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« Last post by SVPete on Today at 02:07:17 PM »Kristi Noem clashes with CNN’s Jake Tapper over Minneapolis ICE shooting: ‘You don’t get to change the facts’
https://nypost.com/2026/01/11/us-news/kristi-noem-clashes-with-cnns-jake-tapper-over-minneapolis-ice-shooting/
Tapper tried to insinuate that Noem spoke without knowing facts. In the real world, she probably had read written reports and viewed multiple videos showing what happened within an hour or two of the shooting. Notice, too, Tapper trying to move the goalposts to something unknowable, Renee Good's intention when she moved her SUV. Her actions before moving - the taunting and following with her head/eyes the officer she eventually hit, and then her acceleration so sudden and strong that her wheels spun, evidence that Tapper's claim was less than plausible. Renee Good's intention, however, was irrelevant to the officer's decision to shoot. She clearly endangered his life, and clearly could be a danger to anyone behind him (LEO or civilian).
https://nypost.com/2026/01/11/us-news/kristi-noem-clashes-with-cnns-jake-tapper-over-minneapolis-ice-shooting/
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem got into a fiery clash with CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday while defending Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) fatal shooting of Renee Good — telling the lefty host that he can’t “change the facts” just because he doesn’t “like them.”
Tapper grilled Noem about how she could make swift conclusions, such as calling Good a “domestic terrorist,” and defending ICE officer Jonathan Ross just hours after the shooting.
“Everything that I’ve said has been proven to be factual,” Noem shot back during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
“ decided that the department and the people of this country deserve to know the truth of the situation of what has unfolded in Minneapolis.”
The CNN host then harped on Noem’s initial reaction to the tragic shooting that took place last Wednesday, in which she claimed that ICE officers “were attempting to push out their vehicle, and a woman attacked them and those surrounding them and attempted to run them over.”
“That’s not what happened,” Tapper insisted, later implying that his gripe was with the notion that Good attacked the ICE officers.
“It absolutely is what happened,” Noem fired back. “[She] blocked the road for a long time and was yelling at them and impeding a federal law enforcement operation.”
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Noem claimed Ross later received treatment at a nearby hospital for being “hit by the vehicle” before being released.
Tapper grilled Noem about why she was so certain that Good wasn’t “trying to move her car and flee and get away” and not necessarily ram into Ross.
Tapper tried to insinuate that Noem spoke without knowing facts. In the real world, she probably had read written reports and viewed multiple videos showing what happened within an hour or two of the shooting. Notice, too, Tapper trying to move the goalposts to something unknowable, Renee Good's intention when she moved her SUV. Her actions before moving - the taunting and following with her head/eyes the officer she eventually hit, and then her acceleration so sudden and strong that her wheels spun, evidence that Tapper's claim was less than plausible. Renee Good's intention, however, was irrelevant to the officer's decision to shoot. She clearly endangered his life, and clearly could be a danger to anyone behind him (LEO or civilian).
