A woman used her car as a weapon against federal officers. She’s dead. And Minnesota’s governor is threatening to mobilize troops against the agents she tried to kill.
Tim Walz — the same Tim Walz who just dropped out of his re-election race over a massive fraud scandal — held a press conference Wednesday and declared that Minnesota is “at war with our federal government.”
Not at war with the criminals defrauding taxpayers. Not at war with the violent extremists attacking law enforcement. At war with ICE.
She Tried to Run Over Federal Agents. The DHS Called It Terrorism.
Let’s be clear about what happened.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, drove her vehicle at ICE agents during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Video shows her accelerating toward officers. An agent, fearing for his life, fired defensive shots. Good died at the scene.
The Department of Homeland Security didn’t mince words: “Today, in an act of domestic terrorism, an anti-ICE rioter weaponized her vehicle against law enforcement.”
Terrorism. That’s what the federal government calls using a vehicle to try to kill law enforcement officers.
Tim Walz calls it a reason to deploy the National Guard — against the officers who survived.
The Video Shows Exactly What Happened
This isn’t a he-said-she-said situation. Multiple angles of video show Good’s vehicle accelerating toward ICE agents.
An officer was in clear danger of being run over. He used his training. He defended himself and his colleagues. The attacker died.
In any rational world, that’s the end of the story. A federal agent survived an assassination attempt. The attacker faced the consequences of her choices.
But Minnesota isn’t a rational world anymore. It’s Tim Walz’s world.
The National Guard — Against Federal Law Enforcement
Walz announced he’s “preparing the National Guard” and they’re “prepared to be deployed if necessary.”
Deployed against whom?
The only federal presence in Minneapolis is ICE agents conducting lawful immigration enforcement. The only violence came from a woman who tried to murder them.
Is Walz seriously suggesting he’ll use state military forces to obstruct federal law enforcement? That he’ll position National Guard troops between ICE agents and the illegal aliens they’re trying to arrest?
That’s not governance. That’s insurrection with extra steps.
“Sanctuary Politicians Have Created This Environment”
The DHS statement identified the root cause: “Sanctuary politicians have created an environment that encourages rampant assaults on law enforcement.”
For years, Minneapolis and Minnesota leaders have demonized ICE. They’ve declared their jurisdiction a sanctuary. They’ve told residents that immigration enforcement is illegitimate, that ICE agents are the enemy, that resistance is justified.
Renee Nicole Good apparently believed them. She believed it so strongly that she drove her car at federal officers, thinking she was doing something righteous.
Now she’s dead. And the politicians who radicalized her are blaming the officers who survived.
The Same Walz Who Let Billions Get Stolen
Remember, this is the same Tim Walz who presided over billions in fraud. The same governor who called journalist Nick Shirley a “delusional conspiracy theorist” for exposing fake daycares. The same politician who just announced he won’t seek re-election because the scandal became too big to survive.
His state is hemorrhaging federal money to organized fraud. Federal agents are in Minneapolis investigating that fraud. And Walz’s response is to declare war on the investigators.
The pattern is obvious. Walz doesn’t want federal scrutiny of Minnesota. He doesn’t want agents poking around in the fraud networks that flourished under his watch. He wants the feds gone — and he’s willing to use a woman’s death to make that happen.
“She/Her” Died Committing Domestic Terrorism
The deceased has been identified as Renee Nicole Good, 37. Social media indicates she used “she/her” pronouns.
She died attempting to murder federal law enforcement officers with her vehicle.
This is who Tim Walz is defending. This is whose death he’s using to justify threatening the National Guard against ICE. This is the “victim” in his narrative.
A domestic terrorist who tried to kill cops.
What “War” Actually Means
Walz used the word “war” twice — Tuesday and Wednesday.
Words matter. When a sitting governor declares his state is at war with the federal government, that’s not hyperbole. That’s positioning for confrontation.
What does war with the federal government look like? Does Walz plan to physically prevent ICE operations? Will National Guard troops face off against federal agents? Is Minnesota prepared for the legal and constitutional consequences of actively obstructing federal law enforcement?
Probably not. Walz is probably just grandstanding for a progressive base that wants to hear tough talk against Trump.
But words have consequences. Rhetoric has consequences. When politicians tell their constituents they’re at war with federal agents, some constituents take it literally.
Renee Nicole Good took it literally. She’s dead now.
Democrats Blame the Victim’s Targets
The Minneapolis mayor told ICE to “get the f**k out.” City councilmembers suggested agents should have “just moved” out of the way of the car. Ilhan Omar called Trump “delusional” for describing the attack accurately.
And now Walz declares war and threatens troops.
Not one Democratic official in Minnesota has condemned the attack itself. Not one has acknowledged that trying to run over federal agents is terrorism. Not one has expressed sympathy for the officers who nearly died.
Their entire response has been to blame the people who survived for the death of the person who attacked them.
That’s not leadership. That’s complicity.
The Bottom Line
A woman tried to murder ICE agents with her car. She failed because an officer defended himself. She’s dead.
Tim Walz responded by declaring Minnesota is “at war” with the federal government and threatening to deploy the National Guard.
This is a sitting governor — already disgraced by fraud scandals — positioning his state for confrontation with federal law enforcement over their refusal to be murdered.
The agents were doing their jobs. The attacker committed domestic terrorism. The governor is siding with the terrorist.
Minnesota voters need to remember this. The country needs to remember this.
Tim Walz just told you exactly who he is.
Believe him.
