"Many millions of eyes are on Minneapolis this week as the city, the state, and indeed the nation try to cope with the violence unleashed by a federal immigration-enforcement "surge" that has taken the lives of two U.S. citizens and created a huge backlash against the Trump administration's mass-deportation initiative. Now Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar is stepping into that maelstrom and a very bright spotlight."
"The veteran legislator and onetime presidential candidate announced she's running for governor this year. If she wins (and she will be a strong favorite), Klobuchar will succeed embattled two-term governor Tim Walz, the normie progressive icon who's had a very tough 2026 already and recently decided to fold his planned bid for a third term. It's not just the ICE invasion of Minnesota that Klobucher will be asked to deal with as a gubernatorial candidate."
Violence erupted in Minneapolis after a federal immigration-enforcement "surge" that killed two U.S. citizens and provoked a national backlash against mass-deportation efforts. Federal immigration raids in Minnesota have created a high-stakes political environment and widespread public attention. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced a gubernatorial run to succeed Tim Walz and enters as a strong favorite. Klobuchar will retain her Senate seat during the campaign and has a legislative stake in reining in law-enforcement authority and preventing repeat deployments. She must also confront a child-care-fraud scandal used as pretext for the surge and counter narratives portraying immigrants as criminal. Klobuchar cites her prosecutorial background and centrist reputation and calls for an end to ICE deployments in Minnesota.
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