US EditionSen. Johnson blames Minnesota AG for deaths of Good, Pretti in heated exchange
Sen. Johnson accused AG Ellison of encouraging violence against law enforcement, citing attacks on officers and their vehicles, during a heated Senate committee hearing.
- On February 12, 2026, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison of encouraging protests that he said led to two deaths during a Senate hearing.
- Republican senators pressed Ellison over immigration enforcement in Minnesota, alleging trained activists protested with at least one carrying a semiautomatic pistol with extra clips.
- Johnson invoked `I, as a government official, would have said, 'Back off. Let’s see if we can de-escalate this,'` and Ellison replied that everything Johnson said was untrue, calling it theatrical.
- Heightened scrutiny followed as Sen. Johnson cited law enforcement officers facing shootings and vehicle rammings, while Sen. Bernie Moreno, U.S. Senator , called Ellison a 'low caliber' witness.
- Photographs and Reuters coverage highlighted Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison grinning as Senator Ron Johnson raised his voice during the hearing, images credited to Reuters and photographer Kent Nishimura.
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GOP Senator blames Minnesota AG for deadly ICE-involved shootings; National Guard troops quietly withdrawn from major cities
In this Media Miss Minute, a Republican senator blames Minnesota's attorney general for the deadly immigration enforcement officer-involved shootings of two American citizens. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has quietly pulled National Guard troops out of three major cities following months of debate over their deployment. Media Miss by the left: Johnson blames Minnesota Attorney General for deaths of Pretti, Good Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc.…
Senator shames Keith Ellison after he responds to scolding with huge smirk * WorldNetDaily * by Jason Cohen, Daily Caller News Foundation
Source link Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison seemed to smirk after Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson accused him of motivating anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters to endanger themselves during a Thursday hearing. There has been a national spotlight on Minneapolis, Minnesota, since the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by ICE
Ron Johnson's Battle Of Wits With Keith Ellison Did Not End Well
During a Senate hearing, Sen Ron Johnson started to go after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and tried to pin the execution-style murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti on Minnesota state officials and the First Amendment. Despite RoJo's repeated efforts to have a gotcha moment, it kept backfiring on him: ROJO: ...We had a very interesting hearing last week on the fraud in Minnesota, and we had State Senator Mark Kran. And in his testim…
Ron Johnson screams at smirking Keith Ellison over Minnesota protester ...
Sen. Ron Johnson tells Minnesota elected official 'you disgust me' in heated hearing on ICE
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson blamed Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by federal immigration agents during the recent immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The post Sen. Ron Johnson tells Minnesota elected official ‘you disgust me’ in heated hearing on ICE appeared first on WPR.
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