Press Briefing: VP Vance on Minnesota ICE Shooting, Fraud, and Federal Law Enforcement

Federal Response to Minnesota Incident

• 🚨 The deadly incident in Minnesota involving an ICE officer was attributed to a "sinister left-wing movement" attacking federal law enforcement.
• 📈 ICE officers are facing significant increases in threats, including a 1,200% rise in assaults, 3,200% in vehicle rammings, and 8,000% in death threats.
• 🇺🇸 The Trump administration is committed to upholding law and order and removing "criminal illegal aliens," despite alleged efforts by Democrats to impede enforcement and defund agencies.

Nationwide Fraud Investigation

• 💰 The Department of Homeland Security is investigating "rampant fraud" in Minnesota, which has allegedly cost taxpayers billions of dollars under Governor Tim Walls' leadership.
• 🤝 An inter-agency task force has been activated, issuing over 1,500 subpoenas and securing nearly 100 indictments primarily against Somali immigrants for fraud, including SNAP fraud.
• ⚖️ A new Assistant Attorney General position with nationwide jurisdiction over fraud is being created to aggressively prosecute these cases, starting in Minnesota.
• 🏛️ This position is designed to function like a special counsel but with constitutional legitimacy and White House supervision.

Defending Law Enforcement and Criticizing Media

• 📰 Vice President Vance criticized media reporting on the Minnesota incident, stating the ICE officer acted in self-defense against a woman who attempted to ram him with her car.
• 🗣️ He asserted that the woman was part of a "broader left-wing network" obstructing legitimate law enforcement operations and that her death was a "tragedy of her own making."
• 🗳️ The administration urges citizens to take policy disagreements to the ballot box rather than inciting violence against law enforcement officers, which is characterized as "classic terrorism."
• 🚫 Vance called for Governor Tim Walls' resignation, citing either "unbelievable incompetence" or direct involvement in the widespread welfare fraud.