On May 17, just this spring, at the University of Minnesota Law School’s commencement ceremony, you said, quote, “Donald Trump’s modern day Gestapo is scooping folks up off the streets.” When you said the words “modern day Gestapo,” you were referring to ICE agents.

 

Gestapo, by the way, sir, was the official secret police of Hitler’s Nazi Germany, so you’re calling ICE agents modern day Nazis. Given the attacks on ICE agents that took place in Los Angeles over the weekend, don’t you regard your dangerous, inflammatory rhetoric as a problem?

So, sir, it saddens me that you refuse to express regret from comparing ICE to Nazis. ICE agents are brave Americans who get up every morning, leave their families, and put their lives in harm’s way to protect our country, sir. You, at the very least, owe an apology to these dedicated public servants. I will say, sir, inflammatory rhetoric such as yours and the other governors on this panel is responsible for putting a target on the back of every ICE agent who is risking their life to protect our communities.

 

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In another exchange, Emmer ripped Walz for his policies. “Governor, your agenda is clear: free healthcare, free college, and driver’s licenses for illegals while handcuffing law enforcement when they’re trying to protect our citizens in their communities,” the congressman said. “If you think that’s not a sanctuary state, you shouldn’t be governor.”