The hostile rhetoric from Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey perpetuates these attacks.
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Analyzed 2026-09-29 20:11 UTC.
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Well, our agents were out doing what they're doing every single day across this country is they were doing targeted enforcement, going after individuals that are breaking federal law. Uh when this individual uh drove away, crashed his car, tried to run into a home, and as they were wrestling on the ground trying to detain this individual, uh two other men came out of that building and started attacking him with weapons and shovels and brooms. And as it was threeon-one, the agent feared for his life and defensively had to take action.
But, you know, this kind of violence is perpetuated by what we hear um the governor saying, what we hear the mayor in Minneapolis saying, and their irresponsibility is extremely reckless. Governor Tim Walls has my phone number. I have called him and talked to him and said, "Listen, uh you let your city burn down in 2020.
Don't do it again. President Trump wants to keep everybody safe. We're enforcing federal law.
Uh, we're protecting every single American. Work with us. Now, I want to remind you that Minneapolis itself, under the mayor's leadership and the governor's leadership, released almost 500 criminals out onto the streets rather than bring them to justice and turn them over to federal authorities.
So, they know they're releasing murderers and rapists and drug traffickers on the streets of Minneapolis. We're out there making sure they don't harm American citizens. And we're getting attacked while we do it.
Loaded Language The sentence uses emotionally charged criminal labels to provoke fear and outrage rather than present verified facts — for example: 'murderers and rapists and drug traffickers'
Appeal to Fear The claim that dangerous criminals are being deliberately released onto city streets is designed to generate anxiety about public safety — for example: releasing murderers and rapists and drug traffickers on the streets of Minneapolis and we're getting attacked while we do it.
Conspiracy Appeal The phrase 'they know they're releasing' implies deliberate, knowing action by unnamed actors to endanger the public, suggesting a hidden sinister agenda — for example: 'they know they're releasing'
Appeal to Prejudice Framing the in-group's mission as protecting 'American citizens' implies the released individuals are not part of the community and sets up an us-vs-them dynamic — for example: 'making sure they don't harm American citizens'
But we're going to continue to do our work and do what's right because it's what President Trump promised the American
Transfer The sentence borrows legitimacy from President Trump's promise to validate the action being taken, implying that because Trump promised it, it is inherently right — for example: "because it's what President Trump promised the American".
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