Vance's message in Minneapolis: Local officials must cooperate with the immigration crackdown

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, JULIE CARR SMYTH and STEVE PEOPLES
Updated 5:27 PM CST, January 22, 2026

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Insisting that he was in Minnesota to calm tensions, Vice President JD Vance on Thursday blamed “far-left people” and state and local law enforcement officials for the chaos that has unfolded during the White House’s aggressive deportation campaign.

The Republican vice president said, “We’re doing everything that we can to lower the temperature,” adding that Minnesota leaders should “meet us halfway.”

The Justice Department is investigating top Democrats in the state, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over whether they have obstructed or impeded immigration enforcement through their public criticism of the administration. Walz and Frey have described the investigation as an attempt to bully the political opposition.

Federal officers stood in a row behind Vance as he spoke, and there were two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles emblazoned with the slogan “Defend the Homeland.”



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[Klarkashton]

1. Weird Beard is big on making shit up and making it sound

Official. He's a fucking clown.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Well said, Klarkashton.

[twodogsbarking]

32. Clowns do stupid things on purpose. Vance, well, you know..

[SheltieLover]

2. Quiet couch humper

[James48]

4. We have to defend the homeland against tyrants

[bluestarone]

5. Well, hey FUCKER, lets start with you guys handing over the MURDERER of Renee Good?

Then hand over all your EVIDENCE (HAHA none) Then hand over EVERY ICE person there that day. Then all of you LEAVE our state. THEN we can discuss what comes next, OK?

[IcyPeas]

14. Right! They killed a mother. Called her a deranged leftist and the same week

he announced he and his wife were expecting a baby boy.

I can't even type what I'm thinking.

[bluestarone]

15. You can't type it, BUT I know exactly what you would type, because

I feel 100% the same way!!

[wcmagumba]

26. Thinking the same, also Usha, you know he prefers blondes...watch your back Ush baby, dumping coming for you ahead...

JD will kiss you goodbye and you know it...

[Lulu KC]

6. Oh, shut up

Just sit down and shut up.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Go fuck your couch and STFU

[purr-rat beauty]

8. Show us that law

And maybe we'll oblige

[Skittles]

9. Minnesotans don't care much for fascism

yes INDEED

[Hugin]

10. What's half way to shooting people in the face?

Just so we’re on the same page, dumbass.

[Dulcinea]

11. This asswipe thinks he'll be president in 2028.

NO. Just NO.

[OldBaldy1701E]

12. Such a huckster.

He makes those tables in the back row at the flea market look like respectable business people.

(With apologies to back table vendors at flea markets.)

[mdbl]

16. He's just made himself as big an asshole as Dump

[OldBaldy1701E]

33. Those are some mighty big diapers to fill! (n/t)

[Earth Bound Misfit]

13. Vance just makin' shit up as he goes along

[patphil]

17. Vance is trying his best to take Trump's place as leader of the MAGA movement, given Trumps cognitive decline.

Trump will be gone in a year or two, and Vance wants to lead his base to support his election as president in 2028.
But, he hasn't got the gravitas to get the job done. He's Just Dumb Vance, and always will be.

[twodogsbarking]

18. Fuck you and the couch you rode in on.

[orangecrush]

20. Beat me to it

[twodogsbarking]

21. He has sex with his wife when the couch is out of town.

[orangecrush]

22. ...

[orangecrush]

19. Go fuck yourself

And the couch you rode in on

[MayReasonRule]

23. Oh My, I Just Saw The News!!

[electric_blue68]

24. Go back to DC, Vapid Vance!

Leave Minneapolis now, if you haven't already!

Although, preferably go to hell!

[Crowman2009]

25. STFU Cpl. Vance!

Go to your bunker, paperwork warrior!

[valleyrogue]

27. I am so sick of the lies emanating from Jizzy Davenport Vance. n/t

[Figarosmom]

28. If ICE agents give illegal orders no they don't

Have to comply. Then their job is to arrest the one doing illegal things.

You know like disregarding the 4th and 14th Amendments. All those ICE agent types are the ones screaming "Castle Doctrine " when they shoot someone breaking into their house, so I know they know what they are doing is wrong.

[DallasNE]

29. Time For Vance To Read The 10th Amendment

He is trying to use immigration as an end-run to the 10th Amendment.

"The 10th Amendment states that any powers not specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution are reserved for the states or the people.
Overview of the 10th Amendment
The 10th Amendment was ratified on December 15, 1791, as part of the Bill of Rights. It reads: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” This means that if the Constitution does not give a power to the federal government, that power belongs to the states or the people themselves. "

[ancianita]

30. Being a corporate law guy, Vance's not concerned about the constitutionality of what the govt does, or states' rights.

If Peter Thiel were to run Vance for president, everyone can be assured Vance would still be opposed to immigration, abortion, same-sex marriage, gun control, and U.S. support for Ukraine ...
He has cited Catholic social teaching and Catholic theology as influences on his views, some of which have been criticized by both Pope Francis and his successor, Pope Leo XIV, as misrepresenting Church teaching He's against just about everything Jesus was for.

Thiel and Vance, more bad guys all around.

[ancianita]

31. "Cooperate" with door-to-door gestapo violations? Fuck that and fuck Vance.