The Republican governor accused Democratic leaders in Minnesota of inciting violence. Democrats in Texas have condemned the shooting of demonstrator Alex Pretti.
A person holds a sign during a vigil for 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer earlier in the day on Saturday in Minneapolis. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says the federal government should"recalibrate" its approach to immigration operations so as to garner nationwide respect, following the fatal shooting of a demonstrator in Minneapolis by an immigration officer.
," a conservative radio talk show.", they are law enforcement officers. And so they, being the White House, need to recalibrate on what needs to be done to make sure that respect is going to be re-instilled." Abbott, a Republican, placed the majority of blame on the Democratic leadership in Minneapolis and Minnesota, accusing them of"inciting violence.", and yet we don’t have fighting and protests like that," he said."And that’s because we have leaders — whether it be the governor or local mayors, or other local leaders — no one's trying to incite violence here in the state of Texas. And so, this is truly the problem in Minnesota, is more about the lack of leadership and the lack of calming and order by the governor, by the mayor."In his first public comments on ICE since Saturday's shooting, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said his administration is"handling that immigration issue as responsible as humanly possible [Hundreds of people march through Houston, protesting fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman by ICE agent."And there's a tragedy in Minneapolis, I understand that. But for Houston to start throwing things and words at them would just draw attention to us that we don't want." State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, D-Austin, who is running for governor, condemned the shooting and ICE's operation in Minneapolis entirely in a "Another American has been shot and killed in the street by ICE in MN," she wrote in a statement."Children are being torn from their homes and sent to taxpayer-funded private prisons in TX run by Abbott's donors. They use cruelty to mask the corruption and no one is safe. This inhumanity has to stop."U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and State Rep. James Talarico, who are both seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, spoke about the ICE operations in a Crockett highlighted her vote against funding the federal agency and her support for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. "There was no way I was going to continue to pump a historic amount of money into this rogue organization," Crockett said, referring to ICE,"that is going out and is violating people's rights every single day on American cities. I was just not going to do it at the end of the day. Right now, I think that we need to clean house from top to bottom." Talarico likewise said he supported impeaching Noem as well as holding individual ICE agents responsible for any violations of the law. When pressed, he came closer to saying that he would vote to defund ICE. "We need to prosecute agents who have abused their power. We have to haul these masked men before Congress so the world can see their faces," Talarico said."We have seen this historic increase in funding for ICE. That money has come out of our health care. So, what I would say is that we should take that money back and put it in our communities where it belongs.", largely as a result of ICE's operations. Including Crockett, those members of Congress are Julie Johnson of Farmers Branch, Lloyd Doggett of Austin, Veronica Escobar of El Paso, Greg Casar of Austin, Al Green of Houston, Sylvia Garcia of Houston and Joaquin Castro of San Antonio.called that a"great move," adding that,"State & local officials in Minneapolis have failed to contain the chaos organized & funded by the radical left & I'm glad the Trump admin is committed to ending the lawlessness." Cornyn, who is facing a heated GOP primary to keep his seat in the Senate, criticized Crockett and Talarico's comments during the Senate debate asspecifically noting their criticisms of ICE. Cornyn also shared a post from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which said that Pretti had a firearm when he was killed.,"Just a thought: Maybe the critics ought to wait for the facts before jumping to a conclusion. Reflexive anti-police rhetoric is dangerous.", U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said he would largely hold off on weighing in on the shooting until the results of an investigation are shared. Though he called the shooting “tragic,” he blamed Minnesota's Democratic leaders for instigating demonstrators. "The individual who was shot, he could have avoided that risk altogether," Cruz said."Number one, he could have chosen not to go to the protest, that's one choice. You might say, ‘Well, he feels passionately that he disagrees with what ICE is doing and he wants to exercise his First Amendment rights.' OK, those are protected; he has that right. Secondly, he could have chosen to go there and not bring a firearm." Other prominent Republican members of Congress from Texas, including Reps. Dan Crenshaw and Troy Nehls, have largely kept away from weighing in.
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