The Trump regime desperately, desperately wants the situation in Minneapolis / St. Paul to explode. Anything sand in the gears that helps prevent that from happening is a godsend — and this lawsuit certainly is sand in the gears.
@inthehands I'm really impressed by the normal humanity of these authority figures. They're making their case super well. I think the administration picked the wrong place to mess with.
@alisynthesis
You’re damn right!!
@inthehands @alisynthesis That was already clear with Governor Walz. It's a pity he's stepping down, but I cannot blame him.
@martinvermeer @inthehands I haven't paid super close attention to his public rationale for not running again, but isn't it very possible that it's because he's running for president in 2028?
@alisynthesis @martinvermeer
I think…it’s complicated. His popularity in MN is always tenuous (heavily divided state), a third term would be a long shot for anyone, there’s a sense maybe he’s an albatross — but maybe also he’s planning other things? Lots of theories, but I don’t think we’ll have a clear read except in hindsight.
@inthehands I clearly remember when he calmly, soberly warned a teevee panel of Very Serious Pundits back in 2015 that this Trump run had legs. He sees more clearly than most.
The way he’s threading the needle of talking about the ICE / local police interactions is fascinating: his line is that Mpls Police being called to deal with ICE (e.g. “there’s an abductee’s abandoned car” or 911 call “omg ICE is at my door”) is an unlawful federal commandeering of local police resources.
I say fascinating because that line of argument has legs regardless of whether police helped ICE or pushed back against ICE.
Now he’s just tearing Trump a new one
“DHS is not above the law, and the people of Minnesota are certainly not beneath it”
Jacob Frey doing the job he was born to do: press secretary
His remarks give a hint of the lawsuit’s girders: everything about this ICE surge is abnormal and much of it is illegal, therefore this is not actual immigration enforcement, therefore the lawsuit does not hinder immigration enforcement but rather addresses an emergency
Now directly accusing ICE of racial profiling
