{"id":2537868,"date":"2026-01-15T12:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/concha-says-anti-ice-rhetoric-is-leading-to-officers-getting-attacked\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:44:07","slug":"concha-says-anti-ice-rhetoric-is-leading-to-officers-getting-attacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/concha-says-anti-ice-rhetoric-is-leading-to-officers-getting-attacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Concha says anti-ICE rhetoric is leading to officers getting \u2018attacked\u2019"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fconcha-says-anti-ice-rhetoric-is-leading-to-officers-getting-attacked%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=2537868&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>Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha argued that politicians&#8217; anti-ICE rhetoric &#8211; including comparisons of ICE to the Gestapo &#8211; is fueling attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.speaking on Fox &#038; Friends First after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-man-bond-set-at-1m-following-alleged-murder\/\" title=\"Ohio man bond set at M following alleged murder\">fatal shooting<\/a> of Renee Good in Minneapolis by an ICE officer, Concha said videos show the officer was struck and injured, and he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >blamed inflammatory comments<\/a> from figures like Rep. Angie craig, Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for escalating tensions. Concha defended ICE&#8217;s mission of deporting risky criminals, criticized Craig for defending the Somali community amid a local fraud scandal, and warned that officers are being assaulted with fireworks and dragged during protests. He described the situation in Minnesota as chaotic, using the phrase &#8220;you might as well call it Mogadishu.&#8221;  <\/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\">Joe Concha says anti-ICE rhetoric is leading to officers getting &lsquo;attacked&rsquo;&nbsp;<\/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_2474090\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> said there would not be as many attacks against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement <\/a>officers if politicians stopped comparing them to the &ldquo;gestapo.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since the fatal shooting of a woman in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\">Minnesota<\/a> by an ICE officer, some politicians have compared the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-overturns-chevron-doctrine-upends-administrative-state\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Overturns Chevron Doctrine, Upends Administrative State\">agency&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s operations to those carried out by the Nazis. Concha was shown a clip of Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4418544\/house-democrats-introduce-impeachment-articles-against-kristi-noem\/\">Angie Craig<\/a> (D-MN) saying these ICE scenes remind her of 1930s Germany.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4419345\/minnesota-judge-considers-lawsuit-ice-tactics-enforcement-surge\/\">Minnesota judge considers lawsuit that could hamstring ICE tactics amid enforcement surge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4418544\/house-democrats-introduce-impeachment-articles-against-kristi-noem\/\">House Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Kristi Noem<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4418580\/ice-officer-tells-protester-i-love-my-job\/\">ICE officer tells protester &lsquo;I love my job&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Clearly [Craig] is someone who did not study what was happening in 1930s Germany,&rdquo; Concha said in response to the clip on <em>Fox &amp; Friends First.<\/em> &ldquo;This is the same politician, by the way, who compared what happened in Minneapolis last week to a political stunt.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3325224&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=3ad9d8fde0c0668b3cdfcd156037d80f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4411039\/what-to-know-ice-shooting-minneapolis-left-one-woman-dead\/\">Renee Good <\/a>was shot and killed last week by an ICE officer in Minneapolis while an anti-ICE protest was happening on the street.<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4418658\/ice-officer-killed-renee-good-sustained-internal-bleeding-dhs\/\">Department of Homeland Security reported<\/a> that the officer who killed Good was struck by her vehicle and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-marco-rubio-staffer-seriously-injured-after-violent-attack-for-wearing-desantis-hat-rubio-shirt\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Marco Rubio Staffer Seriously Injured After Violent Attack For Wearing DeSantis Hat, Rubio Shirt\">suffered internal bleeding<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Concha said the ICE officer was &ldquo;obviously&rdquo; hit and &ldquo;suffered&rdquo; after watching the videos taken from the incident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maybe we wouldn&rsquo;t have so many ICE (officers) attacked at this point if politicians like Angie Craig &hellip; or <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\">Tim Walz<\/a> or Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4419724\/minnesota-mayor-calls-situation-not-sustainable-after-ice-related-shooting\/\">Jacob Frey<\/a> didn&rsquo;t compare them to the Gestapo,&rdquo; Concha said. &ldquo;I believe the Gestapo wasn&rsquo;t expelling and deporting the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">dangerous criminals<\/a> who entered the country illegally in 1930s Germany.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re talking sex traffickers, we&rsquo;re talking rapists, we&rsquo;re talking child molesters, and instead you see ICE (officers) being attacked by fireworks and being dragged,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4419819\/trump-threatens-minnesota-insurrection-act-second-federal-shooting-reignites-protesters\/\"><strong>TRUMP THREATENS MINNESOTA WITH INSURRECTION ACT AFTER SECOND FEDERAL SHOOTING REIGNITES PROTESTERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Concha highlighted that despite overwhelming evidence, Craig is still defending the Somali community in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4417747\/somali-fraudster-feeding-our-future-scheme-ties-recent-recipient-minnesota-funding\/\">Minnesota fraud scheme<\/a> and attacking ICE officers who are &ldquo;simply doing their job.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Minnesota is a mess right now,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You might as well call it Mogadishu.&rdquo;<\/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>Concha: Anti-ICE rhetoric fuels attacks on agents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2537869,"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\/AP26014849565799.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[63984,55574,36382,71024,32171],"class_list":["post-2537868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-anti-ice-rhetoric","tag-ice-officers","tag-immigration-policy","tag-law-enforcement-safety","tag-political-commentary"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26014849565799.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537868","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\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2537868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2537872,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2537868\/revisions\/2537872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2537869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2537868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2537868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2537868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}