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The Daily

Why Trump Voters Are Torn Over Minneapolis

The Daily

The New York Times

News, Daily News

4.3107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The question of what to do about undocumented immigrants has long bonded President Trump and his supporters — and an overwhelming majority of them backed his all-out crackdown over the past year. But then came the extraordinary events of the past few weeks in Minneapolis. Since then, some of Mr. Trump’s voters have begun to have misgivings about his agenda. “The Daily” spoke with more than a dozen people who voted for him in the last election about how they are making sense of the recent events in Minneapolis.

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0:00.0

From New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow.

0:03.8

This is the Daily.

0:09.0

The question of what to do about undocumented immigrants has long bonded President Trump to his supporters,

0:16.5

so much so that an overwhelming majority of them back his all-out crackdown over the past year.

0:24.7

But then came the extraordinary events of the past few weeks in Minneapolis,

0:31.0

where federal agents killed two American citizens in the streets.

0:35.9

Suddenly, two of the MAGA movement's biggest priorities fighting

0:40.8

illegal immigration and fighting government overreach were colliding in the most vivid way imaginable.

0:50.0

Today, we speak with Trump voters about how they're making sense of that clash, and how, in some cases, it's fundamentally changing their view of the president.

1:08.8

It's Monday, February 9th.

1:16.6

Hello?

1:20.7

Hi, this is Caitlin calling from the New York Times. How are you?

1:23.8

Hi, my name is Jessica Chung, and we met a while ago around the Maricopa Republicans' office.

1:31.4

Over the past few weeks, as tensions in Minnesota ramped up, daily producers Caitlin O'Keefe

1:36.7

and Jessica Chung spoke with over a dozen people who voted for Donald Trump in the last election.

1:43.0

I'm in Massachusetts.

1:44.4

Oh, you are? I'm in my garage. Talking to you last election. I'm in Massachusetts. Oh, you are?

1:45.0

I'm in my garage.

1:47.0

Talking to you right now, I'm smoking a cigar

1:48.9

while we're having this conversation.

1:50.5

Nice. Wow.

1:51.5

For many of them, immigration had been a major reason for that vote.

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