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The very best-ranking Minnesotan in Congress is demanding his state’s governor resign over ongoing unrest in Minneapolis as agitators conflict with federal regulation enforcement.
Home Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the No. 3 Home GOP chief, has made a brand new demand for the resignation of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as demonstrations of their state’s largest metropolis rage over the Trump administration’s immigration insurance policies and tensions present no indicators of easing.
“The scenes of destruction and harm going down in Minneapolis are abhorrent. This violence can’t be tolerated,” Emmer mentioned in an announcement Thursday. ‘Tim Walz should resign with instant impact. The security of Minnesotans is dependent upon it.”
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is underneath strain as protests erupt in Minneapolis over President Donald Trump’s immigration insurance policies. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu through Getty Pictures; Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune through Getty Pictures)
Protests have erupted in Minneapolis following the deadly capturing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent earlier this month.
The dueling narratives about who’s in charge are divided nearly totally alongside partisan traces. Republicans argued that the ICE agent acted in self-defense after Good hit him along with her automotive following a day of making an attempt to impede ICE exercise within the metropolis.
Democrats have largely accused the officer of performing recklessly when he shot Good 3 times whereas she sat in her automotive, arguing that video exhibits she tried to adjust to officers’ calls for to go away the scene.
One other ICE agent reportedly shot an unlawful immigrant within the leg throughout an arrest try on Wednesday, additional inflaming tensions.
Home Majority Whip Tom Emmer throughout a tv interview on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, September 30, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures)
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Activists used horns and whistles to make noise throughout demonstrations, whereas federal brokers deployed tear gasoline and pepper balls in makes an attempt to disperse protesters.
“Sadly, our state leaders’ inaction and assist for these violent riots is failing each Minnesota citizen and endangering the lives of regulation enforcement,” Emmer mentioned.
“It’s excessive time for Governor Tim Walz to take accountability for his sanctuary insurance policies that acquired us right here within the first place and lowered the temperature. However final night time’s embarrassing and inflammatory speech proved as soon as once more that he’s incapable of main.”
Fireworks had been set off close to the scene of a capturing in Minneapolis on January 14, 2026. (Abbie Parr/AP Photograph)
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Walz mentioned throughout a speech Wednesday night time that the federal authorities is “raining down” on Minnesota communities.
“As unhealthy as it has been, Donald Trump plans for it to worsen. This week he went on-line to vow that, quote, the day of retribution and reckoning is coming,” Walz mentioned. “That could be a direct menace in opposition to the folks of this state who dared to vote in opposition to him, 3 times over, and who proceed to face up for freedom with braveness, empathy and deep grace.”