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This morning, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined Fox News’ Fox & Friends to discuss the ongoing federal law enforcement operations in Minneapolis. Whip Emmer praised President Trump for his leadership in sending Border Czar Tom Homan to the Twin Cities to get the worst of the worst off the streets of Minnesota and slammed Tim Walz and Jacob Frey for their stubborn refusal to cooperate with these operations.

Click here to watch Whip Emmer on Fox News’ Fox & Friends.

Whip Emmer on federal law enforcement operations in Minneapolis:

“All they're trying to do is enforce the actual letter of the law. That's it. I wish Small Fry, or Mayor Frey, would actually recognize that the invasion is an invasion of rapists, murderers, and pedophiles who are here illegally in the first place. The very people that Donald J. Trump said he was going to remove from our country that caused damage and injury. You know, Laken Riley didn't have to happen…It's a very simple formula, Charlie. If the local law enforcement, when they collect one of these rapists, murderers, pedophiles who [are] here illegally, if they would notify ICE so ICE could retrieve them and process them federally and deport them, guess what? All of this would go away overnight.”

Whip Emmer on Tim Walz and Jacob Frey’s inflammatory rhetoric:

“Well, actions speak louder than words, Charlie. And you'll remember they had a great phone call with President Trump. Each one of them had a great phone call. It was described as good. The tone was right. Tom Homan, who's the right guy at the right time, I mean, he's shown up and he's brought strength and resolve to this situation and the right tone. Look, they had these great calls and all of a sudden, Jacob Frey the next day starts speaking out again in blazing rhetoric that is all about obstructing and fighting. I mean, look, Tim Walz has sounded like Jefferson Davis seceding from the Union, and Jacob Frey now sounds like he's giving his declaration of war speech. This is what is causing the problem, Charlie. And again, actions speak louder than words. If we can get these agreements, this will settle down quickly.”

Whip Emmer on Democrats’ stance against federal law enforcement operations:

“First off, Hakeem Jeffries and his party did not listen and haven't learned from the last election. They still are doubling down on things that the American public completely disagrees with. In this case, what he's failing to recognize is that the vast majority of Americans still want the worst of the worst located, restrained, taken in, and deported, sent out of this country. It's an overwhelming number of Americans, Charlie. It's Republicans, Democrats, and others. The disagreement right now is the way it is being done. That's a valid disagreement to have, but in order to resolve it, people like Tom Homan and the president are making it very clear, you’ve got to cooperate with federal law enforcement…This is nothing new. If they would just go back to actually supporting the law and frankly protecting their citizens against these illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles, this would all settle down overnight. It's almost like these guys are going back to another play on ‘defund the police.’”