Oh boy, grab your popcorn, because the theatrics on the House floor this week made C-SPAN look more like a Real Housewives reunion than a legislative body. And at the center of it all? Democrat Rep. Angie Craig from Minnesota, in full campaign mode, using a tragic shooting to stage what sure looked like a self-righteous meltdown for the cameras. You almost expect her to shout “cut!” and drop the act—but no, this wasn’t theater. This was real, unhinged outrage aimed at Republicans who dared to defend law enforcement.
Now let’s be very clear from the top: a woman in Minneapolis was fatally shot by an ICE agent after she allegedly ignored verbal commands, allegedly turned her vehicle into a weapon, and allegedly struck an officer with her SUV. Every shred of video evidence confirms the sequence. This wasn’t murky or ambiguous. This wasn’t a “hands up, don’t shoot” fable conjured up in a media war room. This was a textbook case of law enforcement acting in real-time to protect themselves and others.
But leave it to Rep. Craig to leap headfirst into the drama and point fingers everywhere but where they belong. Because when there’s a choice between siding with law enforcement or appealing to the radical Twitter mob, guess which path today’s Democrats sprint toward.
According to reports, Craig exploded at House Majority Whip Tom Emmer—her fellow Minnesotan—who had the audacity to praise ICE and defend their lawful actions in the wake of the shooting. Witnesses say it got heated, fast. So heated, in fact, that another Democrat, Rep. Betty McCollum, had to physically pull Craig back before she totally lost it. That’s right—this woman wants to be a Senator and had to be restrained on the House floor like a teenager throwing a tantrum in homeroom.
And what was her brilliant accusation? That Emmer and Republicans, by supporting ICE and cracking down on sanctuary city nonsense, were responsible for the woman’s death. Not the woman’s actions. Not the fact that she accelerated her car into an agent. Nope. In Craig’s world, it’s Republican “political stunts” that are the real threat. Because apparently, enforcing immigration law is now a dangerous provocation.
Footage shows Democratic Rep. Angie Craig having a heated exchange with Republican Whip Tom Emmer, both of Minnesota, on the House floor.
Craig has strongly denounced the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, while Emmer defended the officers.
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— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) January 8, 2026
You can’t make this up.
Her rant didn’t stop in the halls of Congress, either. Craig doubled down on X (formerly Twitter), aligning herself with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey—yes, the same guy who couldn’t figure out how to stop his city from turning into a dumpster fire in 2020—and called for ICE to get out of Minnesota entirely. Just like that. Apparently, we now let mayors and House reps decide which federal agencies are allowed to operate in their jurisdictions.
ICE needs to get out of our state. Now. pic.twitter.com/34NkW5hzgy
— Angie Craig (@RepAngieCraig) January 7, 2026
Let’s be real: if a Republican called for the FBI to pack up and leave their state, the media would be on it like flies on a pile of Pelosi’s pork-barrel spending. But when it’s Democrats doing the saber-rattling? Crickets.
Craig went on to blame Trump directly, claiming—again, without a shred of evidence—that his administration was responsible for the fatality. She said ICE is “weaponizing” immigration policy and using immigrants as pawns. No mention of the danger posed to ICE officers. No mention of how many violent criminals ICE has taken off the streets. Just pure, distilled identity politics with a side of rage-posting.
Let’s pause and recognize what this really is: another Democrat Senate hopeful trying to out-woke her competitors by attacking law enforcement, blaming Trump, and pretending Twitter retweets are a governing philosophy. It’s the same playbook we’ve seen over and over—emotional manipulation, misleading narratives, and a total abandonment of truth in favor of ideology.
But here’s the kicker: all this unhinged anti-ICE rhetoric, all this demonizing of federal law enforcement? It’s only going to escalate. And if Democrats like Craig keep spinning stories where up is down and law enforcement are the villains, we’ll see more people emboldened to challenge officers, resist orders, and gamble with their lives—all for a few social media likes and a shot at martyrdom.
It’s dangerous. It’s reckless. And it’s not going to stop unless someone puts their foot down.
Maybe it’s time for ICE to do just that—by reinforcing their presence in places like Minneapolis. Not as a provocation, but as a message: law and order doesn’t get shoved aside because a few blue-check radicals have a meltdown.
You can’t legislate with emotion. You can’t govern through tantrums. And you sure as heck don’t get to rewrite reality because the facts don’t fit your campaign narrative.
But hey, if Craig wants to run on a platform of “scream louder, blame Trump, and kick out ICE,” best of luck to her. Minnesotans are watching—and they’ve seen what happens when you let the inmates run the asylum.
