The President Ramps Up Immigration Raids In Big Cities
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I'm Tyrus. I'm Kaylee McEnany. I'm Brett Baer, and this is the Fox News Rundown. Tuesday, June 17th, 2025. I'm Dave Anthony. The illegal immigration raids being protested nationwide?

President Trump wants to ramp them up in big cities. I think he's saying, look, we didn't say this was going to be easy. You have these inept, incompetent, radical leaders in these blue states and cities trying to protect these criminals. It's obvious. And he's going to stand up for the American people. We speak with Republican Senator Ashley Moody.

I'm Jessica Rosenthal. More political violence has elected officials on edge as the man suspected of political assassinations in Minnesota appears in court. They want to know the motive and they want to know what kind of led to this. But rational people would never do what he did. We speak with Fox's Trey Gowdy. And I'm Greg Jarrett. I've got the final word on the Fox News Rundown.

Controversy returns to court today. We do not want our streets militarized by our own armed forces, not in L.A., not in California, not anywhere. California Governor Gavin Newsom is trying to get thousands of National Guard troops President Trump deployed to Los Angeles along with Marines back under his control.

An appeals court will consider that days after blocking a federal judge's order to give the guard back to the governor. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, also a Democrat, blames the Trump deployment for days of protests that have gotten destructive. What we're seeing in L.A. is chaos caused by the administration. The president insists he saved L.A. from burning to the ground. Those people weren't from L.A.

They weren't from California, most of those people. Saying as he attends the G7 Summit of World Leaders in Canada, he wants to ramp up illegal immigration raids and deportations in places like L.A. and Chicago, New York, where he says a lot of the illegal border crossers under President Biden went. Vast numbers of those people were murderers, killers, people from gangs, people from jails. They emptied their jails out into the U.S. Most of those people are in the cities.

All blue cities, all Democrat-run cities, and they think they're going to use them to vote. It's not going to happen. And he has the support of the Republican majority in Congress. So our sanctuary cities, even some of these sanctuary states, they call themselves, that's where you're seeing a lot of the crime happening. Senator Ashley Moody is a Republican from Florida. President Trump said, look, I asked the American people to put me in office so I could restore sanity and safety to this country.

And that's what he's doing. And remember, one of the first things Biden did in his handlers was suspend arrests and deportations of criminals committing crimes here in our country illegally. They just said, we're not going to do it. And that included drug traffickers, sex offenders. I could go on and on. In fact, I was the attorney general in Florida. And one of my first actions against the Biden administration was to stop this unprecedented move of refusing to do their job illegally.

I think President Trump, when you say doubling down, I think he's saying, look, we didn't say this was going to be easy. You have these inept, incompetent, radical leaders in these blue states and cities trying to protect these criminals. It's obvious. And he's going to stand up for the American people. And the American people can watch what is happening on their screens and judge whether or not what these leaders like doing.

Newsom and Bass are saying is correct. They are all saying these are peaceful protests. These are peaceful protests. That could not be farther from the truth. And until you have somebody that is strong enough to step in and say enough is enough for the law-abiding good Americans that want their states and their cities back...

We have to do something, and I'm going to deliver on what I promised. And, you know, I think you're going to see a lot of Congress people, myself included, say, you know, the red states like Florida and other responsible states, fiscally responsible as well as states of law and order, are no longer going to subsidize. And that's what's happening. You have citizens in red states that are subsidizing with their taxpayer money this tax.

radical, insane, inept, irresponsible, chaotic leadership in these blue states. You know, they get federal housing money. They get all of these self-proclaimed sanctuary states, sanctuary cities. They get all kinds of federal assistance, even the scam money through some of our health care programs going to illegal immigrants. And I think you're going to see a lot of the red states say enough is enough. On the National Guard and the deployment controversy...

Who do you think will win this fight? Well, I really don't think it's a controversy here, right? Like the National Guard has been deployed throughout history to make sure that federal agents could do their jobs without facing danger or attacks. And what we're seeing now is just incredible that you have an almost encouraged in some of these places government

folks attacking or putting out information on some of these federal law enforcement officers. And certainly when you see what's been unfolding in California and compare that to Florida, by the way, we had protests last weekend that were scheduled and organized zero property damage, zero roadblocks. You can't,

You can maintain law and order and comply with the law and also permit free speech at the same time. You just have these out-of-control states and cities that don't care about law and order and don't care about following the law in their books. And if you have to send in the National Guard to protect federal buildings, federal law enforcement officers, that's what needs to be done. And I'm glad we're protecting law enforcement as the wife of a law enforcement officer is.

That has to be done. Yeah. The judge had ruled that the president exceeded his authority with this National Guard and ordered that they be returned to the control of Governor Gavin Newsom. There's a hearing on this in an appeals court on Tuesday. So you think the law is on the president's side here? I think you're going to see a lot of laws. Now, remember what we're facing right now.

Anywhere between 11 million and 20 million people were pushed into our country. Some of them, some of the time the Biden administration would mandate quotas of people released into our country, barely vetted people as we're seeing some of the consequences that play out. This is now the largest mass deportation effort in history. And most of those are here illegally and many are committing crimes. We've never had this where we have had to respond to such violence.

intentional destruction of our borders and unleashing of destruction and chaos in our cities. And so you're going to have to use laws that are on the books that may not have been tested in court because we're facing this unprecedented wave of crime and we have the necessary reaction from the Trump administration. So in order to deal with this, you're going to see these laws

tested in these cases, I don't think it's any surprise to anyone that in the lower courts, you're seeing some of the judges rule against the Trump administration, but you're also seeing the Trump administration appeal, and in many instances, the

those rulings have been overturned. So, you know, I think that this is what our court system is meant to do, ensure that the laws are being applied faithfully and in accordance with our Constitution. Senator, you're pushing new legislation that you're backing in the Senate that would also involve immigration enforcement, but you want local law enforcement to be allowed to also be a tool used in this. How would your bill work? Yes.

Yes, so one of the bills that I've pushed and filed is the Ripple Act, which would allow state and locals to be compensated for so much of the work that they're expected to do to help President Trump and his agenda and getting out those that are here legally committing crimes and cooperating with law enforcement, federal law enforcement. This is another way that Florida stands out from other states. We have every single county in our state

has signed an agreement with the federal government to cooperate under what we call 287G agreements. And it's absolutely going to be necessary for going to undertake such a large effort. And again, the amount of people that were let in, unvetted into our country exceeds the population of 42 of our states. We've got to make sure that other states and cities like Florida's are compensated when they do that.

Because in terms of manpower, the only way to make this a reality is to have them be a part of this process while we're ramping up the federal numbers. Another piece of legislation you have is Stop Gap, Stop Government Abandonment and Placement Scandals Act. This involves those who are minors in the country, right?

Yeah, so one of the consequences of the Biden approach to immigration was they basically became part of the child trafficking organizations as children were smuggled across the border. Turns out they lost tens of thousands of children. Some were sent to strip clubs. Some were sent to abandoned lots. Many were found in trafficking. And so, yeah,

As we clean up this mess and determine what happened and how this happened, we have to put in measures to make sure it doesn't happen again. That is common sense.

We cannot have our government facilitating children being smuggled in to our country illegally and placed in dangerous situations. And so we need the federal government to cooperate with the agencies that deal with child welfare when they are placing children. So this would require the federal government to not only track them, but make sure they're working with child welfare agencies as these children are taken care.

when they come across the border. Senator, I want to switch to the Trump big, beautiful budget bill. The House already passed it. It funds his agenda from border security and other issues to extending the 2017 tax cuts. Your majority leader, Senator John Thune, he said this on Fox News Sunday. If we don't

At the end of the year, there will be a $2.6 trillion tax increase on families making less than $400,000 a year and a $600 billion tax increase on small businesses. Now, all Republicans agree on extending those tax cuts and avoiding that. But there is disagreement within your party, Senator Moody, on several things. There are some in the Senate on the right who want...

bigger spending cuts because the bill is going to add to the U.S. deficit and debt. Where are you on this? I wouldn't say there's disagreement. I would think most everyone believes that we've got to take advantage of this opportunity to deliver the best that we can on spending cuts because over the Biden administration, we saw spending increase significantly.

so drastically that if we don't do something now, we are headed for real economic crisis in this country. I think most everyone is on the same page, at least those that I've spoken to, and that is we want to deliver on Trump's agenda. And included in that is those. We don't want tax increases on American families. And his agenda will usher in

an economic boon if we can deliver for this. But we have to make sure that we're being wise in our spending. And President Trump has said he wants this big, beautiful bill to be fiscally responsible as well. And we're trying to help him deliver on that. And I think that's why you're seeing...

So many people rolling up their sleeves, putting in a lot of time to making sure that this is the best big, beautiful bill that we can pass. We want to deliver for the American people just like President Trump. Now, there are tax provisions in this bill. No taxes on tips or overtime. I've seen some senators who want to scale some of that back.

Also tax provision where state and local tax reduction that people can deduct off their taxes, $10,000 in the current law. Republicans in the House passed it for $40,000. Are you comfortable with those things additionally, or do you think that needs to be changed? I think that those senators that I have spoken to want to deliver on these policies.

promises that President Trump made to the American people. And, you know, we're all on board. And part of working for American families, again, means we're not making them subsidize Gavin Newsom's horrible, destructive, irresponsible leadership in California. And, you know, aside from the Democrats, which I can't figure out

where they where they want to lead this country it seems to me they're more on the side of reckless spending and criminals than they are on the hard-working men and women of america but all of those uh... provisions are meant to make this government work for the people again and and certainly the senate uh... republicans are behind that

mission, and that's why we're working so hard to deliver. I know you want to get this done by the 4th of July. Senator Ashley Moody, Republican from Florida, great to have you on the show. Thank you so much. Great to be with you. Thank you.

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Minneapolis State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette were shot early Saturday morning by a man posing as a police officer who told them he was robbing them inside their home in Champlin. They were both each shot multiple times and badly injured but are still alive. After that, Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed at their home in Brooklyn Park.

Between those two incidents, Vance Bolter, suspected of posing as a cop with a tactical uniform, flashlight, gun, face mask, and a vehicle with flashing lights, went to two other lawmakers' homes, but they weren't there. After the first shooting, police agencies began sending out officers to check on other lawmakers at their houses, including the Hortmans. The Brooklyn Park police officers fired at Bolter as he rushed into the home.

but he escaped into the home and out the back. Acting Minnesota U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson announced the initial federal charges against Belter, including stalking, second-degree murder, and attempted murder. He is facing first-degree murder charges at the state level. Look, I mean, this was a political assassination, which is not a word we use very often in the United States, let alone here in Minnesota. It's a chilling attack on our democracy, on our way of life. It's only the most recent example.

of violent political extremism in this country and that's a trend that's been increasing over the in recent years and that's unfortunate he said while they don't have a motive a list of names was found in belcher's possession and not just lawmakers from minnesota but from iowa illinois michigan nebraska and wisconsin they were all elected officials they were all democrats

There were some abortion rights supporters, I believe, on the list. Belter's roommate said he'd been having financial and mental health struggles. He appeared in court Monday in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was appointed a public defender. Yeah, if there's a textbook case for murder in the first degree, which requires premeditation under Minnesota law, this would be it. Trey Gowdy's a former federal prosecutor, former congressman, and host of the Trey Gowdy podcast.

I mean, think about it. The disguise, having to get a law enforcement uniform, having to mimic a law enforcement vehicle, the evading of capture. All of this is indicia of consciousness of guilt, premeditation, planning. The feds would get involved because Minnesota doesn't have the death penalty anymore.

I actually heard from a Republican member of Congress last night whose name was on the list. You know, I say there's no rhyme or reason. There's never rhyme or reason to political violence. We're taking someone's life. But it certainly doesn't seem like the people that were injured happen to be on one side of the political aisle. But there may be names that were on both sides.

Because rational people always want to know why they want to know the motive and they want to know what kind of led to this. But rational people would never do what he did. So I don't know that we'll ever understand how some misguided political or religious belief could lead someone to assassinate another human being.

Trey, do you find it significant to hear? And we're hearing a lot of things, right? There were mental health challenges, apparently financial challenges, apparently. But I keyed in on this that and others have as well, that he served on the Minnesota governor's workforce development board for a time. And one of the lawmakers he's accused of shooting here, Senator Hoffman, was on that board. It's not clear if they knew each other, but it sounds like if you're willing to serve on a board like that,

that you have some political inclination or you're trying to pay attention to the world around you? Obviously, the fact that he's alive and there will be a prosecution, the investigators are going to look to see if there are any connections. But I mean, what connection could possibly help us understand this? Say they voted differently, say they sat beside each other and didn't get along. There is no rational explanation for them executing someone and their spouse that

They just don't follow one another. And then going to someone else's house. And I see these headlines that he was motivated by religious beliefs. That is not a form of Christianity that I am familiar with. The architect of Christianity said, love your neighbor and pray for those who persecute you. He actually said, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do while people were putting him to death. So the notion that he's somehow motivated by religious belief is

Part of me, like everyone else, is fascinated. We want to know the why. What can drive somebody to this level of depravity? But the prosecutor in me just wants to put him on death row and let other people figure it out. The U.S. attorney said these are political assassinations and that that's rare. But then he noted in the same breath that we are talking more about political violence more and more often, it seems. Are we?

Oh, I think it was my first or second week on the job when Gabby Giffords was shot doing exactly what you want your elected officials to do, which is interacting with the public. Stevie Scalise shot. Paul Pelosi attacked with a hammer. Donald Trump shot once and nearly shot a second time. So, yes, I mean, there is violence on both sides. And I think we live in these, whether it's, you know,

you know, instant access to groups that ratify and validate us, whether or not it's a victimization mindset. Most rational people would only take a life if their own life were at risk or in defense of others. If you look at the rhetoric,

And look, I don't want to pick on Tim Walsh because their state is mourning right now. But but it wasn't that long ago that I played a clip from Tim referring to law enforcement officers as the Gestapo. We need to be careful the words we use not for rational people. They don't care. They know it's hyperbole. It's the irrational people now.

Now, increasing threats against elected officials or a changing threat landscape has meant an increase in money spent on security. The FEC changed rules last year authorizing the use of campaign funds to pay for certain security measures for federal officeholders.

Last year, the Capitol Police Threat Division reported nearly 9,500 threats against members of Congress, three times as many threats as in 2017. A Washington Post analysis found House and Senate increases on security increased 500 percent in 2022 compared to 2020. The question is, should politicians now in city halls and state houses?

Increased security as well. Yes. And I don't want to, you know, I don't want to depress people, but people that are highly motivated to kill you are going to have an opportunity to do so. Unless you're the CIA director or the president. Well, I mean, even the president was shot and was almost shot a second time.

So do you want people on every aisle of the grocery store with you? Do you want people surrounding you at church? Do you want people playing golf or tennis with you all the time? A highly motivated killer is likely to have an opportunity to hurt you if he and I'll say he because they're almost always males wants to do so.

So, yeah, I mean, go ahead. Have a home security system. All of that stuff serves to deter rational people.

But again, we're talking about irrational people and not unlike Luigi Mangione. He was highly motivated and evaded law enforcement for a long period of time. One thing we know for sure, they're not criminally insane. They know the difference between right and wrong. So I don't want to hear anybody tell me that they're insane. Insane people do not evade capture. Insane people stand there naked and claim to be Jesus. These people are not insane. They're just malevolent.

Do you think because of your service in Congress and you still know many members of Congress, do you think if we are talking about an increased level of political violence and threats being made to members of political bodies, that it impacts people's willingness to serve? Should it impact people's willingness to serve?

There are a thousand reasons not to run for office. Saving your life would just be one of those thousands of reasons. When you're home, like when I was in Congress, the Capitol is really safe. So I didn't... I never felt unsafe. And because I was a DA, people were more likely to want to hurt me because of my old job than my congressional job. But I never had a security detail. I just...

I don't want to live like that. I do not want to live with people around me all the time. So I'm responsible for my own personal safety. People got to do what they want to do. I sleep beside a legally sawed off shotgun, but I'm also prepared to use it. If you're not prepared to use it, then you don't have any business having a gun. Wow.

When you talk about watching your speech and not using words like Gestapo and Hitler and, you know, all of these hideous terms, you know, we do hear that the temperature should be lowered, right? And we know some lawmakers are a little bit more boisterous and more animated than others. But how would you tell them to, like, walk that line of preserving your ability to speak freely without inflaming?

It just can never be ad hominem. You should rarely, if ever, question someone's motives. I want to give a tip of the hat to a guy named Peter Welch from Vermont who, you know, Peter and I never voted alike. Peter was one of the best at making an effort to understand where the other side was coming from. There's not an indecent bone in Peter's body.

But but he's also not a household name. He's not the one that people want to quote. And he's probably more likely to have a primary from the left because he's not whatever enough. I mean, how many times have we heard the word fight used in politics? I'm going to fight. I mean, what does that even mean? Like a cage match? What does that even mean?

Instead of like fighting, how about thinking? How about I'm going to think for you? I'm going to act for you. I'm going to legislate for you.

So it's a combination of the politicians acting more like professional wrestlers. The fact that we reward it with fundraising dollars. I mean, one of the worst culprits, I think, on the right was Matt Gaetz. And there was no no never a consequence for the way he acted or talked. I mean, his fundraising was great.

Look, I'm out now. I'll never be in politics. But we have an obligation to put people in office who both vote the way we want them to, but also act the way we want them to. And if you want good people running for political office, you have got to change the current environment because it is toxic. Yeah. Trey Gowdy, thanks so much for your time and for joining us. I appreciate it. Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

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It's time for your Fox News commentary. Greg Jarrett. What's on your mind? Here we go again. It should surprise no one that a liberal judge in San Francisco sided with California Governor Gavin Newsom over control of the National Guard amid the anti-ICE protests that led to riots, looting and attacks on federal agents in Los Angeles.

Judge Charles Breyer, a Clinton appointee and a younger brother of retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, issued his preordained order blocking Donald Trump's deployment of 4,000 guard troops who had managed to suppress much of the violence. Immediately, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary stay. Further hearings will determine who's abusing power, the president or the judge.

Based on the law and historical precedents, Trump has the better argument. He acted swiftly to save lives and property as Newsom dithered.

It's a fundamental duty of the president to enforce all laws, protect citizens, and ensure public safety. This is an inherent power derived from Article 2 of the Constitution. It's an essential function of the chief executive. But there's more. By special statute passed long ago, Congress granted the president extraordinary powers to subdue any civil disorder.

Historically, these powers have been wielded by other presidents, notably during the civil rights struggles decades ago. They often did so without the consent of governors who opposed them.

Newsom has no authority to counterman the president. Under Title 10 of the U.S. Code, the president has complete authority to federalize the California National Guard. And once invoked, neither a governor nor a judge may second guess whether such a sensitive and discretionary judgment is justified. All due deference must be given to the commander-in-chief when national security is threatened.

Newsom contends that Trump may not act without his permission.

But such a requirement is found nowhere in the law. Instead, the statute specifically provides that the president's order shall be issued through the governors of the states. This is a procedural step for the conveyance of an order, nothing more. It is not contingent on the governor's assent, or the statute would have said so. Democrats own the lawlessness they now passionately defend.

By their inflammatory rhetoric aimed at ICE and Trump, they laid the groundwork, set the fuse, and then watched it ignite into the flames of Bedlam. They care more about providing sanctuary for illegals than they do about the safety and welfare of innocent civilians who are preyed upon or the law enforcement community under siege.

It doesn't matter to them that somebody could easily be killed, as the chief of the Los Angeles police warned. Newsom and his party offer no real remedy to the mayhem roiling the streets of Los Angeles. Only condemnation of a president who does. I'm Greg Jarrett for Fox News.

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