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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey DARED the federal government to make good on its promise to withdraw ICE agents, sneering “I’ll believe it when I see it” in a SHOCKING display of defiance that has critics labeling the city a LAWLESS SANCTUARY for criminals.
In a chilling interview, Frey was asked if he believed the Trump administration’s pledge or if he was calling it what millions of Americans are thinking: a TOTAL FABRICATION. His response was a BLISTERING indictment of federal authority, crediting “peaceful protesters” who have BLOCKADED streets and guarded daycares as the “defenders of this great republic.”
This comes after Border Czar Tom Homan announced the conclusion of Operation Metro Surge, which he credited with making Minnesota “less of a sanctuary state for criminals.” But Frey’s VICTORY LAP paints a DEEPLY DISTURBING picture: a mayor CELEBRATING the potential retreat of federal law enforcement while hailing activists who have TERRORIZED neighborhoods as “everything that it means to be American.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is seen on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (Adam Gray/AP)
Homan’s announcement included a HARROWING caveat: a “small footprint” of federal agents WILL remain, alongside investigators targeting the “agitators” and fraud probes—a clear signal that the administration views the city’s leadership as COMPLICIT in chaos. Yet Frey IGNORES this, treating a strategic drawdown as a SURRENDER to mob rule.
The mayor’s rhetoric exposes a NATION-SHATTERING truth: that elected officials now view patriotic federal agents as OCCUPIERS and anarchist protesters as HEROES. As Frey waits to “see” the withdrawal, the very fabric of law and order UNRAVELS in real time.
ICE ACTING DIRECTOR SAYS MINNESOTA BODYCAM FOOTAGE WILL BE RELEASED AMID TRANSPARENCY PUSH
Protesters are confronted by an ICE supporter during a demonstration outside the Bishop Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 15, 2026. (Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images)
With Homan remaining on the ground to oversee the drawdown, a STANDOFF of epic proportions is brewing—one where the definition of patriotism itself is being TORN APART. Frey’s Minneapolis has become the blueprint for a new America, where order is negotiable and authority comes from the crowd.
The question every citizen must now ask is terrifyingly simple: when the police leave, who REALLY takes control?
Author: Kayitsi.com
