U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), a candidate for U.S. Senate in Alabama, said an incident involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shooting an apparent protester in Minneapolis was a "resistance towards law enforcement" led by blue state politicians.
According to Moore, tied the late 37-year-old Renee Good's actions to the rhetoric from politicians in her home state and suggested that if she complied with law enforcement, she would not have died.
"Well, it would be nice if local elected officials would support ICE. I mean, in these sanctuary areas where these ICE agents go in, and they're enforcing federal law," he said during an appearance on Thursday's broadcast of Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show." "So, the very people in D.C. that are against them are the people that passed the laws that they're saying, oh, you know, attack ICE agents for this. And Sheriff [Troy] Nehls said, and we're in Judiciary [Committee] right now — he said a while ago, he said, if you comply, you don't die. When a law enforcement officer tells you to stop the vehicle, to get out of the vehicle, that's what you do. You don't step on the gas. And so, you know, it's unfortunate that that happened. But the point of the matter is those law enforcement officers are doing a job that they've been hired to do, that they've been told to do, according to the laws of the United States of America. And somehow or another, the left of the country is making them the villains."
Moore continued, "And so it's very simple. If law enforcement stops, you comply. You don't try to resist through arrest. You don't try to step on the gas. You do what they tell you to do. And so it's things like that. It's just difficult. I don't think home is going to back up. I don't think Kristi Noem needs to back up. They have a job to do. And it's unfortunate that many of the local elected officials in those blue states, those sanctuary areas, want to see a resistance towards law enforcement, to protect law-abiding citizens. They're willing to ask us to attack our law enforcement officers."
Jeff Poor is the editor-in-chief of 1819 News and host of "The Jeff Poor Show," heard Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-noon on Mobile's FM Talk 106.5. To connect or comment, email [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @jeff_poor.
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