ICE Agent Attacked in Minneapolis, GOP Betrays Trump on Venezuela, $700M Somali Cash Smuggling

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Hey, what is up, Patriots? And happy Friday. I hope your week went well and you're ready for the weekend. I know I sure am. Well, this is O'Connor's Quick Strike and I'm John O'Connor. While the mainstream media is busy covering for Democrats and spinning narratives, I'm bringing you three stories they're either ignoring or lying about. 20 minutes, no fluff, just the truth they don't want you to hear. Now, Patriots, today is Friday, January 9th.

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And we're starting with the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, where a woman tried to run over a federal agent and the left is calling her the victim. Then we're diving into Trump telling the New York Times that America may control Venezuela for years while five Republican senators just stabbed him in the back. And we are closing with the story that's being buried. TSA agents found $700 million in cash being smuggled out of Minneapolis airport by Somalis.

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and both Tim Walls and the Biden administration did nothing. Let's get into it. All right, Patriots, we need to talk about what happened in Minneapolis on Wednesday because, well, the way the left and the mainstream media are spinning this story is absolutely disgusting. Here are the facts. ICE agents were conducting targeted immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. A group of protesters showed up to block them.

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One of these protestors, a 37-year-old woman named Renee Nicole Good, was sitting in her vehicle blocking the road. ICE agents approached her multiple times. They ordered her to get out of the vehicle. She refused. Then she backed up her car, and then she drove forward, directly at an ICE agent standing in front of her vehicle. Think about that for a second, Patriots. You're a federal law enforcement officer. You're doing your job.

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and someone is weaponizing a 2,000 pound vehicle trying to run you over. What do you do? You defend yourself, right? That's exactly what this ICE agent did. He fired defensive shots. Renee Good was killed. And now the entire left-wing establishment is calling this murder. Tim Walz held a press conference where he called for nationwide protests against ICE. He said Minnesota is at war with the federal government.

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He threatened to mobilize the National Guard to block federal immigration enforcement. Let me repeat that. The governor of Minnesota threatened to use the National Guard to obstruct federal law enforcement from enforcing federal law. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey went on CNN and said, get the F out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here. He's telling federal agents enforcing immigration law to leave his city.

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And Elon Omar claimed on CNN that Renee Goode was a legal observer. Just out there observing. Totally innocent. Except there's video, Elon. There's video showing this woman driving her car at an agent. Here's what really happened. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem held a press conference and laid out the facts. She said attacks on ICE agents are up 1,150%.

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Death threats against ICE agents are up 8,000 percent. And she said the rhetoric from politicians like Walls and Frey is directly responsible for these attacks. When you have a governor saying his state is at war with the federal government, when you have a mayor telling ICE to leave, when you have a congresswoman calling a justified shooting a murder, what do you think is going to happen? But here's the infuriating part. The hypocrisy is staggering.

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These are the same people who held a candlelight vigil on January 6, just one day before this happened, where they mourned the violent insurrection at the Capitol. They sang God bless America horribly. They talked about how January 6 was an attack on democracy. And then literally 24 hours later, they are calling for actual insurrection. They are defending someone who tried to kill a federal agent.

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What would you call it when someone uses violence to obstruct federal law enforcement, patriots? When someone tries to kill a federal agent. That sounds an awful lot like insurrection to me. That's just me, though. But when conservatives walk through the Capitol, many of them led in by Capitol police, that was the worst attack on democracy since the Civil War. But when a left-wing protester tries to run over an ICE agent, Democrats call it state-sanctioned violence.

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They say the ICE agent is the criminal. The double standard is sickening. President Trump put out a statement and he was right. He said the reason these incidents are happening is because the radical left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our law enforcement officers and ICE agents on a daily basis. This is the natural consequence of years of defund the police rhetoric, years of calling cops racist, years of treating law enforcement like the enemy.

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And now ICE agents are being targeted. And when they defend themselves, they are called murderers. If you were an ICE agent right now, how would you feel? Would you want to go do your job knowing that if you defend yourself, every Democrat politician is going to call you a murderer? This is what they want, patriots. They want ICE agents too afraid to do their jobs. They want open borders. And they are willing to sacrifice federal agents to get it. All right.

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Story number two, and I need you to remember five names because these five Republican senators just committed one of the biggest acts of betrayal I've seen in modern politics. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Josh Hawley of Missouri, and Todd Young of Indiana. Those five Republicans just voted with Chuck Schumer and the Democrats to tie President Trump's hands on Venezuela.

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And I'm going to explain why this is so disgraceful that Trump said they should never be elected to office again. Here's what's happened. On Thursday, yesterday, the Senate voted 52 to 47 to pass a resolution that would limit Trump's war powers in Venezuela. It would require congressional authorization for further military action. Now, let's be clear. This resolution is going nowhere. The House won't pass it. Trump would veto it anyway.

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So in terms of actual policy, this vote means nothing. But in terms of symbolism, in terms of sending a message to the world, this vote means everything. Because here's what just happened, Patriots. President Trump pulled off one of the most daring military operations in modern American history. Over the weekend, we captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Manduro. We did it without any American casualties.

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We removed a socialist dictator who was working with China, Russia, and Iran. We are installing a democratic government. This was a massive foreign policy win for America. This was Trump showing the world that there's a new sheriff in town. This was the United States saying, we're back. And what did these five Republican senators do? They voted to undercut the president. They voted to tell the world, actually,

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Congress doesn't support what Trump just did. Can you imagine the signal that's sent to our enemies? Can you imagine what Xi Jinping in China is thinking right now? What Putin in Russia is thinking? What the Ayatollah in Iran is thinking? Though he has his entire country in disarray right now. They are thinking the American president can't even get his own party to support him. He's weak. And that's exactly what these five senators just did.

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They made America look weak on the world stage. Now let me tell you why this matters so much for Venezuela specifically. Because this isn't just about some far-off South American country. This is about our own hemisphere. This is about our backyard. Venezuela is 1500 miles from Miami. That's closer than Los Angeles to New York. And for the last decade, Venezuela has been a puppet state for our enemies.

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China has invested over $60 billion in Venezuela. Russia has deployed military advisors and equipment there. Iran has been using Venezuela to launder money and evade sanctions. Hezbollah operates in Venezuela. So when Trump captured Maduro and is installing a democratic government, he wasn't just helping the Venezuelan people. He was kicking China, Russia, and Iran out of our hemisphere.

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And what did Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, and the other three do? They voted to limit Trump's ability to finish the job. Because here's what Trump said on Tuesday in an interview with the New York Times. He said the US may control Venezuela for years. He said, are going to rebuild Venezuela and we are going to benefit from it. He said, quote, we're going to be using oil and we are going to be taking oil. And you know what, Patriots? Good.

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Because if we don't control Venezuela, you know who will? China, Russia, Iran. So we have a choice. Either America stabilizes Venezuela and keeps our enemies out, or we let our enemies move in 1,500 miles from Florida. And these five Republican senators just voted to tie Trump's hands and make it harder for him to keep our enemies out. Let me ask you something, patriots. If China set up military bases in Venezuela,

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Would that be a threat to American national security? Of course it would. If Russia started operating out of Venezuela ports, would that threaten us? Absolutely. So why are five Republican senators making it harder for Trump to prevent that? President Trump put out a statement immediately after the vote. He said, quote, Republicans should be ashamed of the senators that just voted with Democrats in attempting to take away our powers to fight and defend the United States of America.

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Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, and Todd Young should never be elected to office again. And you know what? He's absolutely right. So let's go through each of these senators one by one, because they all need to be held accountable. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, well, these two are just simply rhinos. Republicans in name only. They vote with Democrats constantly. They oppose Brett Kavanaugh.

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They oppose repealing Obamacare. They are liberals pretending to be Republicans. So no surprise here. But Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, Todd Young, these are supposed to be conservative senators. And they just voted with Chuck Schumer. Rand Paul is a libertarian isolationist. He thinks America shouldn't be involved in any foreign conflicts. And look, I respect that philosophical position.

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But Patriots, Venezuela isn't some distant country in the Middle East. This is our hemisphere. This is 1,500 miles from our border. Does Rand Paul want Chinese military bases in our backyard? Because that could happen if we don't stabilize Venezuela. Josh Hawley is the one that really gets me. Hawley has been great on taking on big tech. He's been tough on China. He talks constantly about protecting American interests.

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And then he votes to limit Trump's ability to kick China out of Venezuela. It makes no sense. Missouri voters need to ask him, do you want to be tough on China or not? Because you can't have it both ways. And Todd Young of Indiana. Honestly, I don't know much about this guy. He's been pretty invisible, but he just made himself very visible. Indiana is a deep red state. It went for Trump by 16 points.

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and their senator just sided with Chuck Schumer against Trump. Indiana Republicans need to primary this guy immediately. Here's the bottom line, patriots. When it mattered, when President Trump needed his own party to have his back after a massive foreign policy victory, these five senators chose Chuck Schumer over their own president. They chose to make America look weak. They chose to embolden our enemies.

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They chose to undercut Trump's ability to keep China and Russia out of our hemisphere. And for what? So they could score political points? So they could pretend to be independent? So they could get a pat on the head from the New York Times? It's disgusting and every single one of these five senators needs to face a primary challenger in their next election. Because if you can't support the president after he just pulled off one of the most successful military operations in decades,

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then you don't deserve to be a Republican Senator. But hold on, because story number three is likely going to make your blood pressure spike. And this one hits close to home for good old stolen valor Tim Walz. $700 million in cash smuggled out of Minneapolis airport by Somalis over the last decade. And both Tim Walz and the Biden administration turned the other way.

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Let me paint you a picture of what's happening or what was happening at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport. TSA whistleblower Liz Yaska worked there from 2016 to 2021. And here's what she saw with her own eyes. Suitcases filled with millions of dollars in cash. And the couriers? Always Somali men traveling in pairs week after week after week. Liz told Alpha News.

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I saw suitcases filled with millions of dollars of cash and the couriers were always Somali men traveling in pairs and they got through the checkpoint." quote. Think about that. Millions. In a single suitcase. And this was happening weekly. In just the last two years alone, federal screeners flagged nearly $700 million leaving Minneapolis. Just the news reports that in 2024,

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$342.37 million in cash left Minneapolis. In 2025, $349.4 million. And Liz estimates that in her five years working there, she saw over a billion dollars pass through that airport. Now here's where this even gets more infuriating. Was this money legal? Well, technically the couriers filled out the proper customs forms declaring the cash.

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But here's what everyone knew, including federal agents, including Tim Walls, including the Biden administration. This money was coming from massive fraud schemes. Back in 2018, so roughly eight years ago, Fox nine did a bombshell investigation exposing daycare fraud in Minnesota's Somali community. They found daycare centers billing the state for children who never showed up. Surveillance video showed parents even checking kids in.

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then leaving with them minutes later. The daycare still billed for a full day. Videos showed kickback payments being handed out in envelopes. Glenn Kearns, a retired Seattle detective who investigated these fraud schemes, told Fox 9, We had sources that told us it's welfare fraud. It's all about the daycare. He discovered that people sending out tens of thousands of dollars in cash were on government assistance. So,

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How do you send $50,000 overseas when you're on welfare? Fraud. That's how. And where was this money going? Kern traced it to Hawala's. Money transfer businesses in regions of Somalia controlled by Al-Shabaab, the terrorist group. He said when money arrives there, Al-Shabaab demands a cut. So American tax dollars stolen through fraud were funding terrorists. Now here's the part that should get Tim Walz arrested.

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Federal agents tried to stop this. Jeremy Christensen, a Homeland Security Investigations agent, personally called the U.S. Attorney's office. He tried to get a criminal referral for bulk cash smuggling. Here's what he told them, I believe this is nefarious money. It's going out. It's from illegitimate sources. You know what the U.S. Attorney told him? No. They said the couriers are doing everything legal. They are registered money couriers. So there's nothing we can do.

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Are you kidding me? Federal agents know the money is from fraud. They know it's going to terrorist-controlled areas. TSA agents are flagging millions leaving every week. And someone, someone gave a stand-down order. Who was that someone? Well, let's start with Tim Walz. He became governor of Minnesota in January 2019. Fox 9's investigation was public in May 2018. That means when Walz took office, he knew about

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the daycare fraud schemes, the cash smuggling at the airports, the connections to Al-Shabaab, and the fact that the TSA and federal agents were flagging this. And what did Tim Walz do? Nothing. For six years as governor, he did nothing. In fact, it's worse than nothing. When Minnesota Democrats tried to audit these programs, Walz's administration blocked them. When whistleblowers came forward, his DHS commissioner, Jody Harpstead, publicly called them, quote,

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Weirdos and losers sitting in their mother's basement. Think about that. Federal money, your money, being stolen, funneled to terrorists, and the people trying to stop it are called weirdos and losers by Wall's own administration. But it's not just Wall's. The Biden administration is just as guilty. TSA agents were flagging this cash for years. They referred cases to Customs and Border Protection. They referred cases to Homeland Security Investigations.

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And according to just the news, there was quote, little follow up during the Biden administration. Someone in the Biden administration, probably multiple someones said, stand down, let the money go. Don't investigate. Don't prosecute. Just let it happen. And we are not talking about small amounts. Remember, this is $700 million in just the last two years. Over a decade, we're talking billions stolen from taxpayers and smuggled out of the country.

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The Feeding Our Future scandal, another Minnesota fraud scheme, involved $250 million in COVID relief money stolen through fake feeding programs. Fox News reported that money was also funneled through Hawala networks to Al Shabaab. And again, Tim Walz knew. His administration knew. They did nothing. Why? Here's what I think. Tim Walz and Minnesota Democrats were terrified of being called racists. I've said this before. Federal investigators said

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that when they try to investigate, Minnesota officials accuse them of racism. Can you believe that? You're only investigating because they are Somali. No, they are investigating because millions of dollars are being stolen and sent to terrorists. But Democrats would rather let terrorists get funded than risk being called racist. That's where we are. And folks, this only started getting investigated when Trump returned to the White House.

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According to Homeland Security officials, serious inquiries into the scope of the cash flows and the people behind them only began after Donald Trump returned to the White House. Well, that is damning. For years under Biden, nothing. Trump gets back in office and suddenly we're investigating. So let me ask you the two questions that demand answers. Number one, why did Tim Walz do nothing? He was governor for six years while this was happening.

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Fox 9 reported it publicly in 2018. TSA agents were flagging millions every week. Federal agents were trying to investigate, and Walls' response was to block audits, attack whistleblowers, and let the fraud continue. Why? And number two, why did the Biden administration turn the other way? Federal agents knew this money was from fraud. They knew it was going to terrorist areas. Someone gave the order, stand down.

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Don't investigate. Let it go. Who gave that order and why? Because here's what we know for certain. American taxpayer money was stolen through fraud. was smuggled out of the country by the billions. It went to areas controlled by terrorists. Federal agents tried to stop it and then were told no. And both Tim Walls and Joe Biden let it happen. That's not incompetence. That's complicity. So there you have it, Patriots. Story one.

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A woman in Minneapolis tried to murder a federal agent with her car and Democrats are calling her the victim, while Tim Walz, Jacob Frey, and Elan Omar call for insurrection against ICE. Attacks on ICE agents are up 1,150 percent, death threats are up 8,000 percent, and Democrats are encouraging it. Story 2.

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Trump told the New York Times that America may control Venezuela for years while we recover the billions they stole from us. And five Republican senators stabbed him in the back by siding with Chuck Schumer. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, and Todd Young all need to be primaried. Story three. TSA agents found $700 million being smuggled out of Minneapolis airport by Somali for years.

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And both Tim Walls and the Biden administration did absolutely nothing. Some of that money went to terrorist organizations and whistleblowers who tried to expose it were mocked and silenced. How long can Democrats keep protecting fraud and criminals before voters say enough? How long before Minnesotans demand accountability? I hope everyone has an amazing weekend and I will see you on Monday. This is O'Connor's Quick Strike and I'm John O'Connor.

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Hold the line, Patriots. uh