It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC.

Good morning, everyone.

You've probably heard by now that President Trump is apparently being affected to some

degree by the national backlash over the

killing of Alex Preddy in Minneapolis. He removed and demoted Greg Bovino, who was heading

immigration enforcement operations, and told the lie that Preddy was there to massacre

law enforcement.

And after accusing Governor Tim Wallis of inciting an insurrection just a few days ago,

Trump now says he and Wall seem to be on a similar wavelength.

By the way, while Greg Bovino was removed after saying Prattie was there to massacre law enforcement.

The administration is saying nothing about top Trump aide Stephen Miller,

who would call Prattie an assassin and domestic terrorist,

also ignoring the video evidence of how his killing went down.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristy Knoam also called Priddy a domestic terrorist.

So even as the ICE operation continues in Minnesota, there are also now important political questions in Washington.

Besides the questions of Stephen Miller and Christy Knoem's futures, a government funding bill that includes her Department of Homeland

Security has to be passed in the Senate by Saturday to avoid a partial government shutdown.

But in light of Minnesota, Democrats are saying they won't pass it unless DHS, the Department

of Homeland Security, gets cut out. We'll talk now with New York Democratic Congressman Adriano Espiont, who represents

Upper Manhattan and parts of the Bronx.

For other things, he is the first formerly undocumented immigrant to be elected to Congress,

and he has a daily news op-ed now called Congress Should End All Funding for Ice.

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