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Sen. Johnson blames Minnesota AG for deaths of Good, Pretti in heated exchange
Sen. Johnson accused AG Ellison of encouraging violence against law enforcement, citing attacks on officers and their vehicles, during a heated Senate committee hearing.
- On February 12, 2026, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison of encouraging protests that he said led to two deaths during a Senate hearing.
- Republican senators pressed Ellison over immigration enforcement in Minnesota, alleging trained activists protested with at least one carrying a semiautomatic pistol with extra clips.
- Johnson invoked `I, as a government official, would have said, 'Back off. Let’s see if we can de-escalate this,'` and Ellison replied that everything Johnson said was untrue, calling it theatrical.
- Heightened scrutiny followed as Sen. Johnson cited law enforcement officers facing shootings and vehicle rammings, while Sen. Bernie Moreno, U.S. Senator , called Ellison a 'low caliber' witness.
- Photographs and Reuters coverage highlighted Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison grinning as Senator Ron Johnson raised his voice during the hearing, images credited to Reuters and photographer Kent Nishimura.
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Sen. Ron Johnson tells Minnesota elected official 'you disgust me' in heated hearing on ICE
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson blamed Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison for the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Macklin Good by federal immigration agents during the recent immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The post Sen. Ron Johnson tells Minnesota elected official ‘you disgust me’ in heated hearing on ICE appeared first on WPR.
'Sit there and smirk': Sen. Johnson blasts Ellison over deadly protests in Minnesota
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) sharply criticized a Minnesota Democrat during a Senate Homeland Security hearing Thursday, blaming him for encouraging protests that the Republican lawmaker said helped set the stage for the deaths of two activists amid a high-profile federal immigration enforcement operation.Johnson accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison of creating conditions that, he said, contributed to the fatal shootings of Renée Nicole…
Sen. Johnson Accuses Smirking Keith Ellison Of Encouraging Anti-ICE Violence: ‘It is Despicable What You’ve Done!’ › American Greatness
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) lashed out at Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) during a heated exchange at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs […] Source
"Two People Are Dead Because You Encouraged Them to Put Themselves in Harm's Way...Sit There and Smirk! It's Despicable!"- Sen. Ron Johnson Goes SCORCHED EARTH on a Smug Keith Ellison During Hearing
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) unleashed on Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison during a Senate hearing on Thursday. Credit: C-SPAN 3 screenshot Disgraced Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is getting destroyed for encouraging leftist agitators to target ICE officers, and no one is doing a better job of ripping him than Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI). As Fox 9 Minneapolis reported, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committ…
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