The only time I was ever truly, legitimately angry with my ex-husband post-divorce was when he took our middle son to Madison, WI, on a day trip and, while there, came across a group of anti-Israel protesters. This was the fall of 2023, when those lunatics were running wild and violent on campuses across the nation. The ex yelled at them, and while I agreed with his sentiment and his passion (I've been known to shoot my mouth off at the anti-Trump protesters who pop up on street corners in my city ever so often), I did not like the fact he did this with our son in tow.
At the time, that son was 14 years old, and already taller than me. Hardly a baby, but still my child, and I shuddered to think what might have happened had that crowd of rabid Leftists had decided to get violent with them.
While I discuss politics with my children, I have never — nor would I ever — take them to a political rally of any kind. In fact, when the Republican National Convention was held in Milwaukee in the summer of 2024, I flew us all to Hawaii to get us far away in case all hell broke loose.
But then again, I'm not an insane Leftist.
So when I see Leftists bringing their children to the volatile "protests" in Minneapolis, I am not shocked, but I am appalled.
BREAKING: Some Minneapolis protesters are showing up with their babies as “shields” from law enforcement.
— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) January 11, 2026
How very Hamas-like of them. Then again, it appears the Left is all-in on that terrorist organization these days, too, to the point where several Democrats who didn't see a keffiyeh they didn't want to wear had to speak out against it. Hamas use babies as human shields, too.
Unfortunately, federal statutes are very limited when it comes to charging these parents with child endangerment. That's a state-level issue, except in certain circumstances. So taking your infant to a riot in Minneapolis won't land you in hot water with the feds. Nor will it land you in hot water in Minnesota, where they think journalism is a crime but hitting an ICE agent with your car is "peaceful protest" and "resistance."
The powers-that-be in Minnesota are not only okay with this, but they're also encouraging it. If they wanted to stop this, all it would take is slapping a few of these mothers with child endangerment charges. That would send a clear message that such behavior is unacceptable and has real-world consequences. But Democrats don't believe the behavior is unacceptable, and consequences are the thing that only Republicans face. Some people are above the law, after all.
It's long been clear to me that Democrats will, to be blunt, stack as many bodies as it takes to collapse society and rebuild it in the socialist utopia they've been clamoring for. That now includes actual, born babies. Instead of just slaughtering infants in the womb for the "crime" of being unplanned or inconvenient, Democrats have decided to offer up their children on the altar of Orange Man Bad. It's part of why they're letting career criminals with dozens of prior arrests loose to stab young blond women in the neck on public transportation; it hastens that collapse.
I genuinely believe they are hoping an infant gets hurt or, worse, killed at one of these "protests." The thought is horrifying, but the Left doesn't care about that. They only see the narrative they could form around such a tragedy. Imagine the outcry, and imagine the political gaming they'd play.
I can hear it now. Jake Tapper would get on CNN and say, "Republicans claim to be pro-life, but the Trump regime just killed a baby in Minneapolis. How can they call themselves pro-life and still support ICE?" There will never be a reporter who asks why a mother would bring her child to such a thing in the first place, just as they never asked why Renee Good knowingly put herself in harm's way when she had a six-year-old son in school.
But before these Leftists continue this insanity, maybe they should speak to parents who've lost a child, whether from an accident or an illness. Because I doubt the Leftist women, egged on by Democrats to stick it to Trump, have completely thought this through and that they have no idea the gaping hole losing a child will leave in their lives.
Heck, my grandmother was 82 years old when her adult daughter died after a brief illness. She was never the same after that, and my aunt was in her late 50s. It changes you.
Do not bring your baby to a violent riot. https://t.co/lXmOI6fQCg
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 11, 2026
There is nothing brave, noble, or “resistant” about dragging a child into chaos. Using a baby as a prop (or worse, a human shield) isn’t activism or "resistance"; it’s negligence. If Democrats truly cared about children, they’d stop encouraging this recklessness and start holding mothers accountable for putting their babies in harm’s way. Until then, the rest of us are left hoping no innocent child pays the price for their parents’ political theater.
