Tim Walz Compares Immigration Brokers To Nazis, Says Minnesota Is House To New ‘Anne Frank’ Story

[ad_1] Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Sunday in contrast federal immigration officers to the Nazis.

The failed Democrat vice presidential candidate stated throughout a press convention stated that immigration operations in Minnesota evoke the story of Anne Frank, a Jewish lady who hid from the Nazi regime in an attic for over two years earlier than dying in a focus camp.

“Now we have received youngsters in Minnesota hiding of their homes, afraid to go exterior,” stated Walz. “Many people grew up studying that story of Anne Frank. Any individual goes to write down that youngsters’s story about Minnesota.”

Walz’s feedback got here after a Customs and Border Safety agent shot and killed Alex Pretti, a nurse who was interfering with their operations within the metropolis. Pretti’s demise comes simply weeks after Renee Good was shot and killed after making an attempt to ram an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent together with her automobile in Minneapolis.

Rioters have confronted federal brokers implementing immigration legislation in Minneapolis with elevated ferocity since Good’s demise, obstructing and sometimes threatening them. Protesters usually greet immigration brokers with chants reminiscent of “Kill An ICE, Save A Life.”

Walz blamed President Donald Trump for the heightened tensions in his state.

“There’s one one who can finish this now,” Walz stated, referring to the president.

The outburst is simply the most recent in Walz’s months-long rhetorical campaign towards federal immigration enforcement. Final 12 months, Walz known as brokers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement “Trump’s modern-day Gestapo.” Different Democratic officers, reminiscent of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, have made comparable feedback.

Newly-elected New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, additionally a Democrat, made an analogous assertion on Sunday when she claimed on CNN that ICE was just like the communist STASI — the East German secret police.

Members of the Trump administration have fired again that Walz and different Minnesota officers have supported “terrorism” towards ICE brokers after threats and assaults towards immigration brokers have skyrocketed since Trump took workplace.

“Minnesota riot is a direct results of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence towards legislation enforcement. It’s disgusting,” Deputy Lawyer Basic Todd Blanche stated in a put up earlier this month. “Walz and [Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey] — I’m centered on stopping YOU out of your terrorism by no matter means crucial. This isn't a menace. It’s a promise.”