Vice President J.D. Vance shamed Democrats on Wednesday for villainizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the aftermath of the shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas, Texas.
The shooter opened fire into the facility around 7 a.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, killing two illegal immigrants and then himself with his own firearm. In the aftermath of the shooting, Vance said during a speech in Concord, North Carolina, that the repeated divisive rhetoric against ICE agents has encouraged this form of violence.
“If your political rhetoric encourages violence against law enforcement, you can go straight to hell and you have no place in the political conversation of the United States of America,” Vance said.
Authorities discovered bullet casings at the scene that had been engraved with the term, “ANTI-ICE,” Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel said on X.
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Vance called out Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom for stating on Tuesday that ICE is the “largest private domestic army” and that the agency’s actions are “alarming beyond words.” The governor further stated that ICE’s raids and arrests of criminal illegal immigrants is part of President Donald Trump’s so-called “authoritarian tendencies.”
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz labeled ICE as a “modern-day Gestapo” during a commencement speech in May, while Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett compared ICE agents to “slave patrols” during a Friday appearance on MSNBC. Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez referred to ICE as a “rogue agency that should not exist” in May.
NBC News also falsely reported that ICE agents detained a 5-year-old autistic girl to intimidate her illegal immigrant father to turn himself in. The outlet later issued a correction, stating that it had “mischaracterized” the agents’ activities.
Vance used NBC News’ debunked report as an example of being an incitement of political violence. He called on Democrats and the liberal media to tone down their rhetoric against their political opponents.
“Political violence has gotten out of control in this country. We gotta stop it, we gotta condemn it and that starts, unfortunately, at the very top of the Democratic Party. If you want to stop political violence, stop attacking our law enforcement as the Gestapo. If you want to stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi. If you want to stop political violence, look in the mirror. That’s the way that we stop political violence in this country and we have got to do it,” Vance said.
The vice president said that protecting law enforcement must be a priority.
ICE agents and facilities have faced an 1000% increase in assaults since Trump reentered office in January, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Authorities have charged at least 11 individuals in connection to an ambush on an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, in July, which led to the injury of a police officer who was shot in the neck.
An active shooter also targeted Border Patrol agents at a facility in McAllen, Texas, in July.
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