"NewsNation host Leland Vittert uncritically repeated a claim by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who alleged that police in Minnesota have been ordered to stand down and surrender. On Sunday, protesters stormed into a church in St. Paul, Minnesota, to protest a pastor named David Easterwood, who also appears to be an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official in the area. David Easterwood, out now! protesters yelled as they disrupted the service."
"Team Trump is banking on these church protest images to shift the focus. It won't. Team Trump will fight with the media and claim unfair coverage. The host then drew a connection between the church protest and the idea that police in Minnesota aren't enforcing the law. Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller says only federal officers are now upholding the law in Minnesota, Vittert said, as Miller's tweet appeared on screen."
"Only federal officers are upholding the law, Miller wrote. Local and state police have been ordered to stand down and surrender. Neither Devine nor Miller offered any evidence. During Monday's On Balance on NewsNation, Vittert pointed to the fact that polling shows that Trump is underwater on immigration, positing that the video of Renee Good's killing by a federal agent may have helped sway public opinion against him on the issue."
A claim circulated that local and state police in Minnesota had been ordered to stand down and surrender, attributed to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and amplified online. Protesters disrupted a St. Paul church to confront pastor David Easterwood, who appears to be an ICE official. A Fox contributor's post and Miller's tweet offered no supporting evidence. Commentary linked the incident to broader political messaging, noting polling on immigration and reference to video of Renee Good's killing by a federal agent. St. Paul police opened a disorderly conduct probe, and the Minneapolis Police Department called the stand-down claim untrue.
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