Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sharply pushed back against CNN host Jake Tapper during a heated exchange over the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis.
The incident has triggered intense political fallout.
Mayor Jacob Frey and other Democratic officials have condemned the shooting, characterizing it as a reckless use of federal authority.
The Trump administration, however, has maintained that the ICE agent acted in self-defense after Good attempted to run him over with her vehicle.
Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union, Noem accused the media of applying a double standard to the case.
According to The Hill, she criticized Tapper for failing to address Frey’s own incendiary rhetoric in the aftermath of the shooting.
Referencing Frey’s public remarks calling on federal agents to leave the city, Noem said:
“I hadn’t heard Tapper say once what a disservice it’s done for Mayor Frey to get up and tell ICE to get the F out.”
Video footage released so far shows Good blocking a roadway with her SUV as ICE agents conducted an enforcement operation.
Agents instructed her to move, after which she reversed the vehicle.
An agent is seen attempting to open the driver’s-side door moments before three shots were fired.
She then accelerated forward and rammed an ICE agent who was standing in front of her vehicle, forcing him to open fire.
A bullet hole is visible in the windshield, and Good later crashed at high speed.
Good’s wife, Rebecca Good, has disputed the federal account, saying the couple was acting as legal observers filming a protest and denying that the vehicle was used as a weapon.
However, evidence has since emerged to reveal that both women had received training on blocking law enforcement operations as anti-ICE activists.
The Trump administration has firmly rejected the Left’s characterization of Good as a casual observer.
President Donald Trump said in a Wednesday interview with The New York Times that Good “behaved horribly” during the encounter and emphasized that federal officers have the right to defend themselves when faced with a credible threat.
Frey dismissed the administration’s account as “bulls**t” and doubled down on his demand that ICE leave Minnesota.
The Democrat mayor wrote on X that “today is a good day for ICE to get out of Minnesota.”
The dispute has underscored broader tensions between federal immigration enforcement and sanctuary-city leadership.
While critics of the shooting have demanded immediate accountability, supporters of ICE have argued that rushing to judgment before the conclusion of a full investigation risks ignoring the inherent dangers officers face when confronting a vehicle during an enforcement operation.
Reaction online has been sharply divided.
Some commentators praised Noem for forcefully defending federal agents on national television, while others accused her of escalating tensions.
Democrat officials, including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, have gone further, calling for Noem’s resignation or impeachment and alleging that her department has misrepresented the facts.
Noem has rejected those calls and made clear that federal enforcement will continue.
“ICE agents are not going anywhere,” she said, signaling the administration’s intent to stand behind its officers and enforce federal law despite mounting pressure from local and state officials.
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