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The media’s predictable outrage machine lit up this week when protesters targeted ICE agents carrying out enforcement actions in Minneapolis, and Representative Claudia Tenney rightly called out the double standard. Tenney told Newsmax that much of the press is “wearing a team jersey for the Democrats,” amplifying performative protests while downplaying the far more consequential story of alleged fraud and corruption hitting Minnesota.
Americans should ask why the nightly newscasts are showing pots-and-pans parades instead of running down the trail of taxpayer dollars that vanished under the watch of local leaders. The federal probe into Minnesota’s massive aid and childcare fraud has exposed shoddy oversight and criminal conspiracies that have cost hardworking citizens—yet the political class acts shocked when federal law enforcement finally follows leads.
At the same time, ICE agents have been carrying out arrests tied to criminal activity in the Twin Cities, operations that are now being drowned out by social-media spectacle and sanctimony. Those enforcement actions—to remove violent offenders and people with criminal histories—are part of the government’s duty to protect citizens, and the public deserves a sober accounting rather than virtue-signaling protests that impede law enforcement.
House Republicans have not been silent; Chairman Comer and the Oversight Committee are pressing for answers and witnesses, including subpoenas if necessary, so Congress can follow the money and hold accountable the officials who enabled this mess. If local leaders truly cared about Minnesotans, they’d stop staging theatrics and start cooperating with investigators instead of playing defense for scandals that have swallowed millions in taxpayer funds.
The political theater in Minnesota reveals a wider rot: when left-wing officials and sympathetic media rush to defend activists who interfere with federal operations, they are protecting the political narrative rather than public safety. Tenney’s blunt assessment—that delegitimizing ICE is a purposeful distraction—is obvious to anyone who values law, order, and the honest stewardship of public dollars.
Patriots should be clear-eyed: defending our borders and supporting lawful enforcement are not mutually exclusive with demanding accountability for fraud and corruption. The real outrage should be directed at those who betrayed the public trust and at the outlets that cover for them, not at federal agents doing the dangerous, thankless work of keeping communities safe.
If Washington won’t stop the political circus, then voters will—with ballots and with the ballot box. Americans deserve leaders who put safety and fiscal responsibility first, not performers who weaponize grief to hide crooked schemes; Representative Tenney’s message is a straightforward call for truth, accountability, and common-sense priorities that every hardworking family in this country understands.
