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National Guard in Minnesota hands out coffee, donuts to anti-ICE protesters
foxnews.com ^ | January 26, 2026 | Stephen Sorace

Posted on 01/26/2026 8:56:56 AM PST by V_TWIN

The Minnesota National Guard was seen handing out coffee and donuts to anti-ICE protesters in St. Paul on Sunday.

Video captured guardsmen in yellow vests offering donuts and coffee out the back of a vehicle. One National Guard member told WCCO-TV that this was a "demonstration of safety and security."

The Minnesota National Guard posted on X earlier this month that if troops were deployed to the Twin Cities, they would wear reflective vests "to help distinguish them from other agencies in similar uniforms."

The guardsmen in the video were seen one day after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex J. Pretti after he allegedly confronted officers during a Department of Homeland Security operation in south Minneapolis.

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1 posted on 01/26/2026 8:56:56 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

Now we know what Walz did in the NG.


2 posted on 01/26/2026 8:59:02 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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3 posted on 01/26/2026 8:59:25 AM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: V_TWIN

Meeneesota Nice

“just surrender, it’s easier”


4 posted on 01/26/2026 9:00:32 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: bray

Yep.


5 posted on 01/26/2026 9:00:43 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: V_TWIN

Why don’t we organize groups to hand out laxative-laced coffee and donuts to rioters? Those porta-potties get mighty cold!


6 posted on 01/26/2026 9:12:29 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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YGBSM

Unless these Guard troops were unemployed civilians (a possibility) they are likely losing $ everyday being off the job.

(Spits) Coffee and donuts - what BS....


7 posted on 01/26/2026 9:14:35 AM PST by ASOC (YGBSM)
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So the National Guard are there to wait on the Bolsheviks.

How demeaning.


8 posted on 01/26/2026 9:15:37 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: V_TWIN

Decades ago, one of my close family members regularly handed out sandwiches and cigarettes to the Grenztruppen guarding the Berlin Wall.

Soon afterwards, tensions lifted and the Berlin Wall fell.


9 posted on 01/26/2026 9:17:06 AM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: V_TWIN

If the NG is not under orders to cause trouble (big IF), it might not be a bad thing for the NG to make nice with the protesters, then interpose themselves between protesters and the ICE officers. ICE could cultivate the NG guys out of view.


10 posted on 01/26/2026 9:19:13 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: V_TWIN

Seems like the perfect distraction for overweight, liberal screaming women.


11 posted on 01/26/2026 9:24:27 AM PST by wyokostur
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To: V_TWIN

Tampon Timmah the Tard has effectively installed yellow-vested tampon-dispensers instead of National Guards.

In the Philippines, the Communist agitators wear yellow vests and are derided as “YellowTards”

I am at a loss for words.


12 posted on 01/26/2026 9:26:03 AM PST by dadgum (Fight to WIN or do not fight at all)
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To: V_TWIN

Anti-ICE protestors who are actively trying to harm ICE officers. This is disgusting.


13 posted on 01/26/2026 9:26:46 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: bray

Bribing the Left will not help the NG.


14 posted on 01/26/2026 9:27:13 AM PST by mfish13 ( )
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To: V_TWIN

A clear signal to the communist insurectionists that the Democrat-controlled government supports and encourages them.


15 posted on 01/26/2026 9:32:07 AM PST by PTBAA
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These specific “protesters” are paid insurrectionists, thus Enemies Domestic we take the oath to oppose.

If I were still in the Guard and ordered to cater to scum like that a court martial would be in the offing. Not the orders Senator SpaceBoy meant to be disobeyed.


16 posted on 01/26/2026 9:32:39 AM PST by MikelTackNailer (Free compassion and beer tomorrow.)
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What Moron gave those orders I wonder ?


17 posted on 01/26/2026 9:35:44 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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laced with strychnine I hope.


18 posted on 01/26/2026 9:46:43 AM PST by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: V_TWIN

See if they are there today.

If they are, the state is paying them.


19 posted on 01/26/2026 9:49:24 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: V_TWIN

What brand of hot chocolate did they serve, Swiss Miss, Nestle or Ex-Lax? I hope the latter.


20 posted on 01/26/2026 9:50:46 AM PST by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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