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NewsBusters Podcast: It's Not 'Minnesota Nice' If You Run Over ICE
The network news can hardly notice the massive welfare fraud perpetrated by Somalis in Minnesota, and the media find nothing offensive about local Democrats telling ICE to 'get the f--k out of Minneapolis' (Mayor Jacob Frey) and threatening to deploy the National Guard against ICE (Gov. Tim Walz).
The latest numbers on NewsBusters from Bill D'Agostino showed that from December 1 through January 7, CBS Evening News offered almost 13 minutes on the largely Somali effort to defraud the federal government, while ABC's World News Tonight offered only 35 seconds.
NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck and MRC External Affairs Manager Jerris Jackson joined the show to discuss the narratives coming out of Minneapolis. On their ABC News Live streaming channel, weekday afternoon host Kyra Phillips touted far-left Mayor Jacob Frey’s (D) lecture about ICE getting the “F” out of Minneapolis, calling it “powerful words...after ICE agents killed a woman” who was “unarmed.” ABC News contributor Elizabeth Neumann recklessly speculated this officer likely had no clue what he was doing when he shot the woman dead.
It's become apparent that our elitist media hate ICE, and don't find anything offensive about attempting to harm them while they perform their duties. Is it implausible that activist Renee Good was going to run over an ICE agent? It's not if you looked at a Justice Department press release from January 5 (hat tip: Power Line blog):
Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero…has been charged by indictment with two counts of Assault on a Federal Officer with a Dangerous Weapon and one count of Assault on a Federal Officer, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen.
On the morning of December 21, 2025, ICE deportation officers attempted to arrest Juan Carlos Rodriguez Romero in St. Paul, Minnesota. Rodriguez Romero is a citizen of Cuba and subject to removal. Uniformed ICE agents initiated a traffic stop of Rodriguez. Rodriguez refused to obey commands and attempted to flee in his car. While fleeing, Rodriguez accelerated his car towards ICE officers who were on foot. Rodriguez sped away but soon hit two parked cars and lost control of his vehicle. ICE officers attempted to apprehend Rodriguez Romero a second time. Rodriguez Romero again accelerated his car towards officers, one of whom fired his weapon towards Rodriguez Romero. Rodriguez Romero struck one officer while trying to flee during this second attempt. When ICE officers apprehended Rodriguez Romero, he bit one of the officers, drawing blood. Two ICE officers were transported to the hospital, suffering from bruised ribs, a dislocated finger, and a bite wound.
In Chicago in September, an illegal alien ran over an ICE agent and dragged him on the road until he was shot. Then and now, that's described as an ICE use-of-force scandal, not as an attack on ICE.
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