{"id":60414,"date":"2026-01-27T00:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=60414"},"modified":"2026-01-27T00:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T00:55:19","slug":"watch-karoline-leavitt-responds-to-az-attorney-general-kris-mayess-justification-of-violence-against-ice-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=60414","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Karoline Leavitt Responds to AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes\u2019s Justification of Violence Against ICE Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday responded to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes\u2019s recent comments, where she justified violence against federal law enforcement officials and suggested they could shoot and kill ICE agents under Arizona\u2019s stand your grounf law.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As The Gateway Pundit reported<\/a>, Mayes, in a recent televised interview, suggested that you have the right to kill masked ICE agents in Arizona. \u201cWe\u2019re a gun culture in this state,\u201d she said. \u201cYou have these masked Federal officers with very little identification, sometimes no identification, wearing plain clothes and masks. And we have a stand your ground law that says that if you reasonably believe that your life is in danger, and you\u2019re in your house or your car or on your property, that you can defend yourself with lethal force.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not allowed to shoot peace officers,\u201d she added. \u201cBut how do you know they\u2019re a peace officer?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Even 12 News\u2019s Brahm Resnik attempted to push back, noting the possible interpretation of a call for violence, but she doubled down.<\/p>\n

Mayes tried to claim that she isn\u2019t giving a \u201clicense\u201d to Arizonans to kill ICE agents, but went on to suggest a possible legal defense for somebody who does. \u201cIt becomes, did they reasonably know that they were a peace officer, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSuch dangerous rhetoric, as I pointed out, is exactly what has brought us to this position today, where you have elected Democrat officials across the country who are encouraging left-wing agitators and crazy people to go out and unlawfully obstruct lawful immigration enforcement,\u201d Leavitt said, pointing to statements<\/a> she made about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and the \u201cdeliberate and hostile resistance by Democrat leaders in Minnesota,\u201d which led to the death of two anti-ICE rioters this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would encourage everyone in this room, and I would encourage the Arizona Attorney General to look at the video of an ICE agent in Minneapolis. He was approached by left-wing agitators who were honking their horns and were screaming slurs at him, and he rolled down his window, and he said, \u2018What are you doing? I am out here trying to catch a child predator, somebody who has convicted crimes against an innocent child, and you are trying to obstruct me from doing my job,\u2019 Leavitt continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis rhetoric against ICE, comparing them to \u201cNazi Gestapo,\u201d Donald Trump\u2019s police force, is despicable, it is shameful, and it is precisely what has led to the escalation of tensions in Minneapolis and in other places across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Leavitt declined to say whether or not the White House wants to see consequences for Mayes\u2019s violence-inciting comments or whether the Department of Justice should open an investigation into the Attorney General\u2019s attempt to justify murdering law enforcement.<\/p>\n

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Conradson:<\/strong> I want to get your response to this. The Arizona Attorney General, just days before this shooting in Minneapolis, she seemingly encouraged rioters to go out and shoot and kill ICE agents. And I\u2019ll quote her here. She said, \u201cIf you reasonably believe your life is in danger and you\u2019re in the house or in your car or on your property, you can defend yourself with lethal force.\u201d And she said that you can\u2019t tell if ICE agents are law enforcement or imposters, and it becomes an issue of whether you reasonably believed they were law enforcement. Do you have a response to that? And does the White House believe that she should be held accountable for these remarks?<\/p>\n

Leavitt: <\/strong>Such dangerous rhetoric, as I pointed out, is exactly what has brought us to this position today, where you have elected Democrat officials across the country who are encouraging left-wing agitators and crazy people to go out and unlawfully obstruct lawful immigration enforcement. Again, these brave men and women of ICE and Border Patrol and the federal enforcement are just trying to do their jobs to enforce our nation\u2019s immigration laws and to go after the worst of the worst in this country.<\/p>\n

I would encourage everyone in this room, and I would encourage the Arizona Attorney General to look at the video of an ICE agent in Minneapolis. He was approached by left-wing agitators who were honking their horns and were screaming slurs at him, and he rolled down his window, and he said, \u201cWhat are you doing? I am out here trying to catch a child predator, somebody who has convicted crimes against an innocent child, and you are trying to obstruct me from doing my job.\u201d This rhetoric against ICE, comparing them to \u201cNazi Gestapo,\u201d Donald Trump\u2019s police force, is despicable, it is shameful, and it is precisely what has led to the escalation of tensions in Minneapolis and in other places across the country.<\/p>\n

Conradson: <\/strong>Should the DOJ be looking into her for justifying violence?<\/p>\n

Leavitt: <\/strong>I would defer you to the Department of Justice on that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Gateway Pundit also asked Leavitt on Monday to respond to the media\u2019s outrage and defense of Alex Pretti, who was shot by a CBP agent on Saturday after allegedly pulling a handgun out during as agents wrestled him to the ground.<\/p>\n

Leavitt, in response, slammed the \u201cselective outrage\u201d from leftist media networks in their coverage and glorification of Pretti, whose death she blamed<\/a> on the hostile circumstances created by Tim Walz and Jacob Frey.<\/p>\n

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WATCH: WH Press Sec Slams Media\u2019s \u201cSelective Outrage\u201d Over Alex Pretti When Asked \u201cWhere was that Outrage when Ashli Babbitt was Executed\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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