Posted on 01/24/2026 1:53:52 AM PST by Morgana
Only the most deranged and malevolent radicals would oppose ICE agents, much less call for violence against them. When the agents apprehend worst-of-the-worst criminals who are in the country illegally, they are defending the nation, keeping the public safe, and enforcing laws created by democratically elected leaders. Yet preventing ICE from performing its crucial duties while whipping up violent sentiment against it is common among Democrat politicians — and not only in the mental institution moonbats have made of Minnesota. Kris Mayes is Attorney General of Arizona.
The New York Post reports:
Mayes wildly suggested that residents can open fire on masked ICE agents if they feel their life is in danger under the state’s self-defense laws.
Her party has resorted to outrageous rhetoric in an attempt to convince even American citizens of lethal danger posed by ICE — even while egging them on to harass agents.
The Democrat, in a sit-down with 12 News anchor Brahm Resnik, warned that Arizona’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which allows citizens to use deadly force if they believe they’re in imminent danger, could become a “recipe for disaster” if protesters clash with immigration officers.
Clash is what the liberal establishment calls upon them to do.
Succumbing to bloodlust, Mayes goes even past the media:
A flabbergasted Resnik repeatedly challenged Mayes, cautioning that her remarks could be interpreted as a “license” to residents to shoot a federal agent.
Shrugged Mayes:
“I mean if somebody comes at me wearing a mask, by the way, I’m a gun owner, and I can’t tell whether they’re a police officer, what am I supposed to do?”
Mayes has vowed to prosecute ICE agents for any infractions her office can dream up, setting the stage for conflicts between state and federal law enforcement that could be a prelude to civil war.
At least I have a decent representative in Congress. David Schweikert (R-AZ) weighs in:
“If your job is to enforce the law, you do not go on TV and hand out a permission structure for violence, then act surprised when people hear it as a green light.”
Imagine expecting justice under a system run by wicked lunatics who want LEOs shot.
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If the AG is actually even advocating the shooting of Fed officers then they are declaring war against the USA. If the Arizona Governor even passively supports the AG or says nothing in opposition, then she too is declaring war against the USA.
Based on these statements alone, Trump could and should invoke the Insurrection act, jailing even judges that attempt to intervene.
All these talk violence women
Who know nothing of it
Too many girl kicks ass movies tween her and her girlfriend my guess
They actually believe themselves
Till it starts for real
It’s a defining moment for men much less gals
My experience is girls are not in general as mortal danger tolerant as men
Which is why they’ve needed men forever till this relative eye blink of modern history when security and convenience has made many of them in the west stupid
No offense
Same attorney would jail a church goer defending themselves from antifa.
He is a bankrolling cannon foddering terrorist pqusing as a people defender.
A controversy arose regarding the Arizona Attorney General suggesting killing ICE agents;
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs said NOTHING to discourage ICE killings.
Arizona Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes suggested that Arizona’s “Stand Your Ground” laws could legally allow residents to use deadly force against “masked” federal ICE agents. She argued that if agents are not clearly identifiable, they could pose a threat.
These comments were immediately condemned by elected officials, including Congressman Abe Hamadeh, who described them as “justifying the murder of our ICE agents” and a “recipe for disaster”.
“Governor” says nothing to discourage killings suggested by Attorney General Kris Mayes’ statements.
Governor Hobbs herself has recently focused on vetoing
legislation that would force local police to cooperate with ICE.
WRT The Insurrection Act, President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act regarding anti-ICE demonstrations, specifically targeting Minnesota in early 2026.
He stated he would use it if “people were being killed and courts were holding us or governors or mayors were holding us up”.
“Should” He Invoke It?
Whether a president should invoke the Insurrection Act is a matter of intense political debate. Proponents would argue that if state officials are actively undermining federal law enforcement or encouraging violence against agents, the Act is necessary to enforce federal authority and protect agents.
Critics argue that using the military for domestic law enforcement is an extreme, unconstitutional overreach that violates the Posse Comitatus Act, particularly if the state’s actions are legal under state self-defense laws.
As of the latest reports, Trump has stated he did not feel the need to use the act “right now,” though he maintained he would do so if necessary.
Only if ICE is allowed to blast the ass off of every “attorney general” skank in every state in the union. Starting with this flatulent bag of wind and mental issues. She shouldn’t even be allowed to be anywhere near the state Capitol. Drag her ass up on the Mogollan Rim and hang her worthless ass from the tallest Ponderosa you can find with the horse thieves who were hung and already buried up there. Come on Arizona. Time for you guys to start cowboying up again. Like Arizonian Alice Cooper says, “NO MORE MISTER NICE GUY.”
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“Only the most deranged and malevolent radicals would oppose ICE agents, much less call for violence against them.”
I call BS! Violence is unacceptable in most all cases, imo.
If you resort to violence, kidnapping and killing you’re most likely NOT the good guys...
Should an ICE agent be shot would she be considered a accessory before the fact?
AZ is lost in the wind and heat; nothing good is likely to come from there henceforth.
I would advise against opening fire on Federal agents. It is not likely to end well.
Blowhardism online is, well, understandable with emotions and our lack of skill.
For an AG?
Psych eval at a minimum.
So many treasonists and no firing squads.
The Insurrection Act of 1807 came out of the need, in part, for President Thomas Jefferson to confront the actions of Aaron Burr, his former vice president. Burr was alleged to have organized an expedition to capture part of Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase to help create a new country. The act allowed the president “in all cases of insurrection, or obstruction to the laws, either of the United States, or of any individual state or territory” to use the federal armed in addition to the militia “for the purpose of suppressing such insurrection, or of causing the laws to be duly executed.” Jefferson ordered Burr’s arrest, which was carried out by troops in Alabama.
In July 1861, President Abraham Lincoln and Congress relied on acts to expand the president’s powers to deal with “the Suppression of Rebellion against and resistance to the Laws of the United States” during the Civil War. This revised version of the Militia Act of 1795 stated the president could have the militia “enforce the faithful execution of the laws of the United States.” The revised act was also used to send federal troops to suppress the 1863 draft riots in New York. In 1871, Congress revised the act to allow the president to use the militia and federal forces to guarantee the equal protection and citizenship rights granted to citizens under the 14th Amendment.
According to the CRS, clear exceptions to the Posse Comitatus Act exist where “Congress has delegated authority to the president to call forth the military during an insurrection or civil disturbance.” Such situations may include a request from a state for assistance, the need of the president to enforce a federal law, or a need to protect civil rights. Examples of these acts in use include the deployment of federal forces to help James Meredith to enroll as a student at the University of Mississippi in 1962, and President Lyndon Johnson’s use of the military to protect marchers in Selma, Ala., in 1965.
Andrew Jackson used the law to put down Nat Turner’s Rebellion and to put down a revolt by C&O Canal laborers in Maryland.
Ulysses S. Grant used the law at least three times during Reconstruction to respond to violent racist rioting by the Klan and other white supremacists. Grover Cleveland cited it to respond to the Pullman Strike in 1894 and Woodrow Wilson used the power to send troops to the 1914 Colorado Coalfield War.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/insurrection-act-of-1807/
Excellent American history lesson......thx.
What Trump might do is to have the Federal Reserve and banks dry up the cash in the rebel areas.
Drying up the cash in Minnesota would make it difficult for Somali terrorist groups to get money from Minneapolis.
Ordinary Minnesota Republicans might help dry up the Minnesota cash economy.
All those proggie idiots escaping California brought the ‘stuff’ they were fleeing with them.
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