Understandably, after the violent attack against a Dallas ICE field office that left one detainee dead and two injured when a deranged gunman reportedly targeted immigration enforcement agents, the Trump administration is at wits’ end with the incendiary rhetoric used by Democrats.
Accordingly, the Trump White House is already taking action, beefing up security at ICE locations across the country, with President Trump also authorizing troop deployment to the leftist hotbed of Portland, Oregon, after months of clashes between anti-ICE agitators and law enforcement at the city’s ICE detention facility.
“I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists,” Trump announced in a Truth Social post Saturday, noting he was authorizing them to use “full force” if necessary.
SEE ALSO: Antifa Responds to Trump Order on Portland Troop Deployment, and Things Could Get Really Ugly
And on Friday, the White House released an article published on its website with the headline “Democrats’ Unhinged Crusade Against ICE Fuels Bloodshed.”
In it, they noted that years of Democrats “vilifying ICE” have produced violent, deadly consequences for both detainees and the immigration enforcement agents, which, of course, is not cool:
The carnage in Dallas, Texas — where a maniac with “ANTI-ICE” ammo gunned down an ICE field office in an attack clearly targeted at ICE personnel — lays bare the deadly consequences of Democrats’ unhinged crusade against our border enforcement.
Democrats have spent years vilifying ICE as “fascists,” “the Gestapo,” and “slave patrols,” inciting a 1,000% surge in assaults on agents and a wave of Radical Left terror. Their words aren’t just reckless — they’re a battle cry for violence.
The list highlighted statements made by 29 Democrats at nearly all levels of government, including governors, senators, House members, and mayors, referring to ICE in the most disparaging and dangerous of terms. While it’s not a complete list, it definitely shows a disturbing pattern of irresponsibility from open borders Democrats.
Not surprisingly, the top three on the list are names that are being floated as possible 2028 presidential contenders:
- Gov. Tim Walz smeared ICE as the “modern-day Gestapo.”
- Gov. Gavin Newsom likened ICE to “secret police,” calling them “authoritarian” and proclaiming a “right to push back.”
- Gov. JB Pritzker claimed the country is becoming “Nazi Germany” because ICE is “grabbing people off the street… and disappearing them.”
The mayors they spotlighted were Chicago’s Brandon Johnson, Boston’s Michelle Wu, and LA Mayor Karen Bass:
Not surprisingly, Gov. Newsom’s press office is proclaiming that the Trump administration calling them out over their own words is “reckless, dangerous” and “putting lives at risk” – and that it’s Trump who “must tone it down”:
The White House knows exactly what it was doing when they published a list of Democrats who have used their voice to call out Trump & Miller’s ICE abuses.
The list is now being used by the far right as an enemies list. It’s reckless. It’s dangerous. And it puts lives at risk.… pic.twitter.com/TqQ8zz9DPV
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) September 27, 2025
In other words, shut up, Mr. President and Republicans, while we keep making matters worse.
FYI, Gov: Not. Happening.
Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.
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