Overview
- Vice President J.D. Vance said the administration will use every federal resource to put in prison anyone who assaults federal officers or storms a place of worship.
- U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed that FBI and Homeland Security Investigations agents arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong in connection with the St. Paul church disruption.
- Vance claimed on X that off-duty ICE and CBP officers in Minneapolis were doxxed, a restaurant was mobbed, local police did not respond, and federal agents intervened.
- Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey pushed back, urging removal of thousands of federal immigration agents and criticizing federal crowd-control tactics.
- Vance’s posts drew strong online backlash, with outlets reporting widespread condemnation of his remarks about the Minneapolis unrest.