One of the most prominent House Republicans has split with President Trump over Saturday’s killing of an armed ICE protester named Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY), the House Oversight Committee Chairman, appeared on “Sunday Morning Futures” and told host Maria Bartiromo that following this latest incident, Trump needs to consider telling ICE to pack up and leave Minnesota.

If not, he argued that ICE officials will remain in harm’s way and more “innocent lives” will be lost.

“If I were President Trump, I would almost think about, OK, if the mayor and the governor are going to put our ICE officials in harm’s way and there’s a chance of losing more, you know, innocent lives or whatever, then maybe go to another city and let the people of Minneapolis decide, ‘Do we want to continue to have all of these illegals? Are we going to allow our governor, attorney general and mayor to get away with this?’” Comer told Bartiromo.

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Kentucky Rep. James Comer says Trump should back down from Minneapolis and let the city break the law because they don’t want to comply with Trump.

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Hearing Rep. Comer’s take on the incident sent MAGA into a huge fury, with many accusing the congressman of surrender.

Lost all respect for Cuck Comer. This communist color revolution must be crushed!

— Pandemic of Pikes (@PandemicPikes) January 26, 2026

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— America First Insight (@AF_Insight) January 25, 2026

We don’t surrender to violent protestors.

— WindTalker (@nmlinguaphile) January 25, 2026

F*ck you @JamesComer you worthless and spineless loser.

— Pro-America | Politics & Markets (@Pro__Trading) January 26, 2026

The President needs to ignore this dope, and Comer’s constituents need to release him from his duties next cycle.

— Zotzer (@zotzer) January 25, 2026

As The Gateway Pundit’s Cassandra Macdonald previously reported, ICE agents were involved in a shooting in South Minneapolis on Saturday afternoon.

Multiple law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News’ Bill Melugin that agents shot a person near 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue, leaving the individual “down” with medics rushing to provide aid. The incident occurred in front of Glam Doll Donuts.

The deceased suspect was later identified as 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an ICU nurse.

A new video emerged showing how a struggle ensued as multiple agents attempt to subdue Pretti, tackling him to the ground near parked cars and snowbanks. The man resisted, and agents surrounded him.

Gunshots were then heard in rapid succession.

Following the shooting, massive riots unsurprisingly erupted in Minneapolis.

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It’s safe to say should Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) run for president in 2028 he will not exactly be welcomed with open arms by the Trump Administration.

According to recordings obtained by Axios, which were leaked to the outlet by a GOP source, Cruz spoke with donors for roughly 10 minutes and delivered some pointed criticisms of both President Trump and Vice-President JD Vance. the recordings were originally made in the first six months of 2025.

Axios reveals that Cruz essentially called Vance a pawn of former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in the recording. Cruz, of course, has a long-running feud with Carlson, who he has ripped as an anti-Semite and un-American.

“Tucker created JD. JD is Tucker’s protégé, and they are one and the same,” Cruz told donors.

As for Trump, Cruz slammed the tariffs the president has imposed across the world. The Texas Senator told donors that the imposition of these tariffs would lead to Republicans losing control of Congress and Trump’s impeachment.

When he attempted to call out Trump over the phone, the President grew furious and cursed him out.

From Axios:

“Trump was in a bad mood,” Cruz tells the donors. “I’ve been in conversations where he was very happy. This was not one of them.”

Cruz says he told Trump: “Mr. President, if we get to November of [2026] and people’s 401(k)s are down 30% and prices are up 10–20% at the supermarket, we’re going to go into Election Day, face a bloodbath.”

“You’re going to lose the House, you’re going to lose the Senate, you’re going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week.”

Trump’s response, according to Cruz: “F**k you, Ted!”

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Cruz is poised to run for president in 2028. Such a decision would almost certainly put him in direct competition with Vice-President Vance.

According to Axios, the reason is personal. The outlet has alleged that Cruz would run on a neoconservative foreign policy and anti-Tucker Carlson platform, in contrast to Vance’s more noninterventionist approach.

Should Cruz actually embark on a presidential run, it will end no better than his last one.

Running anti-MAGA, Never-Trump type campaigns simply do not work in GOP primaries.

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In yet another display of absolute weakness from Democrat leadership, the Minnesota National Guard has been reduced to serving as a catering service for radical left-wing agitators.

Instead of maintaining order or protecting federal property from the lawless mobs that have besieged the city, our brave men and women in uniform are now apparently being ordered to reward the mob.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz activated the National Guard weeks ago as protests surged after federal immigration operations intensified in the Twin Cities.

According to reports coming out of Minnesota, Guard members have been deployed to a federal facility, not to hold the line, but to ensure the anti-ICE protesters stay warm and fed.

News commentator Anthony Cabassa broke the unbelievable story, revealing that the Guard has effectively been turned into a taxpayer-funded concierge service for the radical Left.

“MN National Guard members have arrived at the site of the federal building, and have been ordered to distribute donuts, coffee and hot chocolate to anti-ice protestors.”

But it gets worse.

The orders given to these Guard members highlight just how backwards the situation has become. The leadership is so terrified of offending the mob—and so afraid of the rioters turning violent—that they have ordered the troops to distinguish themselves from actual federal agents.

According to Cabassa, the troops were issued specific instructions regarding their attire:

“They were given reflective vests so protestors don’t confuse them with federal agents.”

You can watch the video HERE.

The bizarre scene unfolded as protests continued to intensify across Minneapolis in response to the January 24 fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal Border Patrol agent.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and other Democrat leaders have repeatedly aligned themselves with anti-ICE activists, sanctuary policies, and soft-on-crime ideology. But this latest incident pushes the absurdity to a new level.

The National Guard exists to protect citizens, critical infrastructure, and public order, not to act as a mobile café for mobs protesting the enforcement of federal law.

At a time when border chaos, fentanyl deaths, and violent crime are devastating American communities, Minnesota Democrats are busy turning serious institutions into props for performative politics.

Welcome to the Clown Show.

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