Hannity Presses Khanna and Thanedar in On-Air Clashes Over ICE After Minneapolis Shooting

Overview

• In a Jan. 16 Fox News segment, Sean Hannity pressed Rep. Ro Khanna to denounce anti-ICE rhetoric and to back victims’ families, as Khanna urged deescalation and said the officer who shot Renee Good used excessive force.
• Hannity displayed a 16-page roster of Minnesota arrests to argue for aggressive enforcement and cited DHS data reporting a 1,300% rise in assaults on ICE agents since Jan. 20, 2025, with vehicular attacks up 3,200%.
• Khanna maintained immigration laws must be enforced constitutionally and said he supports deporting offenders, while he disputed that he has used terms like Nazis to describe agents.
• In a separate Jan. 17 exchange, Hannity confronted Rep. Shri Thanedar over his past calls to abolish ICE and his refusal to stand during Trump’s 2025 address honoring victims, as the two sparred over the Minneapolis shooting and due-process claims.
• Khanna also demanded release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and, alongside Rep. Thomas Massie, has urged holding Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt for missing a document deadline.