Democrats’ Deadly Deception: Omar’s ICE Mob, Protesters Killed, Texas Fair Fear

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Hey, what is up, Patriots, and happy Monday. Hope your weekend went well. This is O'Connor's Quick Strike, and I'm John O'Connor. Three stories the mainstream media won't cover or will completely twist beyond recognition, delivered in roughly 20 minutes or so. No fluff, no BS, no filler, just the unvarnished truth peppered with my own take on what's really going on. Now, Patriots, today is Monday, January 12th, and I've got three stories that show that the left is manipulating people into dangerous situations.

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We are starting with career protester Scott Lobato, a guy who's been arrested dozens of times calling out how Democrat politicians are getting protesters killed. Then we are diving into Elon Omar leading a mob to an ICE facility to literally hunt down federal agents the morning after rioters destroyed Minneapolis hotels. And we are closing with a story that should frustrate you. The Texas State Fair just lost 400,000

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thousand visitors because Democrats scared the Latino community with false fears about ICE. Let's get into it. All right, Patriots, I want to start today's episode with something powerful, something that cuts right through the BS and gets to the heart of what's happening in this country right now. Now, I try not to use foul language on my podcast. Rush Limbaugh didn't need it, and I don't think I do.

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I like to think that if you're driving your child to school, you don't have to say, cover your ears to your son or daughter while listening to me. That being said, I am going to be creating a John O'Connor sort of raw account where I will be likely cursing, but that's for another time and discussion. That all being said, in a three minute clip coming up, there will be a few curse words. So you may want to skip ahead if there are children around. I did not bleep them out because the way he used them really added power to his statement. His name is Scott Lobato.

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You might know him as a successful painter and artist. But what I didn't know, and what makes his message so important, is that Scott is a career protester. For 35 years, this man has been protesting. Thousands of protests, dozens of arrests, and he's still alive. You know why? Because he knows how to protest without getting himself killed. I came across Scott's video on TikTok. You can find him at S-L-O-B-A-I-D-O.

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Say that one more time, S-L-O-B-A-I-D-O. And what he said just stuck in my head. Because this isn't some conservative pundit sitting in a studio. No, this guy has been in the streets for 35 years. And he's furious about what happened to Renee Goode in Minneapolis. But not for the reasons we generally hear. I'm going to play you this three minute rant right now.

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And then I want to talk to you about what this really means. Here's Scott Lobato. Don't take this personally, but everybody just shut the fuck up. Every single hot button issue that comes up, everybody becomes an expert on it. What happened in Minnesota, this woman who is now dead, sadly, she leaves a child and a wife.

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and it shouldn't happen. I have a right to comment on this more than 99.9 % of all of you. So listen to what I'm fucking saying here. Why? Because I am the protester. You understand this? For 35 years, this is what I've been doing. Thousands of protests, dozens upon dozens of arrests. And the reason I am still here.

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or I don't have stitches from a fucking billy club, or I don't have marks from a Taser, is right here in this image.

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Every single time that I have been arrested, you will notice my hands I place behind my back as I am told when I get arrested. I do not resist. I do not spit. I do not curse. I do not struggle. I do not fight or be aggressive towards the authorities who are there to arrest me because when we protest, we step over a line, a line that is there and that line happens to be called the fucking law. And thank God in this country,

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We can step over that line sometimes, but we have to understand that we are now in a different zone because that cop over there, I think his kids got leukemia. That cop over there, I know was in a bank robbery last night with the thugs and he got shot at and he's back out in the street, but he's all high tension. And that guy over there, that cop, I know his wife is fucking a mailman. So I'm in the high tension area. And these fuckers have guns, batons and tasers.

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We have a system in this country, it's called the court of fucking law. And whether I'm wrong or right in this situation, officer, I didn't do anything wrong, put your hands behind your back. Yes, sir. And I will take that up with the judge and prove my innocence. I do not bring the courtroom right there at that high tension fucking moment. Do you get what I'm saying, people?

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So this woman would still be alive. I don't think she was the kind of woman that would have done what she did, which was resist and be aggressive towards the authorities, as you see in the video, and you go and fight about that. But let's get to the base here. The base is the wife is probably looking to sue Trump or the police or the ICE or this or that. She needs to look at the Democrat liberal.

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politicians, community activists, and the fucking douchebag, motherfucking self-loathing divisive cocksuckers in the liberal fucking media that tell her and those like her to resist arrest and be aggressively violent towards any authority. Patriots, did you hear that? Let me pull out some of the most important pieces.

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Scott said, every single time that I've been arrested, you will notice my hands I place behind my back as I am told. I do not resist, I do not spit, I do not curse, I do not struggle, I do not fight or be aggressive towards the authorities. Why? Because Scott understands something that Renee Goode apparently didn't. When you are protesting, you step over a line. That line is called the law.

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And on the other side of that line are cops with guns, batons, and tasers who are under massive stress. Scott said it perfectly. That cop over there, I think his kids got leukemia. That cop over there got shot at last night in a bank robbery. That cop over there, his wife is cheating on him. I'm in a high tension area and these people have guns. So what does Scott do? He puts his hands behind his back. He says, yes, sir.

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and then he takes it up with a judge in a court of law. That's called being smart. That's called valuing your life. But here's where Scott drops the hammer. He said Renee Goode and the rest need to look at the Democrat liberal politicians, community activists, the, excuse all this, douchebag, MFing, self-loathing, divisive blank suckers in the liberal media that tell her and those like her,

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to resist arrest and be aggressively violent towards any authority. That is the heart of it, Patriots. Scott didn't blame Renee Good. He blamed the people who manipulated her, the politicians, the activists, the media. Think about it. For years, what have Democrats been telling people? Resist, fight back, don't comply. They've been conditioning people, especially in minority communities, to see cops

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as the enemy, to see federal agents as Nazis. And what happens? People like Renee Goode believe it. They think they are fighting tyranny. They think they are standing up to oppression. So they drive their car at a federal agent and they get killed. Who's responsible for that? Is it Renee Goode? Or is it the politicians and media figures who told her that resisting was heroic? I'll tell you who I blame. I blame Tim Walz.

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who said Minnesota is at war with the federal government. I blame Jacob Frey, who told ICE to get the F out of Minneapolis. I blame Elon Omar, who called a justified shooting murder. I blame MSNOW and CNN, who spent years telling people that resisting authority is brave. They got Renee Good killed, and now they are using her death to push more of the same rhetoric. Here's my question for you, Patriots. If you were in Renee Good's position,

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and an ICE agent told you to move your car, what would you do? Would you comply and live to fight another day in court? Or would you resist and risk your life? Scott Labato has been arrested dozens of times. He's still here because he made the smart choice. Renee Good made the choice the left told her to make. And she's dead. That's not heroism.

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That's manipulation and it needs to stop. Now let's talk about what happened after Renee Good was killed. Because this is where the left's manipulation goes from dangerous to insane. On Friday night, just two days after the shooting, violent rioters attacked and destroyed parts of several downtown Minneapolis hotels. Why? Because they thought ICE agents were staying there. They were literally hunting for federal agents to attack them.

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And the very next morning, Saturday, January 10th, guess who showed up at the Minneapolis ICE facility with a group of protesters? Elon Omar, Angie Craig, Kelly Morrison, three sitting members of Congress. Now, the Department of Homeland Security didn't mince words about what happened. DHS spokesman Tricille McLaughlin said,

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Representatives Elan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison led a group of protesters to the Minneapolis ICE facility with the explicit goal of hunting down ICE officers who they believed may have been staying there. I'll say that again. Explicit goal of hunting down ICE officers. This was the morning after violent rioters destroyed hotels looking for ICE agents and three members of Congress showed up to continue the hunt.

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Let me ask you something, Patriots. What do you call it when elected officials lead a mob to hunt down federal law enforcement? Because to me, that sounds an awful lot like, hmm, insurrection? Oh, but it gets better. Omar and her colleague showed up with no advanced notice. So if you didn't know this, federal policy requires members of Congress to give seven days notice before visiting ICE facilities. Why?

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Well, for safety, for security, so that everyone can prepare. Did Omar give seven days notice? Of course not. She showed up unannounced with a mob of protesters. She was briefly let in by one official who didn't know better, and then she was kicked out when the facility realized what was happening. And you know what Elan Omar did? She went on a tirade. She said this was a blatant disregard of the law. She claims she has a

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constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight. Really, Elon? You have a constitutional responsibility to show up unannounced with protesters the morning after violent riots. That's oversight? Here's what's actually happened. Omar wanted a photo op. She wanted to stand with the mob and say, see, I'm fighting for you. I'm resisting. But federal agents weren't having it. They told her to leave, and she did.

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Now let's talk about the timing of this, because timing is everything. The ICE shooting happened on Wednesday, January 7th. That same day, Tim Walz called for nationwide protests. Jacob Frey told ICE to leave Minneapolis. The left immediately started framing this as state-sanctioned murder. By Friday night, rioters were attacking hotels looking for ICE agents. And by Saturday morning, sitting members of Congress were leading protesters

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to the ICE facility? Do you see the escalation, patriots? Do you see how the rhetoric turns into violence fast? When you have a governor saying his state is at war with the federal government, when you have a mayor telling federal agents to leave, when you have a congresswoman calling a justified shooting murder, what do you think is going to happen?

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You get riots, get violence, you get elected officials leading mobs to hunt down federal agents. And here's the most infuriating part. Remember January 6th? Remember how Democrats held that candlelight vigil just days ago, mourning the violent insurrection? They said January 6th was the worst attack on democracy since the Civil War. They said it was the domestic terrorism. They said anyone who questioned the 2020 election was trying to overthrow the government. And now, literally days later,

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They are leading mobs to federal facilities. They are calling for insurrection. They are hunting down federal agents. The hypocrisy is staggering. If conservatives walked into a federal building with protesters, we'd be called insurrectionists. We'd be arrested. We'd be facing decades in prison. But when Elan Omar does it, she gets a sympathetic CNN interview where she talks about how she's being silenced. Give me a freaking break. Here's my question for Minnesota voters.

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Is this who you want representing you? A congresswoman who leads mobs to federal facilities who encourages violence against law enforcement? Because that's what you've got. One. All right, patriots, story number one. And this one is going to show you exactly how the left's fear-mongering doesn't just put people in danger, it destroys entire communities. The Texas State Fair just released its attendance numbers for 2025, and they are

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The fair lost 400,000 visitors compared to 2024, attendance dropped from 2.4 million to just over 2 million, the lowest in years. Now, fair officials held a briefing with the Dallas City Council this past week to explain what happened, and they cited three factors, inflation, weather, and here's the kicker, concerns about immigration enforcement. Let me translate that for you.

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Denver-ocrats spent so much time fear-mongering about ICE that the Latino community, which represents 36 % of the fair's annual attendance, stayed home. They were terrified that ICE would be waiting for them at a state fair. The fair president said it explicitly. Fears around ICE operations have created understandable hesitation among families who would normally visit the state fair in large numbers. Now here's the insane part.

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ICE wasn't even there. Fair officials confirmed that Dallas police were present for security, like they are every year, but not ICE. ICE has never operated or showed up to the state fair. But Democrats scared people so badly that hundreds of thousands of families stayed home from a family event. And we aren't even talking about illegals. Legal citizens within the Latino community stayed home in massive numbers. Democrats continued to spout.

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that ICE is going to disappear all non-white citizens, which is a load of crap as we all know. Think about what that means, patriots. Parents didn't take their kids to see Big Tex. Kids didn't get to ride the rides or eat corn dogs or see the livestock shows. Families missed out on a Texas tradition that's been running for 139 years. Why? Because Democrats convinced them that ICE was going to be lurking around every corner.

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And it's not just about missed memories. The state fair has a $680 million economic impact on Dallas. It supports 7,000 jobs. When attendance drops by 400,000 people, that's millions of dollars lost for local vendors, food stands, and small businesses. Latino families make up more than a third of the fair's attendance. That means the majority of those 400,000 missing visitors were likely Latino families

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who were scared away by Democrat fear mongering. Who does that hurt? It hurts Latino small business owners who depend on the fair. It hurts Latino workers who staff the fair. It hurts the entire Latino community. This is what the left's rhetoric does. It doesn't protect people, it hurts them. And here's the kicker. Fair officials are now scrambling to lower prices for 2026 to win people back. They are doing a deep dive on pricing.

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They are working with vendors to make things more affordable and accessible. Translation, the fair lost so much revenue from Latino families staying home that they need to slash prices to survive. The left claims they are protecting immigrant communities, but what they are actually doing is isolating them, even the legal ones, scaring them, keeping them from participating in American life. And for what? So Democrats can score political points so they can virtue signal about how much they hate ICE?

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It's disgusting. Here's my question for you, patriots. If you were a Latino family in Texas who stayed home from the state fair because you were scared of ICE and you were legal, and then you found out ICE was never even there, how would you feel? Would you feel protected or would you feel manipulated? Because that's what's happened. Hundreds of thousands of families were manipulated into staying home and Democrats don't care. They got what they wanted.

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More fear, more division, more anger at law enforcement. So there you have it. Three stories that show you exactly how the left manipulates people. Story one, Scott Lobato, a career protester who's been arrested dozens of times calling out how Democrat politicians are getting protesters killed by telling them to resist authority. Renee Good is dead because she believed the left's rhetoric and now they are using her death to push more of the same. Story two.

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Elon Omar led protesters to a Minneapolis ice facility with the explicit goal of hunting down federal agents. The morning after, violent rioters destroyed hotels looking for ice officers. This is insurrection. This is elected officials leading mobs against law enforcement, and Democrats call it oversight. Story three.

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The Texas State Fair lost 400,000 visitors because Democrats scared the Latino community with false fears about ICE operations at the fair. The fair lost $680 million in economic impact, and Latino families and small business owners were hurt. And ICE was never even there. Do you see the pattern? Democrats don't protect people. They manipulate them. They scare them. They put them in danger. And then they blame everyone else when things go wrong.

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How long can this continue before people wake up? How long before Latino families realize they are being used? How long before protesters realize they are being sent into dangerous situations by politicians who don't care if they live or die? This is O'Connor's Quick Strike and I'm John O'Connor. I will see you on Wednesday. Hold the line, Patriots.