The Trump administration fired back hard at Democrats Tuesday as violence against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers exploded in Minneapolis, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt placing blame squarely on leftist politicians who have branded federal agents as "Nazis."
"When Democrat leaders spend years demonizing our brave ICE officers as Nazis and storm troopers, this is the inevitable result," Leavitt declared during Tuesday's press briefing. "The blood is on their hands, and President Trump will not tolerate attacks on federal law enforcement officers."
The explosive comments came as Minneapolis descended into chaos following the Trump administration's aggressive deportation operations. Videos circulating on social media showed masked agitators hurling rocks and bottles at ICE vehicles while screaming "Nazi scum" and "no deportations."
"We're looking at all options, including the Insurrection Act, to restore order and protect our officers," a senior administration source told reporters on condition of anonymity.
The Insurrection Act threat represents a nuclear option that would allow Trump to deploy active-duty military forces to quell the Minneapolis violence. Democrats immediately condemned the possibility, but their credibility remains shattered after years of inflammatory anti-ICE rhetoric.
Democrat Chickens Coming Home to Roost
This is what happens when the radical left spends years poisoning Americans against their own law enforcement. Remember when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared ICE facilities to "concentration camps"? When Minnesota's own Ilhan Omar called for "abolishing ICE entirely"?
Now those chickens are coming home to roost in the streets of Minneapolis, where honest ICE officers are being attacked simply for doing their jobs - enforcing the immigration laws that Congress passed and President Trump swore to uphold.
The American people voted decisively for mass deportations in 2024. They're tired of sanctuary cities protecting criminal aliens while honest taxpayers foot the bill. Yet Democrat mayors and governors continue enabling this chaos rather than supporting federal law enforcement.
How much violence will Democrats tolerate before they stop treating ICE agents like enemy combatants? And will President Trump need to invoke emergency powers to restore the rule of law that liberal politicians have abandoned?