MAGA is already rewriting the ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

Trump administration officials and Maga world They are trying to rewrite Shooting in Minneapolis.

The shooting occurred Wednesday morning when several masked agents — later identified by Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin as members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement — approached the vehicle. The video was shared on social media A masked agent appears asking the driver to get out of the car before grabbing the door handle. At this point, the driver appears to be reversing, before driving forward and turning. Another masked federal officer, standing near the front of the car, pulled a gun and fired into the car, killing Renee Nicole Goode, a 37-year-old woman.

It was the masked officer who opened fire on the car Identified by the Minnesota Star Tribune As ICE Agent Jonathan Ross. McLaughlin did not immediately respond to an email asking if the Department of Homeland Security could confirm the Star Tribune report.

Almost immediately, federal government officials painted Judd as the culprit. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem It’s called good deeds An act of “domestic terrorism,” adding that the victim “weaponized her car” and that the agent involved simply “continued his training.” Later on Wednesday, President Donald Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that Judd “viciously” ran over the agent while blaming the “radical left.” At a news conference Thursday morning, Noem doubled down, again calling Judd a “domestic terrorist,” while falsely claiming that the agents involved were “surrounded, assaulted, and blocked by protesters.” On Thursday, Vice President J.D. Vance claimed that Judd was a “victim of leftist ideology” and that she “(threw) her car in front of ICE officers,” adding: “You should be brainwashed a little bit.”

The administration’s efforts to immediately spin the narrative, deflect blame from the agents Trump has delegated to them Targeting communities across the countryThis is what the current administration has Do it over and over again. However, this case is arguably one of the most egregious examples to date, given how far the sanctioned government’s narrative deviates from the reality depicted in video footage of the incident shared online.

Global MAGA influencers quickly joined the queue. Trump’s decision to blame the “radical left” was echoed by his loudest supporters online, some of whom predicted mass violence from the left as a result of the incident.

“She was trying to set up an illegal road blockade to interfere with ICE agents, then rammed her car into one of them when they tried to arrest her,” X host Matt Walsh wrote in a post that has been viewed nearly 700,000 times. “This is not even a close call. It is completely justified. She is 100 percent responsible for her death.”

Video footage of the accident It appears to directly contradict Walsh’s claim that Judd “rammed her car” into the agent, who then shot her through the windshield and driver’s side window. Local politicians also disputed the claim: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called the administration’s version of events “nonsense” and a “garbage narrative.” Frey also said ICE should “get out of Minneapolis.” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz also rejected the government’s narrative, instead blaming Trump’s policies that he said were “designed to generate fear, headlines, and conflict…Today, that recklessness cost someone their life.”

But that hasn’t deterred other influencers and content creators. Robbie Starbuck, a visiting fellow at the highly influential Heritage Foundation, wrote on