{"id":2532497,"date":"2026-01-11T10:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rob-schneider-goes-off-on-minneapolis-mayor-for-fanning-flames-after-ice-shooting\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T10:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:06:48","slug":"rob-schneider-goes-off-on-minneapolis-mayor-for-fanning-flames-after-ice-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rob-schneider-goes-off-on-minneapolis-mayor-for-fanning-flames-after-ice-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Schneider Goes Off on Minneapolis Mayor for Fanning Flames After ICE Shooting"},"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%2Frob-schneider-goes-off-on-minneapolis-mayor-for-fanning-flames-after-ice-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=2532497&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>Actor Rob Schneider criticized Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on the PBD Podcast, calling him a &#8220;lunatic&#8221; and a &#8220;disgrace&#8221; for Frey&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-media-tech-democrat-woke-nazis-are-uniting-the-country-against-them\/\" title=\"Nolte: Media, Tech, Democrat Woke Nazis Are Uniting the Country\u2026 Against Them\">sharp rhetoric<\/a> after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman during an operation in the city. Frey had demanded ICE &#8220;get the f*ck out of Minneapolis&#8221; at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-campaign-holds-press-conference-to-outline-viable-path-to-victory\/\" title=\"Watch Live: Trump Campaign Holds Press Conference to Outline &#039;Viable Path to Victory&#039;\">news conference<\/a>, saying the city was united to protect its immigrant community, keep people safe and avoid &#8220;taking the bait&#8221; that could escalate tensions.Protests followed the shooting in Minneapolis and other cities. Schneider accused Frey of playing politics and prioritizing optics over citizens&#8217; safety,while Democratic strategist Julian Epstein argued that incendiary language by some politicians toward ICE helped create a permissive climate that contributed to violent confrontations.  <\/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><\/p>\n<p>Actor Rob Schneider called Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey a &ldquo;lunatic&rdquo; and &ldquo;disgrace&rdquo; on the &ldquo;PBD Podcast&rdquo; Friday for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: &#039;The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed&#039;\">mayor&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s inflammatory rhetoric after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in his city.<\/p>\n<p>Frey demanded ICE &ldquo;get the f*ck out of Minneapolis&rdquo; during a Wednesday news conference after the shooting, which occurred during an operation in Minneapolis when the woman accelerated her car forward as agents surrounded her vehicle. Schneider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DnnAry4FOcs&amp;list=WL&amp;index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">argued<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DnnAry4FOcs&amp;list=WL&amp;index=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">podcast<\/a> that Frey was playing politics and did not prioritize protecting Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That guy [Frey] is a lunatic. And we have lunatics who are running our cities. That exposes so many things. They would rather have their city fall apart,&rdquo; Schneider said. &ldquo;They would rather have it overrun by people who are not citizens. They don&rsquo;t care about the safety of their particular citizens. It&rsquo;s all a political show. And that guy is a disgrace. And I think you see that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-working-from-cheat-sheet-during-first-formal-press-briefing\/\" title=\"Biden working from \u2018cheat sheet\u2019 during first formal press briefing\">bad faith actor<\/a>. He doesn&rsquo;t have what&rsquo;s best in mind. He&rsquo;s not trying to calm down the situation,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s using this as a time to drum things up, to make things more difficult. Because it&rsquo;s just a political warfare. That&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re dealing with.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Protests have erupted in Minneapolis and other American cities in response to the shooting. &ldquo;CBS Evening News&rdquo; host Tony Dokoupil asked Frey on Thursday how he was &ldquo;helping the situation calm down&rdquo; amid protesters equating ICE with Nazis.<\/p>\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>&ldquo;What I appreciate about this situation right now is we in Minneapolis are all singing with one accord, which is one, we are going to stand up for our immigrant community, two, we&rsquo;re going to keep people safe, and three, we&rsquo;re not going to take the bait,&rdquo; Frey said. &ldquo;If you&rsquo;ve watched how a lot of these protests have carried out, this is not some repeat of what we saw in 2020. What we see is the people saying, hey, hang on a second, ICE wants us to take the bait. They want us to screw up, do something wrong, and then ultimately see even greater military presence in our city.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Julian Epstein also argued on &ldquo;2WAY TONIGHT&rdquo; on Thursday that remarks from Democratic politicians about ICE contributed to the Wednesday shooting.<\/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<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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