WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt issued the following press release:
Amid agitators trying to sow chaos in Minnesota, today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) spoke on the Senate floor to defend the Trump administration's deportation efforts and condemn Democrats' inflammatory rhetoric, which is fueling an unprecedented rise in violence (https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/01/08/radical-rhetoric-sanctuary-politicians-leads-unprecedented-1300-increase-assaults) against ICE.
In his speech, Senator Schmitt argued that the unrest in Minneapolis was the predictable consequence of years of deliberate policy choices under Biden that undermined border enforcement, encouraged mass migration, and the political left's normalization of political vio...