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Andy Ogles Calls Nashville Mayor ‘Woke Activist’ Who Encouraged Harboring ‘Illegal Criminals’
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6/2/2025
Amid a national ICE crackdown, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) called out Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell, who is under federal investigation over his actions related to deportation efforts. Ogles joined "Forbes Newsroom" to discuss.
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And I want to talk about w
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because he um, he's been
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that he posted that you t
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of an executive order th
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previous administration.
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that executive order to
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timeline regarding immigr
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from three days to one da
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He's saying, hey, you kno
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past administration? Well
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woke activists. And so, uh,
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he is on the wrong side of
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this conversation. His, he
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and his office have received a
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wave of backlash. And so now
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they're trying to CYA and try
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to, uh, cover their tails and
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make light of this situation.
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But look, the end of the day,
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he was encouraging individuals
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to harbor illegal criminals who
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are in this country. And I'm
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not going to stand for it. The
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people of Nashville don't want
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it. And the support that I've
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received, my office has received,
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uh, and quite frankly, attention
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from around the country is
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saying, thank you for doing
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what you're doing because
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enough is enough. And look, if
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you go back to the previous
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administration, uh, the Biden
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administration allowed this
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country to be invaded by
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illegal immigrants. And look,
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I understand, I understand that
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people want to come here to
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have a better life to, they
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want a better future for their
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children or their future
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children. Uh, but that being
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said, you've got to do it the
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legal way. And unfortunately we
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have a class of citizens in this
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country who are here illegally,
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uh, many of which don't have
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social security numbers, which
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makes them a target. They're
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they're preyed upon. They get,
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uh, you know, uh, lesser wages,
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lesser living conditions, and
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they become victims of their,
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their status. And so we've got
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to fix this part of it, securing
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the border part of its
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deportations. And of course,
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those people that are here
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illegally, what do you do with
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them? That's a conversation for
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another day. But let me be
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clear, no amnesty.
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I know that you want the house
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judiciary and homeland security
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committees to investigate
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this mayor. Have they been
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receptive to that call? What
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are those conversations
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looking like? Yeah, the, uh,
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we will actually be releasing
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the letter today. Uh, if it
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hasn't already gone out, um,
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initiating an investigation of
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the mayor and the city of
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Nashville. Uh, soon as I have
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that letter in my hand, we'll
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send it over to you. And then
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what does that timeline look like?
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I mean, realistically for you,
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what would you want to see? Well,
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so the, the, the, the, the way
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this is initiated is my request.
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I've worked with the chairman of,
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uh, homeland and, uh, judiciary,
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which is chairman green and
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chairman Jordan. And the, the
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initial stage is fact finding.
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We'll take a look at the
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evidence from there and then
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we'll see if we need to have
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hearings and so forth and so on.
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But the end of the day, we'll
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go into this eyes wide open. Uh,
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we'll follow the facts and quite
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frankly, it may become that this
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is larger in Nash than just
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Nashville, where we're bringing in
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mayors from other cities who are
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behaving in this similar fashion
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to uncover how cities, blue
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cities, woke cities are
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undermining the Trump
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administration and whether or
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not crimes are being committed.
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But we're not going to draw,
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you know, draw any pre
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conclusions. What we're going to
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do is, uh, follow the facts.
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And that being said, as far as
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timeline goes to be determined,
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but the letter is forthcoming.
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I am not going to drop this.
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And by the way, Senator
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Marsha Blackburn in the Senate is
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doing something similar and
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calling for an investigation of
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mayors, blue, uh, blue city mayors.
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