It seems Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is ready to turn back the hands of time to 1861—and pit the Minnesota National Guard against federal law enforcement officers arresting illegal aliens.

Minneapolis is once again flirting with oblivion, thanks to failed far-left leadership enthusiastically supported by a far-left populace that appears eager to break the law and sow chaos. All of it is framed as righteous resistance against the big, bad, orange man and the institutions tasked with enforcing the law.

This latest episode follows the killing of a woman by an ICE agent in what appears to be a clear-cut case of self-defense.

The woman was shot in Minneapolis after attempting to run over ICE agents. It is a tragic and unnecessary loss of human life, driven not by law enforcement aggression, but by the violent rhetoric and warped priorities of the left—rhetoric that has convinced too many liberals that ICE agents are comparable to the Gestapo and therefore fair game for vehicular assault.

Not to be blunt—but the reality is simple. If you try to run over a cop, you get shot. That is how the world works, and Minneapolis residents are not exempt from the law.

A motor vehicle is legally considered a deadly weapon when used in a way that endangers others, and its use justifies deadly force in response. That is exactly what happened here. First, the woman attempted to block ICE vehicles. Then she refused lawful orders to exit the car. Finally, she attempted to strike an ICE agent with her vehicle. The video tells the story. She is in the black SUV. You decide.

A slowed-down version makes it even clearer. The agent who fired the shots was directly in harm’s way in front of the vehicle—not the agent at the window. The footage shows him barely managing to draw his weapon in time. When an officer orders you out of your car, attempting to run him over is not a misunderstanding—it is an attack.

Another angle shows the incident from the front of the vehicle.

The evidence is unmistakable. The woman clearly attempted to hit an ICE agent, despite public claims to the contrary.

Yet at a press conference following the incident, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara claimed the woman merely “drove off,” a description that bears little resemblance to driving straight into a federal officer. Listen for yourself.

Preventing this kind of violence is not complicated. Cooperate with police. Do not wage war on them. Unfortunately, Minneapolis leadership has chosen the latter, and neither the mayor nor the governor has taken any meaningful steps to cool the rhetoric that fuels these confrontations.

In fact, during the same press conference, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey escalated matters further—not by urging cooperation with law enforcement, but by issuing what amounted to a threat against ICE.

This mayor is weak, compromised, and unserious. He allowed his city to be overrun by Somalian immigrants who allegedly defrauded the state out of billions, and he has delivered multiple official addresses in the Somalian language. ICE is not intimidated by him, but his words may have explosive consequences for a city with a long history of rioting.

Just two days ago, Governor Walz deflected questions by invoking January 6th and its supposed “threat to democracy.” Yet there is little doubt he will have no problem encouraging unrest this week under the guise of “justice.”

And once again, consider what Walz is suggesting as an appropriate response to federal law enforcement.

Is he serious? He appears to believe he can deploy the National Guard—ultimately under the president’s authority—against federal agents. That is not an option, but he is pretending it is, purely to inflame the most radical political agitators already itching for confrontation.

Mayor Frey telegraphed his sympathies weeks ago when he ominously predicted violence in his city.

Minnesota residents who attempt to run over ICE agents are not protecting their neighbors. They are doing the opposite.

ICE has arrested over a thousand violent criminals in Minnesota in recent weeks—murderers, rapists, child sexual offenders, and gang members. These are the people who pose a real threat to Minnesotans.

ICE is not the threat. ICE is eliminating the threat. Yet radicalized white liberal women have been convinced that they bear some moral responsibility to obstruct law enforcement, even as they complain endlessly on social media about not feeling safe in public.

You cannot have it both ways.

The hysteria has reached such a level that activists are now confronting reporters live on air. Watch this woman antagonize a CNN reporter.

Ask yourself how that encounter might have ended if the reporter were conservative. She did not walk away because the situation was harmless—she walked away because the ideological alignment was safe. That fact alone tells you everything you need to know about today’s media environment.

These individuals are not rational, but they are dangerous. They are willing to use their vehicles as weapons against ICE agents, and it is not unreasonable to predict that federal officers in Minnesota are now open targets for even more aggressive attacks.

Left-wing activists are already vowing on platforms like Reddit to fight ICE with lethal force, claiming the first shots of a “war” have been fired. They are openly bloodthirsty, all while insisting conservatives are the true threat to democracy.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was entirely justified in labeling the incident an act of domestic terrorism.

This is the correct response to deranged leftists determined to undermine national safety: you double down and enforce the law.

At this rate, the National Guard may indeed be needed—but not in the way Walz imagines. ICE must continue its operations in Minnesota. Walz and Frey have failed to protect their state from illegal immigration, fraud, and violence. Murder is reportedly up 50 percent since they took office.

This tragedy did not have to happen, and it will not be the last if Minneapolis leadership continues to pour gasoline on an open flame.

When politicians demonize law enforcement, blur the line between protest and violence, and wink at chaos for political gain, innocent people die. That is reality.

You do not get to incite confrontation, excuse lawlessness, and then feign shock when it turns deadly. ICE agents are enforcing the law—period. They did not create this crisis; they are cleaning up after it.

And every reckless word from Frey, Walz, and their allies makes Minneapolis less safe, not more compassionate.

The city does not need moral grandstanding or revolutionary cosplay. It needs adult leadership willing to tell residents the truth: cooperate with law enforcement—do not attack them. If local leaders refuse to restore order, federal authorities will. And I guarantee you—they will.