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Mayor Jacob Frey Says ‘I Do Not Support Abolishing ICE’ After Telling Agents to ‘Get the F*ck Out of Minneapolis’ (www.mediaite.com)

submitted 6 hours ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) declared he does not support abolishing ICE in a preview of a Fox News interview set to air on Wednesday morning.

Fox News’ Griff Jenkins pressed Frey on his feelings about calls to abolish ICE and asked whether a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration was part of an effort to shut the agency down.

Minnesota and its two largest cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, have sued the Trump administration over their deployment of ICE agents into the state. The lawsuit followed an ICE agent shooting and killing 37-year-old Renee Good. Illinois is also suing the administration. The killing prompted Frey to slam ICE at a press conference where he said, “Get the f*ck out of Minneapolis.’

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[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago

Just kick Fateh while he's down, why don't you. Fence-sitting asshole.

[–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 9 points 4 hours ago

Talking out of both sides of his mouth.

Two weeks in and he's already destroyed his political career. Voters will remember this.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

What the actual fuck? In the current context something along the lines of "abolish Trump's ICE" is not just appropriate but probably desirable by his constituents. Who is he placating here? Going with don't abolish but GTFO just means go terrorize some other community. That doesn't breed solidarity.

[–] itsalldownhill@lemmy.org 5 points 5 hours ago

The best part was watching all the lemmings scream at me when I said he wasnt gonna do shit.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

In these comments, no one can conceive of anything between abolishing & keeping ICE exactly as is. Stay golden, lemmy.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Incrementalism will beat fascism! It's worked out well so far!

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca -2 points 5 hours ago

This is the new "defund the police". Everyone is expected to pick a side, without any nuance. This statement can mean different things to different people, depending on the context.