It bothers me to my core that lawmakers, elected leaders, and those who serve the public rushed to condemn law enforcement officers—without proof—the tragic death of Renee Nicole Good.
Tragic, yes. But tragic for only one reason.
She—and she alone—had dozens of chances to avoid her demise.
As the newly released video footage now makes unmistakably clear—shown from multiple side angles and, tragically, from the body camera of the officer she struck—Renee Nicole Good put her vehicle in reverse, aimed it toward a uniformed officer, and stepped on the gas. That was her decision. No one forced it. No one orchestrated it. No one else controlled that moment.
Yet before the facts were known—before the video was released—elected officials lined up to condemn law enforcement anyway. The media followed suit, predictably mangling the truth. That part is nothing new.
What is new is the language.
The profanity.
The contempt.
The open hostility.
We are now watching governors, members of Congress, mayors, and even law-enforcement leaders openly tell a lawful federal agency to “eff off.”
Let’s be clear about what that means.
They are cursing ICE—a legitimate law-enforcement agency created by Congress and charged with enforcing federal immigration law, particularly against criminal aliens who are in this country illegally.
The defense of Renee Nicole Good and the simultaneous attack on ICE by figures like Tim Walz, Jacob Frey, Eric Swalwell, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and sympathetic police and prosecutors in places like Philadelphia signals something much deeper than disagreement over policy.
It signals hostility toward law and order itself.
These leaders aren’t merely excusing the behavior of those who align with them politically. They are confronting—aggressively—anyone who disagrees with them. When they tell ICE to “eff off,” they are telling every American who wants safe neighborhoods, drug-free streets, gang-free schools, and honest elections to do the same.
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In other words, the average American who wants to wake up tomorrow in a country with less crime than today—that’s who they’re talking to.
They have no use for law and order.
So they exploit tragedy. They weaponize grief. They turn the reckless actions of one individual into a rallying cry against the very people sworn to protect us. A mother died—not because of police brutality, not because of racism, not because of ICE—but because she made a violent, reckless decision to use a vehicle as a weapon against an officer doing his job.
And when the Left can’t stop the advance of truth—they’ve chosen violence.
They attempted to assassinate Donald Trump while he was the Republican nominee and leading candidate for his second term. They killed Charlie. And Renee Nicole Good attempted to run over a law-enforcement officer—one who had already been violently attacked and dragged in the line of duty just weeks earlier.
Donald Trump was not the sitting president at the time of the assassination attempts. He was a candidate. That fact makes the violence worse, not better. It means the attack wasn’t aimed merely at a man—it was aimed at voters. At the democratic process itself.
This is what “choosing violence” looks like.
When arguments fail.
When facts don’t cooperate.
When elections don’t go their way.
Force becomes the substitute.
And let’s put an enormous lie to rest while we’re here: ICE is every bit as legitimate a law enforcement agency as the FBI, the U.S. Marshals, the Secret Service, or your local police department. Anyone—anyone—who tells you otherwise is lying to your face.
In fact, ICE may now have one of the hardest jobs in American law enforcement. Why? Because political leaders in the previous administration allowed criminality to metastasize. Millions entered illegally. Violent offenders were released. Sanctuary policies shielded criminals. Governors in places like Minnesota and California funneled billions of your tax dollars into systems that rewarded lawlessness.
They never believed they’d be held accountable.
Now enforcement has resumed—and the response from the Left is rage.
When politicians curse law enforcement, excuse violence, and rewrite facts to fit ideology, they are no longer governing. They are revolting—against the very citizens they were elected to serve.
America deserves better than being told to “eff off.”
And the American people—quietly, patiently, and increasingly fed up—are about to answer.
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