Live Unfree Or Die
HuffPost
In the week and a half since Renee Good’s killing, the Trump administration has committed itself to a sinister new philosophy in Minneapolis.
In the wake of the killing of Renee Good by ICE officer Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7, the Trump administration, Republican lawmakers and ICE officers have adopted the position that the American people must either accept Trump’s rule by force or face death. Their unofficial motto: Live unfree or die.
“It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement,” President Donald Trump said on Sunday when asked about whether Ross used appropriate force when he killed Good. “The woman and her friend” — Trump here seemed to be referring to Good’s wife — “were highly disrespectful of law enforcement. … Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff.”
Good’s death, in Trump’s view, didn’t result from the threat she may have posed to Ross, as others in his administration initially argued. Instead, Trump says, she was killed because she was disrespectful.
Some GOP lawmakers echoed this message in far more explicit language.
“The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life,” Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) said on Newsmax on Jan. 7.
The DHS secretary dismissed the idea that federal immigration agents may be violating the Constitution by asking for people's IDs without reasonable cause.
Madison Sheahan, the agency's No. 2 official, resigned Thursday to challenge Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in Ohio.
The move brings the Columbia University graduate closer to potential deportation.
The troop movements are intended to portray unity among Europeans and send a signal to Trump that a U.S. takeover is not necessary, due to NATO.
It's "not normal," said Jonathan Reiner.
The two-time U.S. Olympic champion would be the heavy favorite to win in Italy if she’s completely healthy.
"I’m sitting here. Alone," began the president's message that critics mockingly ripped as "incredibly bleak" and "creepy."
The president milked laughter from an Oval Office audience with the line.
The Texas senator, in the heat of his 2016 presidential campaign, put Trump on blast over his ability to "keep this country safe."
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins claimed it was the result of "over a thousand simulations."
Jared Moskowitz clowned the convicted seditionist by questioning if he'd reveal the location of the "treehouse" where his far-right violent militia group meets.
Tensions between residents and federal immigration officers continued to rise in the Twin Cities area after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.
Social media users tossed a "real question" to the president following his cognitive comments in the Oval Office.