"Speaking out on Thursday, the two members of Congress reflected a national Democratic leadership that-finally, belatedly-seems to have found its collective voice in responding to what Donald Trump has unleashed on America since returning to office a year ago. Some of the President's most fervent opponents now believe, as the never-Trump conservative Charlie Sykes wrote on Thursday morning, that the recent news out of Minnesota marked a breaking point for 'patriotic, non-political normies.'"
"Reflecting a political environment that simply did not exist a week ago in Washington, on Thursday a united Senate Democratic caucus refused to vote for a government funding bill before a Friday deadline, because it includes money for the out-of-control immigration agencies that operate within the Department of Homeland Security. On the ground in Minnesota, meanwhile, Trump's border czar, Thomas Homan, announced that he had arrived to dial down the temperature."
A forceful federal immigration operation in Minnesota generated widespread public revulsion and political alarm. Thousands of armed, masked federal agents operating in Minneapolis intensified community fear and prompted sharp criticism from Democratic leaders. Two recent killings, of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, intensified local organizing and resistance. Senate Democrats withheld a funding vote because the bill provided money to immigration agencies within the Department of Homeland Security. National figures framed Minnesota as a potential turning point that could broaden opposition. Federal officials, including border czar Thomas Homan, moved to calm tensions and portrayed the situation as fixable.
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