Right now, Democrats are making a huge push to defend sanctuary cities, abolishing ICE, and removing Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security.
On two of those issues, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has crossed over.
In fact, he has outright flipped on sanctuary city status, a move that will not sit well with leadership in the party.
I would not say that Democrats ever really supported ICE, but the agency was never truly a “problem” until AOC took her seat in the House.
She ran on the premise that ICE was an illegal agency that needed to be defunded immediately.
Slowly but surely, this narrative has picked up steam, and it is now the calling card for the Democrat Party after the Renee Good and Alex Pretti shootings.
Fetterman actually called this out, stating, “And, again, I also, as a Democrat, [am] one of the rare Democrats saying do not abolish ICE…that’s just stupid, that’s outrageous to think those kinds of thing[s].”
Fetterman also broke with Democrats on the narrative that DHS is deporting non-criminals, dropping a shocking statistic on the media.
He stated, “And I have also been mentioning, too, the latest statistics that I have seen, about two-thirds of those ICE is deporting are criminal[s]. And, again, I think we should talk more about that, too. I think that’s a good thing.”
That is a far cry from the narrative that most Democrats are pushing, and this is something I would love to see conservative media pounce on and literally shove it in the face of Democrats who are acting as though 99% of the people being deported are just looking for a better life.
But then again, I think everyone who crossed the border illegally is a criminal, you know, because they broke a law to enter the country. Contrary to what the media and most Democrats say, the first illegal crossing is a misdemeanor crime.
The biggest reveal by Fetterman, however, was his stance on sanctuary cities and how they make the country less safe.
Fetterman sees the resistance by local officials to cooperate with DHS as a problem. When asked specifically about Mayor Jacob Frey from Minneapolis and his resistance to cooperating, Fetterman responded, “What I do believe is that, if there are law enforcement that have these people in custody that are [engaging] in criminal behavior, then, yes, they should cooperate with that. And those individuals, if they’re convicted, should be deported.”
The stats back up the claim, as you are not seeing this massive resistance in red states, and you are not seeing people confronting immigration agents in these states. Sure, we have had a few protests, but they fizzle out rather quickly.
The deaths of Good and Pretti are tragic, yes, but they were also preventable. If you don’t have local politicians advocating for the protection of illegal immigrants, spewing rhetoric, and calling for confrontational protests, both of those individuals would likely be alive today. This blood is on the hands of Democrats, and nobody will ever be able to convince me otherwise.
