Charles Cooke of National Review analyzes the political left’s anti-ICE activity in Minneapolis.
[T]he response from “the left, the government of Minnesota, the Democratic Party writ large, [and] the media to large extent” on the recent tragic shooting in the state shows that they are “acting in bad faith.”
“It is fundamentally dishonest here,” Cooke said, “and it reminds me of the right on January 6.”
Cooke pointed out that “the things that are being said about this anti-ICE counterinsurgency aren’t true. It is not true that this is merely peaceful protest. It was not true on January 6 that those engaged in the events of that day were preoccupied with election integrity. Their aim was to prevent or delay the execution of federal law.
“You can add whatever euphemisms you want,” he said, but “the ultimate aim of all they did was to prevent or delay the execution of federal law. . . . That’s why all those people were arrested. They deserved to be. They should not have been pardoned. And it is the same here.”
Cooke said that anti-ICE protesters aren’t “acting in good faith” and “are trying to stop federal law enforcement from carrying out a legitimate federal role. That has to be our starting point here.”
He stressed, “Again, that doesn’t give carte blanche to the federal agents. They have rules. We have a Constitution. We’ve just been discussing a case in which they got it wrong. But the next step here, we’ve already seen it, is to say, ‘Because of this, ICE must leave. ICE must be disbanded. And not just ICE, but any organization that fulfills the same role,’ which is another way of saying ‘We must not deport illegal immigrants.’
“That cannot stand. As a matter of the highest principle, that cannot stand. That is a repudiation of our system. That is nullification.”
