Rachel Maddow Highlights GOP Backlash To Fatal ICE Raids: ‘This Is Called Political Change’ | EUROtoday

MS NOW host Rachel Maddow on Monday stated President Donald Trump and his administration have “crumpled” after federal immigration brokers fatally shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minnesota this weekend — prompting backlash even from Republicans.

“This is called political change,” Maddow stated.

The pundit, on her weekly present, enumerated the numerous Republicans and centrist Democrats who beforehand supported funding the administration “when other Democrats didn’t” however have since vowed to reverse course or have spoken out towards the continued effort in Minnesota.

Maddow quoted Minnesota state Rep. Nolan West (R), who stated the presence of federal brokers “needs to end” as a result of it’s “causing more harm than good,” and state Sen. Julia Coleman (R), who stated Trump should “pause targeted operations” there.

She additional famous that Republican candidate for Minnesota governor Chris Madel dropped out of the race Monday, citing his refusal to help the GOP’s “stated retribution on the citizens of our state” as the rationale and calling the outcomes an “unmitigated disaster.”

Maddow additionally pointed to Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, who stated on CNN that the violence in Minnesota is “causing deep concerns over federal tactics and accountability,” earlier than quoting Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) — who wrote on social media, “Enough….”

“It’s not acceptable for American citizens to be killed by federal agents for exercising their god-given and constitutional rights to protest their government,” Scott wrote Sunday on X, previously Twitter.

Maddow ultimately famous that “even in the sinkhole of sniveling cowardice” of America’s “so-called” enterprise leaders, CEOs have begun to “squeak that maybe, possibly, if nobody minds,” they’re not snug with the Trump administration’s actions.

More than 60 CEOs of Minnesota-based firms — together with Target, Best Buy, General Mills, Cargill, Land O’Lakes and the Mayo Clinic — signed an open letter Sunday calling for “immediate de-escalation” within the state and for federal officers “to find real solutions.”

“And yes, that is too late, but it is way more than they were willing to do before,” Maddow stated Monday. “So take it, bank it and build on it. We even saw some of the old graybeards of U.S. politics rouse from their retirement pastimes and diversions to say something.”

She went on to notice former President Bill Clinton issued a press release warning Americans to not “give our freedoms away,” whereas former President Barack Obama stated Pretti’s dying ought to be a “wake-up call” that the nation’s values are “under assault.”

Trump reportedly advised Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Monday that he’s open to decreasing the variety of federal immigration brokers in his state.

Maddow on Monday left off with a galvanizing rallying cry, arguing {that a} political shift like this solely “starts with the people.”

“It starts with the protests that we have seen — principled, peaceful, relentless protest,” Maddow continued. “It works. That is the source of this shift. Peaceful, powerful, relentless, principled protest works. It uses democratic means to save democracy.”

She added, “That is what has forced the Trump administration to change course. That is what has forced Trump to back down. Principled, peaceful, relentless protest is the democratic means of saving a democracy, and that is the only way to win for the long term.”

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