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At Thursday's House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) grilled Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) about his comments about ICE.
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00:00Governor Walz, you've been sitting over there pretty quiet. I got a question for you.
00:03I'd love to talk. Thank you, Congressman.
00:05Fair enough. You said earlier that the ICE agents under the orders of President Trump are a modern-day Gestapo.
00:13Do you realize how disgusting a phrase that is considering the history of Nazi Germany?
00:18Would you like to recant that statement?
00:20What I said, Congressman, and I have a long history of supporting law enforcement,
00:24I said President Trump was using them as his modern-day Gestapo,
00:27not identifying who you are, coming up in unmarked vans, taking people away, and giving...
00:32Is it the responsibility of ICE to actually deport illegal aliens in the United States who are here?
00:38Isn't that their responsibility?
00:40Yes, it is, Congressman, except that the Constitution is not an inconvenience.
00:45It's not an either-or.
00:46Nobody said an inconvenience.
00:48You have a responsibility to deport illegal aliens, and the President is going through that process right now.
00:54And let's be very clear, the previous administration, they abused every process there is under border laws
01:00to allow more than 10 million people into the country illegally.
01:04And this is a burden on all Americans.
01:06And so the President is doing his job.
01:08So it is sick to refer to Americans who are ICE agents as Gestapo.
01:14Governor, you're wrong.
01:15You need to apologize to these agents.
01:17They're doing their jobs.
01:18They are Americans.
01:19They serve this country with honor and decency and respect.
01:23Do not diminish their work, simply because you tried to make a cheap point that you could tweet.
01:28I yield back.
01:30Chair now recognizes Ms. Stansbury from New...
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