Dave Rubin’s direct-message clip of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt didn’t pull any punches, and patriots should be grateful someone in the media finally recorded the truth: the press corp has allowed Democratic officials to smear federal law enforcement while gaslighting Americans about public safety. Leavitt ripped into reporters for giving Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey a platform to peddle fear and misinformation about ICE operations instead of asking tough questions about violent crime and accountability.
Governor Walz’s now-famous demand that President Trump “pull his 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota” after the tragic shooting was reckless and irresponsible politics disguised as public concern, and it inflamed already tense streets. Instead of calming Minnesotans, that rhetoric encouraged protestors to target federal officers and disrupted lawful operations meant to remove dangerous criminal aliens. The result was predictable: more chaos and a scapegoating of the men and women who put their lives on the line.
Karoline Leavitt was right to call out Walz for his record — Minneapolis burned in 2020 under the watch of local leadership that repeatedly prioritized optics over order, and local officials have too often blocked cooperation with federal partners. Leavitt pointed to the failure of city and state leaders to turn over violent criminal aliens to federal custody, a decision that puts communities at risk and undermines public safety. If elected Democrats think virtue-signaling from podiums protects citizens, they’re living in fantasyland.
The tragic death of Renée Good and the subsequent protests that swept Minnesota show exactly why law-and-order matters, not hollow sympathies for lawbreakers. Federal authorities are now investigating whether local political leaders stoked a climate that allowed violent obstruction of federal agents, and the Justice Department has warned it will not tolerate attempts to impede operations. America cannot afford a political culture that applauds obstruction when officers are trying to do their jobs.
The national media’s soft-pedaling of these facts has been disgraceful — too many outlets act as press flacks for progressive politicians instead of as watchdogs for the public. When reporters echo narratives that paint federal immigration agents as villains without scrutinizing local policies that enable criminals to roam free, they become part of the problem. Responsible journalism would expose those failures, not monetize them.
President Trump and his team have every right to stand firm on deporting violent illegal criminals and defending ICE agents who carry out lawful orders to protect Americans. Leavitt’s blunt defense of officers and her call for Democrats to sit down with ICE agents were not merely rhetorical flourishes — they were a needed reminder that real policy requires real engagement with the people enforcing the law on the ground. Conservatives should applaud a White House that refuses to kneel to performative outrage and instead insists on public safety first.
If Minnesotans want peace, they should demand accountability from their own leaders before complaining about federal intervention. Hold mayors and governors to the same standard they demand of federal officers: if you want cooperation, stop obstructing it; if you want stability, stop cheering on chaos. The choice is simple — support the brave men and women who keep our streets safe, or accept the price of lawlessness.
