Minnesota State Attorney General Keith Ellison smiles as Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., raised his voice during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Kent Nishimura/Reuters)
Johnson then said, "I can't imagine encouraging somebody that supported me politically to go and put themselves into harm's way."
"Their vehicles have been rammed by some of these peaceful protesters, probably the trained activists. They've had rocks thrown at their vehicles. I can't imagine encouraging people ‘put yourself in harm's way, get out there and record that,’" Johnson said about anti-ICE sentiment.
"I, as a government official would have said, back off, let us work with ICE. Let's cooperate with them. Let's see if we can de-escalate this. But, attorney general, you did the exact opposite. And two people are dead because you encouraged them to put themselves into harm's way, and now you're exploiting those two martyrs. That was a tragedy. It never should have happened," he continued.
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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison speaks during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. (Tom Brenner/AP)
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"Are you asking me for comment, Senator?" Ellison said. "Because everything you said was untrue. It was a nice theatrical performance, but it was all lies."
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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