foolishly trying to flee from other agents doesn’t really matter. The point is, in the heat of the moment, the officer in front of the car believed the vehicle posed a threat to him. MS NOW has repeatedly analyzed the video by slowing it down and freezing it once the agent was next to the driver’s side window, but in the real world, the whole incident—from the moment the driver started moving forward to the final of the three shots—was about two seconds. For his part, Frey was happy to double down, “Well, I won't preempt the investigation that is going to take place in part through the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. But look, I got two eyes. I saw the video that all of you saw as well. The notion that this was domestic terrorism is garbage. It's BS. It's whatever other superlative you want to attach, but that ain't a factual or valid narrative.” He also added, “And we should all just be acknowledging, you know, the truth. The truth matters here. And our call has been twofold. Our call has been first, you know, ICE: get out of our city. Second, to our community members. You know, this is our moment to meet a whole lot of hate with a whole lot of love. This is our moment to do everything possible, that we're pushing for justice when you got an administration that is seemingly trying to deny it. This is our moment to show who we can be right now, and I'm confident that we can do so peacefully.” The lesson MS NOW and Frey—not that anyone can tell the difference—claim to want to draw is that ICE’s presence in big cities makes them less safe, but what they really desire is for certain areas of the country to be off-limits to federal law enforcement. That is obviously a non-starter, and no amount of profanity from a lowly mayor can change that. Here is a transcript for the January 7 show: MS NOW The Briefing with Jen Psaki 1/7/2026 9:15 PM ET JEN PSAKI: We wouldn't know what happened today without citizen activism and without citizens taking—recording from many angles. It's kind of incredible. That's how we know how many of these things happen. You called the Trump administration's portrayal of what happened today BS. I think I just tried to outline why it's BS. We again, we showed the video. I think a lot of people watching have watched this video. This is your community. I mean, what stuck out most to you specifically when you watched that video this morning? JACOB FREY: Well, I won't preempt the investigation that is going to take place in part through the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. But look, I got two eyes. I saw the video that all of you saw as well. The notion that this was domestic terrorism is garbage. It's BS. It's whatever other superlative you want to attach, but that ain't a factual or valid narrative. And we should all just be acknowledging, you know, the truth. The truth matters here. And our call has been twofold. Our call has been first, you know, ICE: get out of our city. Second, to our community members. You know, this is our moment to meet a whole lot of hate with a whole lot of love. This is our moment to do everything possible, that we're pushing for justice when you got an administration that is seemingly trying to deny it. This is our moment to show who we can be right now, and I'm confident that we can do so peacefully. I'm confident that we can express those First Amendment rights without hurting each other or the communities that have been built up so beautifully over the last several years. And I mean, I'm optimistic about this city. And at the same time, we're devastated for the family.