U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz demanding the state take three specific actions before federal immigration agents would consider reducing their presence in Minneapolis, including handing over voter rolls.

In the letter, Bondi blamed both state and local leaders for the unrest that has come in response to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations. She said that Walz could “restore the rule of law.”

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    before federal immigration agents would consider reducing their presence in Minneapolis,

    “Consider” is doing a lot of work there. It guarantees this is an empty promise. I mean, it was anyway, even if it had stronger language, but this means it can be ignored.

    Also, why is Bondi blackmailing states? Why are the feds interfering with states’ rights?

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    She said that Walz could “restore the rule of law.”

    Classic reverse victim and offender.

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      Well she said it. Walz needs to mobilize police and deputize citizens to eliminate ice. I mean, I don’t think he can ignore the order if it comes from DHS

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    Tim, your answer is:

    “We, in the United States, do not negotiate with terrorists.”

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    So the fascists say they will stop murdering people if Minnesota just identifies the names and addresses of all people in the state who did not vote for fascism? Jesus. Fucking. Christ.

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    “before they would consider” fuck them. Fuck their bullshit. Even if they complied with these terrorist demands it’s not going to have any impact on the ice situation. “We considered and decided not to remove them” same old boring ass playbook.

    There is no honor. They have been waging a social war and Democrats keep playing by the old rules.

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    I saw someone say that she’s literally from Minnesota, and as such can just pay a $20 processing fee and get the voter rolls thru official means…

    They’re making a ridiculously easy to fufil demand so idiots don’t realize they’re not getting anything after the literal extrajudicial executions.

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      They don’t just want voter rolls. They want voter INFORMATION, including the things that the state collects but isn’t normally public, like SSN, party affiliation (sometimes), etc.

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    They need this data to conduct vote tampering.

    This is why they want it.

    They will target machines with high use of Dem voters.

    There is zero reason why the federal government should have that list except for nefarious intentions.

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    Never forget she was AG of Florida from 2011 to 2019, and could readily have prosecuted Epstein herself. It’s not like he stopped offending in 2008.

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    Oh, Like Kamala wasn’t going to shoot citizens in the head to extort voter information in order to rig the election.

    Honestly you liberals are so dumb.

    spoiler

    /s

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    Bold request from the people who owe us the Epstein files. Walz should send the 100+ page blacked out PDF to them.