Stephen Colbert slams ‘doubtful’ Trump after ICE

Stephen Colbert weighed in on the deadly taking pictures of a girl by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday and President Donald Trump’s function in the escalating violence amid mass deportation efforts.

The violent incident during which 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was killed has led to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis after the Department of Homeland Security deemed the taking pictures self-defense.

During an look on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the host mentioned the ongoing turmoil in Minnesota with political commentator Chris Hayes. The late-night host has lengthy been a vocal critic of the president, who just lately called for CBS to fireplace the 61-year-old and celebrated the cancellation of his present.

The Emmy-winner slammed the president for his function in the stunning killing, which Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says may have been prevented.

“In a press conference, Governor Walz pointed out that this was predictable,” Stephen started. “That someone was going to get killed from this use of excessive force in American cities for reasons that are extremely dubious by the Trump administration.”

The host continued, “He said, ‘We do not need any help from the federal government,’ and called in the Minnesota National Guard. When was the last time a U.S. state had to protect itself from the federal government?”

Chris lamented, “This has been one of the grimmest realities of the entire year.”

The 46-year-old went on to clarify, “The president of the United States clearly views himself not as the president of the entire nation,” however reasonably that he “views himself as the President of the country of MAGA. And he views any municipality, locality, state, or territory that is not within his political coalition as essentially an enemy.”

Colbert agreed, noting the latest $10 billion cuts in federal support to a number of blue states by the Trump administration.

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Chris went on to notice that Wednesday’s deadly incident was the ninth ICE taking pictures this 12 months, including one lady in Chicago who was shot a number of occasions by DHS officers who declare she shot at them. Charges had been dropped after the brokers had been discovered to be mendacity about what led to the taking pictures.

A video of the ICE taking pictures in Minneapolis has been circulating on-line, sparking debates on whether or not or not the DHS’s claims that the mom of three had “weaponized her vehicle” and struck the ICE agent who shot her a number of occasions in the head.

Protests have damaged out in the midwestern metropolis as the Trump administration called for more federal brokers to be deployed.

Besides Colbert, many other tv personalities have condemned the taking pictures, including Jimmy Kimmel, who called Trump a “maniac” for his response to the tragic incident.