{"id":2596198,"date":"2026-04-28T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-have-turned-just-say-no-into-just-say-murder\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:00:42","slug":"democrats-have-turned-just-say-no-into-just-say-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-have-turned-just-say-no-into-just-say-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Have Turned &#8216;Just Say No&#8217; Into &#8216;Just Say Murder&#8217;"},"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%2Fdemocrats-have-turned-just-say-no-into-just-say-murder%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=2596198&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>The passage argues that the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during an interaction involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in January were preventable in the first place, and it claims that political figures-especially Democrats-encouraged a \u201cmurder\u201d narrative about ICE. It asserts that incendiary rhetoric from Democrats and other progressive politicians pressured or inflamed attitudes toward ICE officers, making violent encounters more likely.<\/p>\n<p>The text further argues that the immediate actions preceding the fatalities were made riskier by broader policy and political conditions: it blames Biden-era border policies for bringing in large numbers of migrants,says sanctuary cities restrict local cooperation with immigration enforcement and thus force ICE into more perilous street-level operations,and cites reported increases in threats and assaults against ICE as evidence of an increasingly antagonistic habitat.<\/p>\n<p>it claims that state and prominent Democrats (citing a governor and several well-known figures) prematurely labeled the deaths as murder and promoted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-views-sunny-hostin-retains-bat-guano-crazy-queen-crown\/\" title=\"&#039;The View&#039;s&#039; Sunny Hostin Retains Bat Guano Crazy Queen Crown\">politically driven narrative<\/a>, concluding that ICE agents\u2019 responses-while regrettable-should not be treated as intentional killings but as human reactions to situations amplified by progressive rhetoric and related factors.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s impossible to know what Renee Good or Alex Pretti were thinking when they were shot in January by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, what is known is that their deaths could have been avoided if triggering events had not occurred.<\/p>\n<p>And what is equally certain is that, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-adviser-mocks-desantis-and-questions-his-future-saying-2024-is-dead-for-him\/\" title=\"Trump adviser ridicules DeSantis, doubts his future, ... 2024 is hopeless.\">seeking political gain<\/a>, Democrats such as the now-disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell suggested ICE officers picked innocent bystanders from a crowd to execute them \u201cin cold blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A similarly incendiary depiction was again extended to ICE agents deployed to assist TSA officers at airports, when Hakeem Jeffries absurdly said that doing so could potentially \u201cbrutalize or in some instances kill\u201d passengers waiting to board flights.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, Democrats have turned the 1980s slogan \u201cJust Say No\u201d to reduce illicit drug use into their loaded catchphrase, \u201cJust Say Murder,\u201d to liken ICE agents more to Ted Bundy than to those protecting Americans from the \u201cworst of the worst\u201d illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>But that rhetoric stems not from any homicidal intent by ICE officers, but from progressive efforts to divert attention from the real cause of the Good and Pretti tragedies. For it was not ICE agents that led to their untimely deaths, but Democrats setting the stage for those fatalities.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script = document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src = \"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.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\tloadAnyclip(); \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 #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve = findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Although multiple factors contributed to the Minneapolis tragedies framed as \u201cmurder\u201d by progressives, the immediate cause of both fatalities was that both Good and Pretti voluntarily placed themselves in harm\u2019s way.<\/p>\n<p>By intentionally impeding ICE operations, Good parked her car perpendicular to the street, then struck an agent in front of her vehicle. Pretti confronted federal officers with a handgun, then resisted attempts to disarm him.<\/p>\n<p>While those details are undeniable, their untimely deaths did not happen in a vacuum. Instead, at least four other factors made those tragedies almost inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>Most certainly, the surge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/understanding-this-one-simple-law-of-nature-empowered-trump-to-fix-the-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Understanding This One Simple Law of Nature Empowered Trump to Fix the Border Crisis\">poorly vetted migrants entering<\/a> our nation during the Biden administration is inarguably the wellspring of those heartbreaking fatalities in Minneapolis. For without that flood of undocumented immigrants, there would be no need for major ICE operations, leading to the protests that Good and Pretti participated in.<\/p>\n<p>So, any liberal anger directed at ICE agents or Trump for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ag-merrick-garland-says-feds-will-review-election-audits-az-gop-fires-back\/\" title=\"AG Merrick Garland Says Feds Will Review Election Audits, AZ GOP Fires Back \u00a0\">enforcing federal law<\/a> is misplaced outrage that should be directed squarely at Biden\u2019s open-border insanity.<\/p>\n<p>And incorporating exaggerated charges of murder into their distorted narrative of the Minneapolis tragedies is clearly a politically inspired tactic to shift blame from that undeniable source.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another factor contributing to the dual tragedies in Minneapolis is the rise of sanctuary cities. Since the 1980s, such municipalities were established as safe havens from federal arrest for refugees fleeing unrest and war in Central America.<\/p>\n<p>However, in their modern form, sanctuary cities often shield virtually any immigrant from federal arrest, regardless of their criminal past.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Minneapolis police were banned from engaging in immigration enforcement, transporting detainees, or managing crowd control during ICE operations. Federal agents were then compelled to conduct riskier, more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >visibly provocative street-level operations<\/a> rather than escorting undocumented immigrants directly from city jails.<\/p>\n<p>But beyond the precipitating factors of Biden\u2019s border disaster and the emergence of sanctuary city resistance, the deaths of Good and Pretti stemmed from yet another cause: agitation propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>Referred to as agitprop, relentless inflammatory rhetoric from progressive politicians fueled widespread vitriol toward ICE and subsequently created a powder-keg environment for officers tasked with enforcing federal law.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the Department of Homeland Security reported that over the past year, there was a more than 1,300 percent increase in physical assaults against ICE agents, an 8,000 percent rise in death threats, and a 3,200 percent rise in vehicular attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Given those statistics, no matter how well-trained officers are, they are not incautious robots. So, when repeatedly placed in ultra-threatening situations, self-defensive mistakes may happen, and someone, somewhere, somehow, will likely be hurt or worse.<\/p>\n<p>Undeniably, if woke politicians sought to promote agitprop-fueled violence during Trump\u2019s administration, they couldn\u2019t have crafted a better script.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, just minutes after Renee Good\u2019s death, Minnesota\u2019s governor, Tim Walz, tried to divert attention from his growing fraud scandal by confidently claiming her death a murder by officers he once labeled as a \u201cmodern-day Gestapo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And yet, self-proclaimed \u201cknucklehead\u201d Walz was not alone in making that outrageously premature claim. Prominent Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani, all agreed that Renee Good was murdered. And that verdict was also incorporated into the progressive narrative of Alex Pretti\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, with millions of poorly vetted and often violent immigrants crossing our borders, sanctuary cities shielding them from deportation, and rioting triggered by branding ICE agents as Nazi goons, it\u2019s unsurprising that even seasoned officers making split-second decisions might, in hindsight, overreact.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat claims notwithstanding, the regrettable response of federal agents to a crisis entirely created and amplified by progressives doesn\u2019t make them murderers. On the contrary, their predictable reactions to seemingly imminent threats make them guilty of only one thing, and that is being predictably human.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><b>The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either d or endorsed by the owners of this website. 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