James Comer Directly Confronts Tim Walz For Comparing Ice Officers To Gestapo

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At a House Oversight Committee hearing last week, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) questioned Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) about his comparing ICE agents to the Gestapo.

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00:00of today's testimony. I'm going to begin with Governor Walts. Governor Walts, I thought that

00:04maybe your statement referencing ICE as Gestapo was an outlier statement, but now that Mr. Lynch

00:13has endorsed it, it appears that it could be some type of Democrat talking point. Governor,

00:19do you and other Democrat politicians understand why referencing ICE as Gestapo is offensive?

00:26I'm going to explain. The Department of Homeland Security is reporting that ICE agents are now

00:32experiencing a 413 percent rise in assaults. We've seen numerous videos of rioters obstructing and

00:39assaulting federal law enforcement after your remarks, including in Los Angeles. So Governor,

00:45do you think that comments like that and rhetoric like that put ICE officers and other law enforcement

00:52in greater danger? Well, thank you for the question, Mr. Chairman. First and foremost,

01:00any attack on law enforcement is unacceptable, wherever it's at, whether it's state, local.

01:06So you understand, and I've got limited time here. I want to highlight for the governors that real

01:14word impact of the policies that you all continue to defend, even in your opening statements,

01:20have on American families. Earlier this year,

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