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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Vance Defends ICE Agent in Minneapolis Shooting, Blames "Far Left" For Death [Watch (HLS stream): Vance Defends ICE Agent in Minneapolis Shooting, Blames "Far Left" For Death](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ltRGVhY7.m3u8) (2:08)  _Published 2026-01-08. Calling it an "attack on law enforcement" and "an attack on the American people," Vice President J.D. Vance slammed the media in the wake of a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis._ --- Jan 8, 2026 8:50 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Minneapolis Mayor Frey Responds After Vice President Vance Blames Local Officials for Unrest](/video/av8AWBaO/) ### Minneapolis Mayor Frey Responds After Vice President Vance Blames Local Officials for Unrest [Protesters Clash with Federal Agents in Minneapolis After ICE Officer Fatally Shoots Woman](/video/2vaPuoDY/) ### Protesters Clash with Federal Agents in Minneapolis After ICE Officer Fatally Shoots Woman [Usha Vance, J.D. Vance's Wife, Introduces the Vice Presidential Nominee at the RNC](/video/gfXvhjYA/) ### Usha Vance, J.D. Vance's Wife, Introduces the Vice Presidential Nominee at the RNC --- ## Transcript As this was an attack on federal law enforcement, this was an attack on law and order. This was an attack on the American people. The way that the media, by and large, has reported this story has been an absolute disgrace. And it puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day. What that headline leaves out is the fact that that very officer nearly had his life ended, dragged by a car six months ago, 33 stitches in his leg. So you think maybe he's a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile? If the media wants to tell the truth, they ought to tell the truth that a group of left wing radicals have been working tirelessly, sometimes using domestic terror techniques to try to make it impossible for the president of the United States to do what the American people elected him to do, which is enforce our immigration laws. The president stands with Ice. I stand with Ice. We stand with all of our law enforcement officers. And part of that is recognizing that you people in the media, not everybody in this room, but many people in this room, have been lying about this attack. She was trying to ram this guy with his with her car. He shot back. He defended himself. He's already been seriously wounded in law enforcement operations before. And everybody who has been repeating the lie that this is some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement officer shot at her. He should be ashamed of yourselves. Nobody debates that. I can believe that her death is a tragedy, while also recognizing that it's a tragedy of her own making and a tragedy of the far left who has marshaled an entire movement, a lunatic fringe against our law enforcement officers. I think what is clearly happening here, and it's going to keep on happening, unless the Democrats wake up and say, you know what? You don't have to agree with our immigration policies. You don't have to agree with what the president or the vice president believe about immigration enforcement. But why don't you take this to the ballot box? Why don't you vote? Why don't you organize instead what some of them are doing, what some of them are doing is encouraging people to get violent with our law enforcement officials. It's disgraceful. And it's got to stop. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Vance Defends ICE Agent in Minneapolis Shooting, Blames \"Far Left\" For Death ","description":"Calling it an \"attack on law enforcement\" and \"an attack on the American people,\" Vice President J.D. Vance slammed the media in the wake of a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis. ","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ltRGVhY7/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-01-08T20:44:25.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ltRGVhY7.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/ltRGVhY7/","duration":"PT2M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/ltRGVhY7/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```