{"id":2532317,"date":"2026-01-10T12:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-strategist-unleashes-on-own-party-over-giving-permission-structure-for-anti-ice-violence\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:04:03","slug":"dem-strategist-unleashes-on-own-party-over-giving-permission-structure-for-anti-ice-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-strategist-unleashes-on-own-party-over-giving-permission-structure-for-anti-ice-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Strategist Unleashes on Own Party Over Giving &#8216;Permission Structure&#8217; for Anti-ICE Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fdem-strategist-unleashes-on-own-party-over-giving-permission-structure-for-anti-ice-violence%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=2532317&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>Democratic strategist Julian Epstein sharply criticized his own party on &#8220;2WAY TONIGHT,&#8221; arguing that inflammatory rhetoric about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) &#8211; including terms like &#8220;Gestapo&#8221; &#8211; has helped create a permissive environment for violence against agents. His remarks followed an incident in Minneapolis in which an ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman after she accelerated her car while agents surrounded the vehicle. Epstein said Democratic officials have failed to clearly distinguish between protected protest and active obstruction or attacks on law enforcement,and he placed some responsibility for the &#8220;environment&#8221; that led to the death on his party. The article cites past comments by Democratic figures &#8211; including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu &#8211; that compared ICE agents to authoritarian or extremist groups, and notes minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey&#8217;s demand that ICE leave the city after the shooting. The Department of Homeland Security reported a sharp rise in vehicle attacks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">federal law enforcement<\/a> and Secretary Kristi Noem said the involved agent had previously been targeted in a vehicle attack, alleging organized efforts to weaponize vehicles during operations.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Julian Epstein rebuked his own party on &ldquo;2WAY TONIGHT&rdquo; on Thursday for rhetoric he said effectively sanctioned violence against Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>An ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman during a Wednesday operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when she accelerated her car forward as agents surrounded her vehicle. Epstein <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5DqjNma21Hc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkGGN1RDaWfeb0jy2g8PqydAtxNIk3yaM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">show<\/a> that he believed inflammatory remarks from Democratic politicians about ICE contributed to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They have not only failed to condemn violence in a meaningful way on an ongoing basis, using the language of Gestapo and they&rsquo;re an occupying force and all this other incendiary language is giving a permission structure to, I think, a lot of the people on the professional left that are being, in my opinion, funded and is giving a permission structure for these violent confrontations, which tragically ended yesterday in a death,&rdquo; Epstein said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democratic officials have totally failed to understand the distinction between free speech protest on the one hand and active obstruction and attacks of law enforcement on the other hand,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;And I think that is the environment in which we saw this tragedy occur yesterday. So again, I think reasonable people can disagree about what happened yesterday, but I think the environment that is being created, at least some of the responsibility has got to be laid on my side, the Democratic side.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;NEW: Dem Strategist Julian Epstein *UNLEASHES* on own party after Minnesota ICE shooting&#128680;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Using incendiary language is giving a permission structure for these violent confrontations &mdash; which tragically ended in a death.&rdquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller?\">@DailyCaller<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YYRmJwk9Gr\">pic.twitter.com\/YYRmJwk9Gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jason Cohen &#127482;&#127480; (@JasonJournoDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonJournoDC\/status\/2009664846321631303?\">January 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz suggested that ICE was the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >modern-day gestapo&#038;rdquo<\/a>; during a May commencement address at the University of Minnesota law school. Democratic Boston Mayor Michelle Wu also likened masked ICE agents to a New England neo-Nazi group during a June news conference.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis demanded that ICE &ldquo;get the f*ck out of Minneapolis&rdquo; during a Wednesday news conference following the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>There had been 99 vehicle attacks against federal law enforcement from Jan. 20 to Nov. 18, representing twice the amount during the identical time frame in 2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/11\/18\/ice-and-cbp-officers-face-unprecedented-surge-vehicle-ramming-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/11\/18\/ice-and-cbp-officers-face-unprecedented-surge-vehicle-ramming-attacks\">according<\/a> to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a Wednesday news conference that the ICE agent who shot the woman was the victim of a vehicle attack in June when an anti-ICE rioter rammed him with his car and dragged him. 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