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  • 6 months ago
At a House Oversight Committee hearing last week, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) questioned Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) about his comparing ICE agents to the Gestapo.
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00:00of today's testimony. I'm going to begin with Governor Walts. Governor Walts, I thought that
00:04maybe your statement referencing ICE as Gestapo was an outlier statement, but now that Mr. Lynch
00:13has endorsed it, it appears that it could be some type of Democrat talking point. Governor,
00:19do you and other Democrat politicians understand why referencing ICE as Gestapo is offensive?
00:26I'm going to explain. The Department of Homeland Security is reporting that ICE agents are now
00:32experiencing a 413 percent rise in assaults. We've seen numerous videos of rioters obstructing and
00:39assaulting federal law enforcement after your remarks, including in Los Angeles. So Governor,
00:45do you think that comments like that and rhetoric like that put ICE officers and other law enforcement
00:52in greater danger? Well, thank you for the question, Mr. Chairman. First and foremost,
01:00any attack on law enforcement is unacceptable, wherever it's at, whether it's state, local.
01:06So you understand, and I've got limited time here. I want to highlight for the governors that real
01:14word impact of the policies that you all continue to defend, even in your opening statements,
01:20have on American families. Earlier this year,
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