{"id":2553723,"date":"2026-01-27T05:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-protestors-receive-support-from-mainstream-dems-in-minnesota\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T05:13:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:13:25","slug":"communist-protestors-receive-support-from-mainstream-dems-in-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-protestors-receive-support-from-mainstream-dems-in-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Communist\u2019 protestors receive support from mainstream Dems in Minnesota"},"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%2Fcommunist-protestors-receive-support-from-mainstream-dems-in-minnesota%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=2553723&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>A Washington Examiner review found that mainstream Democratic figures and organizations have been directing supporters to donate to or join anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis via a volunteer-run page called StandWithMinnesota. High-profile Democrats (including Hillary Clinton, Reps. Sara Jacobs, Alexandria Ocasio-cortez, and Lizzie Fletcher), local Democratic groups, and national liberal organizations (ACLU, MoveOn, Brady campaign, Women\u2019s March) promoted the site, which lists groups providing hotlines, legal observers, and on-the-ground protest organizing. Far-left groups \u2014 including Communist Party USA, the freedom Road Socialist Association (FRSO), and the party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) \u2014 have played visible organizing roles; FRSO has public ties with the Popular Front for the liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, and PSL posts drew at least one comment urging activists to bring weapons. Activists urged coordinated actions such as a Jan. 23 \u201cICE out Minnesota\u201d day, and footage and reports showed clashes with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-nominate-texas-sheriff-to-lead-ice\/\" title=\"Biden to Nominate Texas Sheriff to Lead ICE\">federal immigration officers<\/a> after the Border Patrol shooting of Alex Pretti. The piece highlights the blurring of mainstream and radical left networks in protests against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-slams-leftist-ftc-nominee-alvaro-bedoya-over-support-for-crt-opposition-to-ice\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Slams ...ist FTC Nominee Alvaro Bedoya over Support for CRT, Opposition to ICE\">federal immigration enforcement<\/a>.  <\/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\">Mainstream Democrats direct funds to anti-ICE protests carried out by &lsquo;communist&rsquo; groups in Minneapolis<\/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<p>Efforts to disrupt federal law enforcement in Minnesota have united individuals and organizations associated with the mainstream Democratic Party with self-described &ldquo;communist&rdquo; and &ldquo;socialist&rdquo; activists, a <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>review of political emails and social media posts has found.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, mainstream Democrats have sent messages to their supporters via email and social media, enticing them to either donate money to groups staging protests in Minneapolis or to join them personally in challenging law enforcement. Far-left groups, including avowed communists, are taking a leading role in organizing these same demonstrations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4434620\/homan-meeting-frey-minnesota-trump-call\/\">Homan to meet with Frey after Trump has &#8216;very good&#8217; call with Minneapolis mayor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4434653\/trump-coalition-frays-gun-rights-minnesota-shooting-justification\/\">Gun groups split with Trump administration over Minnesota shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4434302\/greg-bovino-relieved-minnesota-border-patrol-ice\/\">Greg Bovino relieved of duties overseeing Border Patrol operations with ICE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Democrats such as former Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HillaryClinton\/status\/2015823022020567266?s=20\">Hillary Clinton<\/a>, Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/politicalemails.org\/messages\/2108878\">Sara Jacobs<\/a> (D-CA), Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT8cJz9Ebbj\/\">Alexandria Ocasio Cortez <\/a>(D-NY), and Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LizziePFletcher\">Lizzie Fletcher<\/a> (D-TX), as well as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1kSC_Vh9n7umeCuHGREz0eMuDfDHbHm3MoUudSDrdTFE\/edit?usp=sharing\">a host<\/a> of state lawmakers and congressional candidates, have all called on their supporters to use <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/StandWithMinnesota.com\">StandWithMinnesota.com<\/a>, a webpage purportedly maintained by local activists, to donate to &ldquo;organizations doing the work on the ground&rdquo; in Minneapolis. The Arlington Young Democrats, a club of young liberals living just outside D.C. &mdash; many of whom work as staffers in the capital &mdash; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/politicalemails.org\/messages\/2108767\">endorsed <\/a>StandWithMinnesota.com as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2481518\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Also directing supporters to StandWithMinnesota.com via email was the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/politicalemails.org\/messages\/2102567\">Communist Party USA<\/a>, illustrating the alignment between the far and mainstream Left in protesting the enforcement of immigration laws.&nbsp;Individuals posting on forums related to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Anarchism\/comments\/1qjczhl\/lets_send_some_funds_to_the_people_of_minnesota\/\">anarchism <\/a>and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WitchesVsPatriarchy\/comments\/1qmlh8o\/stand_with_minnesota_donation_directory\/\">witchcraft <\/a>have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Anarchy101\/comments\/1qj3ku2\/how_can_i_overcome_the_fear_of_being_imprisoned\/\">circulated links<\/a> to the donation page too.<\/p>\n<p>Organizations promoted by StandWithMinnesota include those operating hotlines to keep track of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, fielding &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTJR3IFE_tm\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\">legal observers<\/a>,&rdquo; and organizing protests, according to its webpage. Marching and organizing alongside these on-the-ground activists are open Marxists, some of whom belong to a group that maintain friendly ties with a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>The Freedom Road Socialist Organization, for example, has issued calls to its followers on social media to join the protests in Minneapolis, delivered speeches at rallies in Minneapolis, and garnered <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT58aUeDwer\/?hl=en\">hundreds of thousands of likes<\/a> on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT8gzePjo76\/?hl=en\">Instagram <\/a>for their efforts &mdash; showing the broad appeal of the group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Videos posted by the FRSO show its members <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT3axieD3VO\/?hl=en\">marching alongside<\/a> other demonstrators and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT3xbaDDUYn\/?hl=en\">carrying signs<\/a> bearing the organization&rsquo;s name in Minneapolis and across the country. Some individuals in FRSO clothing were even present as <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT5t7kXjcBx\/?hl=en\">protestors clashed with law enforcement<\/a> following the shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent, according to a video posted by the group.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Federal immigration officers deploy tear gas at observers after a shooting Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo\/Abbie Parr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The FRSO <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4424393\/local-teachers-union-leaders-support-maduro\/\">describes itself<\/a> as a &ldquo;national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism&rdquo; that is &ldquo;building towards the creation of a new Communist Party based on Marxism-Leninism.&rdquo; Throughout the years, it has maintained a cordial relationship with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a socialist organization that landed on the United States&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-strips-colombias-hezbollah-tied-farc-terrorists-of-terrorist-label\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Strips Colombia&#039;s Hezbollah...Tied FARC Terrorists of Terrorist Label\">foreign terrorist organization list<\/a> by hijacking planes, orchestrating suicide bombings, and shooting rockets at civilians.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A militant and longstanding friendship exists between our two organizations,&rdquo; the FRSO wrote the PFLP in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The PFLP is proud to have you as partners in the worldwide [Marxist-Leninist] movement for socialist revolution,&rdquo; the terror organization wrote, reciprocating the warm feelings.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/political-party\/the-party-for-socialism-and-liberation-psl\/\">The Party for Socialism and Liberation<\/a>, a left-wing organization that has praised Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin and former Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong, also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT6m2iuDCAd\/?hl=en\">organized <\/a>and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT8jwBwkSqc\/?hl=en\">participated in<\/a> anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, according to media posted to its Instagram page.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bring. 2nd Amendment,&rdquo; the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1aHQDpQBoV1qhCj_-jop0SCQ8x27oxXUt\/view?usp=sharing\">top comment<\/a> on one of the PSL&rsquo;s posts promoting a protest in Minneapolis reads, appearing to encourage activists to come to the demonstration armed. &ldquo;No more signs and slogans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTi6_YfD688\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\">Unidos MN<\/a>, one of the primary groups being promoted by StandWithMinnesota, has co-organized mass protest events alongside the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTyLjYdj_In\/?hl=en\">FRSO <\/a>and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DT6aXU9CXDj\/?hl=en\">PSL<\/a>. Most notably, both groups promoted January 23 as a day to &ldquo;ICE out Minnesota,&rdquo; where activists were to skip school, stay home from work, and avoid shopping to put pressure on federal law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4424393\/local-teachers-union-leaders-support-maduro\/\"><strong>LOCAL TEACHERS UNION LEADERS SUPPORT MADURO, ARE AFFILIATED WITH &lsquo;COMMUNIST&rsquo; ORGANIZATIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have, in the past, taken flak from the press over the presence of extremist groups at their events. <\/p>\n<p>The 2017 Unite the Right rally, for instance, was attended by a number of mainstream conservative activists; however, media coverage largely focused on the presence of white nationalist organizations. More recently, some on the Left used the presence of the white supremacists at the 2026 March for Life to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/politics\/patriot-front-jd-vance-dc#toggle-gdpr\">link <\/a>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-willing-to-lay-our-lives-down-inside-the-effort-to-save-babies-at-planned-parenthoods-front-doors\/\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019re Willing To Lay Our Lives Down\u2019: Inside The Effort To Save Babies At Planned Parenthood\u2019s Front Doors\">anti-abortion movement<\/a> to racism.<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >large mainstream liberal organizations encouraging<\/a> their supporters to support or join anti-ICE protests via email include the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/politicalemails.org\/messages\/2090426\">ACLU<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/politicalemails.org\/messages\/2108839\">Brady Campaign<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/politicalemails.org\/messages\/2108093\">MoveOn<\/a>, and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/politicalemails.org\/messages\/2107963\">Women&rsquo;s March<\/a>.<\/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>Democrats fund anti-ICE protests with communist groups<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":2553724,"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\/AP26013709149605.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5607,32923,37326,36160,3970],"class_list":["post-2553723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-communism","tag-democratic-party","tag-minnesota-politics","tag-political-controversy","tag-protests"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AP26013709149605.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553723","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\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2553723"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2553727,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553723\/revisions\/2553727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2553724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2553723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2553723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2553723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}