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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

'The truth matters here': Minneapolis mayor rejects Trump narrative on deadly ICE shooting

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

MS NOW, Jen Psaki

Politics, News, Ms Now, Versant Media, Versant

4.4975 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey talks with Jen Psaki about how his city is dealing with the deadly shooting by a federal ICE agent, his vehement opposition to how immigration agents are terrorizing communities, and the distortions the Trump administration is pushing even as Americans have seen multiple videos of the shooting.

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0:00.0

So this morning, we were reminded, as I was watching, of the cruelty of the Trump administration.

0:06.9

We all watched, many of you watched, if you haven't watched it, we're going to certainly play it,

0:10.8

but we all watched a disturbing video of the horrific shooting in Minneapolis of a 37-year-old woman by an ICE agent.

0:18.0

As I just mentioned to Chris, we're about to speak with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry in

0:22.0

just a moment. He's somebody who doesn't hold back ever and certainly always speaks passionately

0:27.0

about the impacts of tragedies like this on his community. We're also continuing to follow the

0:31.8

chaotic aftermath of the Trump administration's capture of the Venezuelan president and his wife

0:36.5

and Trump's new threats against even more foreign countries, including a NATO ally, of course.

0:43.0

And these two huge developing stories, they are very different and they may sound very different.

0:48.1

But they're a reminder that this administration is actively destabilizing, not just cities across the United States, communities

0:55.6

across the United States, they are certainly doing that. They are also destroying our reputation

1:00.3

in the world at the same time, all simultaneously. And we're going to speak to Senate Minority Leader

1:05.7

Chuck Schumer about all of that in just a moment as well. But we're going to start tonight

1:10.5

in Minneapolis.

1:11.9

We're just to restate it again, this morning, one of Trump's federal immigration agents

1:17.0

fatally shot a United States citizen. Local officials are certainly urging calm tonight.

1:22.5

You've heard them say that all afternoon today. Many are specifically urging residents

1:26.5

not to respond in any way that the Trump

1:29.1

administration could use to justify cracking down on the city even more. And it's important, though,

1:34.5

in this moment to talk about what proceeded today. You see, for weeks now, ICE has been making arrests

1:39.9

in the city. But this shooting took place less than 24 hours after the Trump administration

1:45.9

announced a new, even larger scale surge of federal immigration agents. Kind of like the ones

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