“Are we really going to be the Gestapo?” podcaster Joe Rogan asked. “‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?”
Uproar over ICE and Border Patrol aggressive tactics has begun to breach President Donald Trump’s fortress.
“Hate to say it, but they are all lying,” posted lifelong Mississippi Republican Pete Perry on Facebook. “Denial of what we have seen, what has been put in front of us – them and us – and ignored and lied about. We saw it. They saw it. And they know we and everyone else have seen the truth.”
Perry was writing about the numerous fallacious statements justifying the killing of American citizen Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old nurse in Minnesota, made by Homeland Security Secretary Kristy Noem, her cohort Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino, and other high-ranking officials in the Trump administration. He cited numerous falsehoods from Noem, Bovino, and others made before and after the facts of the killing became known.
You can tell he was angry. “OK. I've been an active, participating, fighting Republican for almost 60 years, I'll bet longer than damn near anybody else that is reading this post or bothering to comment on it and telling me how wrong I am. But my Republicanism is based on a law-and-order basis, a constitutional basis – and this is not it.”
Conservative blogger Erick Erickson, published in Jackson Jambalaya, had a similar take. “What we have right now is the Trump Administration, led by the head of the Border Patrol and Kristi Noem, rushing to seed a narrative into the minds of people before all the facts are known and some of the facts they presented have already turned out not to be true.
“These are not PR agents. These are government officials. They have an obligation to be truthful and measured while so many facts are unknown.”
Sen. Rand Paul, chair of the committee overseeing homeland security, said, “we have to be very honest.”
President Trump backed off his erroneous comments about the killing and yanked authority in Minnesota away from Noem and Bovino, assigning border czar Tom Homan to take charge.
However, Trump still intends to swarm heavily armed ICE agents into cities to arrest illegal immigrants.
Many have noted how the images from these incursions too much resemble images of security forces in Iran putting down demonstrations. Ironically, Trump wants to protect Iran’s dissident citizens but forcibly dispel and arrest dissident American citizens.
It didn’t have to come to this. Normal police apprehension practices could have yielded the results Trump wants. How many more dead citizens and justifying lies must occur before more Republicans, like Perry, will show their outrage?
"Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God” – Romans 12:19.
Crawford is an author and syndicated columnist from Jackson.


33 comments:
Relax the pivot is already in motion. Now go watch Melania
This is a complete 180 of the garbage you posted about the coffee shop.
Pick a lane.
It has been especially horrible and unnecessary to see innocent children traumatized.
It's fine to arrest those who are here illegally IF you have given them due process of the law and go about it the right way.
These thugs are arresting people who have lawfully applied for and are meeting the requirements for citizenship.
Worse, peaceful protest is a constitutional right that has been violated.
The real problem is the appointment of agency heads that have zero qualifications and no experience. Money and loyalty to Trump is all that is required to successfully break our laws with impunity in this administration.
That's how Russia became an oligarchy!
The blame Crawford places on Noem and Bovino for their comments after the Pretti shooting is well deserved. However, he fails to acknowledge the “aggressive tactics” he condemns are only necessary due to the refusal of Minnesota authorities to work with ICE, the violent rhetoric spewed by Minnesota’s leaders, and the anarchist mobs who are hellbent on thwarting anything the Trump administration does. If Minnesota would work with ICE just half as much as it did when Obama was deporting record numbers of illegals, the problems would go away.
Mr. Crawford didn't say a word as Biden opened the borders and millions upon millions flooded through. Drugs, sex trafficking, kids without parents, etc. Doesn't recognize how Walz and Frey are adopting the tactics of Wallace and Barnett as they parrot John C. Calhoun in their rush to nullify federal laws.
Mr. Crawford is silent on the shootings of ICE agents, attacks on them (see Texas), and the doxxing of agents so their families can be harassed or harmed in their homes. He says nothing about the leftists who are on TikTok advocating shooting ICE agents.
This website discussed last week how Noem and her crew were out of line, how the more responsible people such as Homan were sidelined. Well, the Filler Queen has herself been sent to the sidelines.
As for Noem not having law enforcement experience, neither did Ridge. Most of the other secretaries were lawyers. Oddly enough, the best qualified one was Mayorkas, who wound up being the worst. Go figure.
Now do Ashli Babbit.
Spoken like a true RINO, it’s idiots like you that put us in this position to begin with.
Par for the course for cuckservatives.
Funny how these things don’t happen when one obeys the law
Why are we still focusing on this? We have a carrier strike group transiting the Straight of Hormuz while Iran is threatening our brave sailors with ballistic missile drills!
Isn’t being wildly unqualified for their jobs the whole point? Trump wants to destroy the US government and by placing inept leaders in major roles, he’s getting his retribution. He wasn’t happy when he was prosecuted for his crimes and now he’s getting the last laugh.
Who pays for these lefties going out and attacking ICE agents? Not the politicians, the very ones advocating violence against them. But the left will continue to push violence as the answer. Because of Trump or something…..
8:40 and Kingfish @ 8:57 are tied for today's win!
If Trump doesn't have the balls to be physically MORE aggressive than the aggressors due to his growing fear of "optics"....then the Republic is lost. We are not Iran which is a Caliphate....a religiously dominated society, controlled through fear of death. (Notice how little media attention has been given to the recent 50,000 Iranians that have been slaughtered).
In a Republic, the Communists must be eradicated, or THEY will eradicte the law-abiding, Christian, hard-working individuals that built Western Civilization. See "Bolshevism" if you need to undersand more. Don't think what happend to Anastasia and Nicholas couldn't happen to Melania and Don. He had better wake up, and lay the hammer down harder than they are attempting to lay it on him.....and us.
They've already brainwashed everyone into believing that physically disciplining your children at any age is "cruel and punishing" which NO ONE believed until about 40 years ago. It's how kids were raised for over 3000 years worldwide. Suddenly, the leftists think they know better....and they're using violence to make you believe what they want you to believe. .
If you have laws, they must be enforced. Pretty simple concept - quit the belly aching!
This is all nothing new. Only the victims have changed. Black people have been the victims of this abusive treatment for decades and were ignored until some cameras revealed the carnage. No cameras, no chance. Sometimes no chance even with cameras. At least it's good that the country will not tolerate white victims. Maybe change will come.
ICE are literal Nazis. It’s literally just like the Diary of Anne Frank. These migrants are hiding in attics and sheds and wherever they can while armed, masked ICE storm troopers kick in doors and terrorize these people.
Could anyone tell me how we can get rid of all of the criminals Biden let into our country?
Every illegal alien should be removed. They should self-deport. I have no concerns for someone that has no respect for this country and enters illegally. Every illegal should never be allowed to become a citizen. Enter legally and earn citizenship or be forever banned from entry and citizenship.
I remember when the Biden administration were labeling parents concerned about the crap being “taught” to their kids as domestic terrorists. I ‘member, I bet Billy didn’t say a damn word about that.
“Peaceful” those protesters don’t look too damn peaceful to me. That dumb bitch used her car as a weapon and the nurse brought a loaded weapon.
The Marxists don’t like having their illegal voting block legally removed, and are throwing a hissy fit.
As long as there are NO consequences for the business 'men' (or women) who hire illegals ... this will continue. For some reason remittances to other countries from the state of MS are never reported. Don't know why Shad didn't include that in his 800+ page report last year. State leaders obviously approve of the millions of illegals in MS because they won't do anything about it. You can report a business multiple times and it is ignored by the good old boys because they're making big bucks off the backs of their slaves.
We don't see tax dollars flowing because most of them are paid in cash and picked up in a parking lot daily.
It's not childcare fraud in the Sip! It's the 'leaders' of the state sucking us dry. What is the problem with cracking down? Is it the new data centers?
Why was there 2,900 NEW contractor licenses issued in 2023? Average is 350 a year. What's up with that?
The state pretends to be conservative but if one looks deeper it is no different that Minnesota. Federal dollars flowing ... but not for 'childcare'.
ICE, and law enforcement in general have been way too lenient on all categories of criminals and their whacked out accomplices/accessories.
11:25 It is NOT like Anne Frank who did nothing wrong. She was persecuted only because she was a Jew. These "migrants" are here unlawfully and hide because they are not complying with reasonable law recognized in all civilized countries. Stop spreading your bullshit.
Kingfish, and yes, this time I use your whole AKA, because you are so totally wholly out of line -
First, Crawford wasn't the one saying these things this time, but you try to use the 'well, what about Biden, or .... or .... failure".
That is not what this is about. Biden's open borders had little if anything to do about the posse commatas violations going on in Minnisota, your idol Trump is there because (as he has said) its a blue state, plus he is going after the Somali immigrants - who as of this date are majority US citizens.
Those Somalis, be they legal US citizens or those that are applying for citizenship, came into the US under Clinton, not Biden.
And Biden's failed policies don't justify failed policies by Trump; hell, I thought we voted to get rid of incompetence, not increase it. But you, like your other idiots, want to justify any lawlessness, or in this case (as pointed out in this column) the lying by the administration, justify it because Biden was incompetent.
Lets all agree. Biden was incompentent.
Now, we are past that. No longer is that an excuse for the total violation of the constitution (lets start naming the various parts, skipping over the basics but just go to the amendments - the 1st, the 4th, the 10th, the 14th --- and one that would seem to be important to you KF, the 2nd. Although you skip past this administrations totally ignoring and denying YOUR right to carry, which you brag daily about, as they denote you as a criminal for carrying a gun.
But, lets get back to the basics of this column.
It was not Crawford, who you jumped on, that said these things. It was your idol (ither than the Don) Eric Erickson, who called out this administration for their lies. He did so along with his nemisis Perry, another of yoru coharts. And he also did, although Crawford didn't mention him - another of your love-lifes, Joe Rogan..
They have all called out this administraiton for their illegal actions, and their lies. But you only jump back saying Crawford didn't complain about Biden's failures.
Yes, you and your other kin, all feel that you can justify this administration's totally ignoring the constitution by saying that Biden was incompetent and opened the borders. Next time, try addressing what this country is facing as a result as your annointed one leads us into a civil war. (something you alluded to, but were totally reversed in its application.
@11:25 If you can call people here illegally "Migrants" I can call them "Invaders". Who is right?
@12:55 PM
By May 1940, the family was trapped in Amsterdam due to Germany's occupation. Frank lost her German citizenship in 1941 and became stateless. Despite spending most of her life in the Netherlands and being a de facto Dutch national, she never officially became a Dutch citizen
I will never understand why you ignorant people always open your mouth and prove how ignorant you are.
Cry me a river. Dont remember Democrats shrieking when red states and organwere targeted under obama.
8:40 & Kingfish both nail Bill’s Crawford selective outrage.
In the Bible Romans 2:1-3 we are warned that “those who judge others but do the same things condemn themselves.” By not caring enough to write about the innocents (including children) raped and killed by the criminals Democrats love and protect at all cost, we know who Bill Crawford really is; a propagandist with an agenda of getting Democrats elected.
I’m someone who tremendously supports LEO, while at the same time fearing the police more than criminals. And watching the ICE agent pump round after round after round into Alex Pretti, confirms that this fear is justified.
A while back Obama told his base you might have to make some sacrifices, you might have to do something; and MN Lt Gov said put your body on the line. So, it is extremely disappointing that Trump/Republicans didn’t have the foresight to know that the odds were very high that an event like the Pretti death was coming.
George Floyd and Michael Brown; and now Renee Good and Alex Pretti are the new heroes of the Democrat Party. This should tell us just about all we need to know about the Democrat Party.
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves" - Matthew 7:15
"It's fine to arrest those who are here illegally IF you have given them due process of the law and go about it the right way."
Not sure where you learned the basics of our Constitution, but you have that pretty much backwards.
"Due process of the law" comes AFTER an arrest, not prior to an arrest.
Before running your mouth off, why don't you go read what I wrote about this Tuesday.
The problem with people like you is, you refuse to acknowledge the role the leftists played in this. These people are not just protesting. They are interfering in arrests and detentions . If you are I surrounded an FBI agent and started threatening him, what would happen? Walz and Frey have encouraged this behavior. Some elected officials participated in a Signal group that focused on harassing federal agents. All they have to do is agree to honor detainers when they arrest illegal aliens for crimes. That's it.
Should Pretti been shot? No. He was disarmed. It's a bad shoot and the agents are under investigation. If you can't beat a suspect after he is in handcuffs, you damn sure can't shoot someone you already disarmed. The other woman accelerated towards the agent.
It's like this. A woman who goes out provocatively dressed in the wrong part of town at 3 AM doesn't deserve to be raped. However, she also increased her exposure to something bad happening to her than a woman who is sitting at home watching tv. If these guys just march, wave their signs, and yell in protest, nothing happens to them. When they start conflicting with agents and getting in their way, the chances for a bad outcome goes up exponentially, regardless of fault.
The round them up tactics caused a somewhat predictable response but the state and local authorities did everything they could to whip up the mob as well. Something you refuse to acknowledge.
@12:57 you leftist tools love quoting the constitution while at the same time encouraging lawlessness and violence…and (like Bill Crawford) never being offended much less outraged when innocents are murdered…not only murdered by the illegals you so desperately need to replace the black voters Democrats are losing due to having wised up to the Democrat Party of Crime scams…but even when innocent children die in the streets of your Democrat controlled cities like Jackson, MS.
So @12:57 please tell us where you live and where you send your children to school. Do you support Democrats by living in Jackson, not behind gates, and send your children to the Democrat public schools? If you do, please tell us so we will at least know that you believe the BS you write.
Otherwise, you and Bill Crawford can save your ____ing fake outrage because it’s not fooling anybody here.
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