{"id":2531862,"date":"2026-01-09T08:08:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-takes-lead-in-defending-immigration-enforcement-after-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:11:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:11:34","slug":"vance-takes-lead-in-defending-immigration-enforcement-after-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-takes-lead-in-defending-immigration-enforcement-after-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance takes lead in defending immigration enforcement after shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-takes-lead-in-defending-immigration-enforcement-after-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2531862&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President JD Vance publicly defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement after an ICE officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during a clash at a Minneapolis protest. Vance said he was not happy the woman died but argued she was unlawfully interfering with law enforcement, and he blamed a broader left-wing network for targeting and harassing ICE officers. Speaking at the white House press briefing, he framed his remarks as part of defending President Trump&#8217;s tougher immigration and deportation agenda and criticized media coverage as biased and risky to officers. The incident &#8211; captured on video and interpreted differently by viewers &#8211; has deepened partisan divides over ICE&#8217;s presence in Democratic cities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-crisis-spirals-out-of-control-with-massive-migrant-group-streaming-into-u-s\/\" title=\"Border Crisis Spirals Out of Control, With Massive Migrant Group Streaming Into U.S.\">interior enforcement policies<\/a>. Vance, who has frequently served as a combative surrogate for Trump on media and policy fronts, used the moment to push back against progressive portrayals of ICE and to reinforce the governance&#8217;s law-and-order messaging.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance takes the lead in defending immigration enforcement after ICE shooting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2467506\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> made a rare appearance at the podium during Thursday&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> press briefing to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4411803\/jd-vance-defends-ice-officer-shooting-minnesota-absolute-immunity\/\">mount a passionate defense<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> amid growing anti-ICE protests after an officer was involved in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4409975\/woman-shot-dead-minneapolis-attempting-run-over-ice-officers-with-vehicle-dhs\/\">fatal shooting <\/a>in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not happy that this woman lost her life,&rdquo; Vance said of Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old woman who was shot and killed during a clash with ICE officers on Wednesday. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not happy that this woman was there at a protest violating the law by interfering with the law enforcement action.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4412127\/defense-hawks-tug-war-over-trump-foreign-policy\/\">Defense hawks get upper hand in tug-of-war over Trump foreign policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4399117\/trump-grudging-acknowledgement-presidential-two-term-limit-raises-concerns\/\">Trump&rsquo;s grudging acknowledgment of the presidential two-term limit still raises concerns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4409449\/white-house-one-story-additon-west-wing-ballroom\/\">White House considering one-story addition to West Wing during ballroom presentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s remarks were part of a broader defense of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\">immigration<\/a> enforcement agenda, which includes ramping up deportations of illegal immigrants, and a condemnation of left-wing anti-ICE protests throughout the country. He maintained that Good was &ldquo;part of a broader left-wing network to attack, to dox, to assault and to make it impossible for our ICE officers to do their job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance has been deployed to put out fires and amplify Trump&rsquo;s messaging in hostile environments before. It&rsquo;s not uncommon for vice presidents to act as attack dogs on behalf of their president, but it is a job former President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\">Joe Biden<\/a> seldom trusted former Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris <\/a>to perform.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Vance joined White House press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> in the briefing room to point out that Senate Democrats were contradicting their party&rsquo;s line on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-democrats-shutdown-for-nothing\/\" title=\"The ...&#039; shutdown for nothing\">government shutdowns dating back<\/a> to Bill Clinton&rsquo;s administration when they blocked a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >clean federal funding bill<\/a> the administration supported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For years, every single one of us, we can remember Barack Obama on the White House lawn, we can remember Chuck Schumer, we can remember Nancy Pelosi for years, in Chuck Schumer&rsquo;s case for literally decades, we&rsquo;ve heard them say you don&rsquo;t shut the government down over policy disagreement,&rdquo; Vance told reporters. &ldquo;For the first time since the Democrats have been in politics, they are now saying that unless we get every policy item that we demand, we&rsquo;re going to shut down the people&rsquo;s government. They&rsquo;re trying to take a hostage. We&rsquo;re not gonna let them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The end result was the longest <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown<\/a> in history, but Democrats ultimately relented, and Trump signed the bill into law without any major policy changes.<\/p>\n<p>Vance has also participated in Trump&rsquo;s affordability tour, as polls and last year&rsquo;s election results showed voters were still angry about <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\">inflation<\/a> and the cost of living. &ldquo;When I hear the Democrats talk about the affordability crisis that they created, it&rsquo;s a little bit like, you know, Charles Manson criticizing violent crime,&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3919506\/jd-vance-democrats-affordability-charles-manson-criticizing-violent-crime\/\">told<\/a> a crowd in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. &ldquo;Look in the mirror, my friend. You are the cause of the problem, and Donald J. Trump&rsquo;s administration is the solution to the problem that you created.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the ticket in 2024, Vance has often sparred with the media. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t really care, Margaret,&rdquo; he memorably told CBS News&rsquo;s Margaret Brennan in a viral exchange about problems vetting refugees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump praised Vance&rsquo;s ability to handle confrontational interviews during his victory speech after they won the 2024 election. &ldquo;He and I have said, go into the enemy camp, and, you know, the enemy camp is certain networks, and a lot of people don&rsquo;t like to, sir, do I have to do that? He just goes, OK, which ones, CNN, MSDNC, he&rsquo;ll say, all right, thank you very much, he actually looks like, he&rsquo;s like the only guy I&rsquo;ve ever seen, he really looks forward to it,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;And then he just goes and absolutely obliterates them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance reprised this role on Thursday, hitting press coverage of the Minneapolis shooting and anti-ICE protests more generally.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the media wants to tell the truth,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;they ought to tell the truth that a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-msnbc-perplexed-why-portland-police-are-quitting-en-masse\/\" title=\"CNN, MSNBC Perplexed Why Portland Police Are Quitting En Masse\">left-wing radicals<\/a> have been working tirelessly, sometimes using domestic terror techniques to try to make it impossible for the president of the United States to do what the American people elected him to do, which is enforce our immigration laws.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The incident was captured on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/maxnesterak\/status\/2008961959731859757?s=20\">video by eyewitnesses<\/a>, but viewers have diverged sharply on whether they claim to see an unjustified shooting or an act of self-defense to prevent Good from ramming the officer with her vehicle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Voters are similarly split on ICE&rsquo;s presence in heavily Democratic cities. Polls showed heightened support for mass deportations during the 2024 campaign, and the public <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/north_carolina\/article_3dbed9d9-25dd-46a0-ae48-23c0af4c949c.html\">generally approves<\/a> of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3924939\/self-deportation-numbers-soar-trump-first-year-winds-down\/\">Trump&rsquo;s successful efforts<\/a> to secure the border. But his progress on the border after <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2025\/08\/21\/u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-population-reached-a-record-14-million-in-2023\/\">record illegal immigration<\/a> during the Biden administration seems to have eroded support for deportations, and Americans are more ambivalent about interior immigration enforcement measures.<\/p>\n<p>Progressives and some Democratic elected officials have painted ICE officers as Trump&rsquo;s masked secret police.<\/p>\n<p>Vance sought to combat these perceptions and the anti-ICE activism they have inspired.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4410867\/the-ice-shooting-could-lead-democrats-back-to-summer-of-2020-politics\/\"><strong>THE ICE SHOOTING COULD LEAD DEMOCRATS BACK TO SUMMER OF 2020 POLITICS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was an attack on law and order. This was an attack on the American people. The way that the media, by and large, has reported this story has been an absolute disgrace, and it puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>If Secretary of State Marco Rubio has left a larger imprint on Trump&rsquo;s foreign policy recently, Vance remains the face of the president&rsquo;s domestic policy in a crucial election year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance defends ICE amid Minneapolis shooting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2659,"featured_media":2531863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26008681318450.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[33709,49347,35138,37043,70463],"class_list":["post-2531862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-border-security","tag-immigration-enforcement","tag-j-d-vance","tag-political-debate","tag-shooting-response"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26008681318450.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2659"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2531862"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531866,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2531862\/revisions\/2531866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2531863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2531862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2531862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2531862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}