Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison did not have a particularly good day yesterday. Not only did Senator Bernie Moreno reveal Ellison's open-borders hypocrisy, but Senator Josh Hawley also made the case for why Ellison belongs in jail.
There was another moment in the hearing that caught many eyes, because it goes back to the Democrats' warish rhetoric about ICE and resisting the Trump administration. Governor Tim Walz made many references to the Civil War, and Scott Jennings took him to task for it on CNN back in January.
Now Ellison is comparing the ICE surge in Minneapolis to another war event: the Boston Massacre.
Keith Ellison compared Operation Metro Surge to the Boston Massacre.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) February 12, 2026
ICE and Border Patrol arrested 4,000 criminal illegal aliens and recovered over 3,300 missing children.
This guy is insane.pic.twitter.com/XBy3LjgnGJ
"It felt like our state was targeted, blanketed with paramilitaries everywhere, who were approaching citizens, non-citizens, whoever," Ellison said. "It felt like we were being occupied by the federal government. And I started returning, senator, to reading about the Boston Massacre. How did those Bostonians feel when a faraway government in England had imperial troops marching all over the city, harassing and abusing the citizenry? That's how I felt."
The clash between British troops and American colonists was a turning point on the road to the Revolutionary War, but the colonies were still under British rule at the time. So whatever Ellison was reading, the history was wrong.
Minnesota’s Democratic leadership has endless contempt for law abiding citizens.
— The Intersect (@mburm201) February 12, 2026
The contempt is palpable.
Ellison calling that the “Boston Massacre” is pure political theater. ICE and Border Patrol just pulled 4,000 criminal illegals, plus 3,300 missing kids recovered. Cope.
— JoelAwe (@Joe1Awe) February 12, 2026
Yes, it's pure cope.
No. It was unfortunate. But the ICE agents did not want to do what they did. I don’t care what you say, it’s not like the Boston Massacre. Stop comparing anything to horrible events in the past. https://t.co/0c5MWcX1ot
— Margaret Auburn Grad 1776 (@MargaretAUGrad) February 13, 2026
It's all they've got. They can't be honest about their pro-illegal-immigration stances or the motives behind them.
UNHINGED! Minnesota AG Keith Ellison compares arresting violent criminals to the Boston Massacre:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 12, 2026
"How did those Bostonians feel when a far-away government in England had imperial troops marching all over their city..." pic.twitter.com/mznCdoTwmM
It's completely unhinged.
Ellison is desperate to be saying such nonsense.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) February 12, 2026
He knows exactly what he's saying, too. The anti-ICE activists in MN are not like the revolutionaries.
Editor’s Note: Democrats are fanning the flames and raising the rhetoric by comparing ICE to the Gestapo, fascists, and secret police.
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