This was an interesting response to a relatively simple question.

Talk show host Jen Psaki, for MS NOW, asked Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey how the anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis originated.

Frey, who has been vocal about his disdain for ICE’s presence in Minneapolis, responded by saying he would not “speak to that.”

Watch Frey’s full response below:

Before his interview with Psaki, Frey held a press conference where he told ICE to “get the f*ck out” of Minneapolis, per MS NOW:

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Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis had a simple yet stunning message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a news conference Wednesday following an officer’s fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman.

“Get the fuck out of Minneapolis,” Frey said. “We do not want you here.”

The Democratic mayor, elected in 2017, has presided over some of the most significant moments in the city’s recent history, including the 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, which prompted a summer of nationwide protests against police brutality and racism — and critiques of Frey’s response from some advocates.

Now, Frey is back in the national spotlight after federal officials trained their sights on Minneapolis, prompted by a wide-ranging fraud scandal that earned the attention of right-wing media — and President Donald Trump.

Here’s what to know about Frey, who was just sworn into his third and final term as mayor on Monday.

Here’s Frey at the press conference:

The Hill reported that Frey believes the DHS is spinning the narrative of the ICE shooting:

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Wednesday said that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s remarks that a woman was killed following a “domestic terrorism” incident are “positively ridiculous.”

“I saw the same videos that you saw, and the notion that this is domestic terrorism on the form of the victim? Yeah, is positively ridiculous,” Frey told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “I mean, the way that ICE is behaving is reckless, not just in this incident but numerous others.”

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Frey said that “you don’t need a legal degree to know” that the woman attempting a three-point turn in her car “does not authorize the use of force.”

“That being said, again, the narrative ICE is spinning immediately after this was that this was purely self-defense, and that the act by the victim was some sort of domestic terrorism — that, I’ll say it again, is bulls—,” Frey said. “That is bulls—. The way they’ve been conducting themselves is also bulls—. And we all need to be very clear-eyed about what’s happening.”

“Because, by the way, this is not just about Minneapolis,” he continued. “This is about the endurance of our republic. The things that are taking place are not just illegal. They are unconstitutional.”

Maybe Frey should analyze this video before he goes on any more rants:

How would you judge it?

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