Donald Trump’s team is taking the brunt of the blame for the rising chaos and increasingly deadly clashes in Minneapolis.
While the White House has deflected responsibility to Democrats in Minnesota for not cooperating with federal immigration enforcement, Americans say it’s the Trump administration’s fault that a second shooting of an American citizen has occurred within the month.
One third of the 1,027 registered voters surveyed in a new Daily Mail poll pin the blame on Trump for the proliferating violence in Minneapolis.
Another 20 percent say that specifically the mission of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are at fault, according to the poll conducted by JL Partners for the Daily Mail.
Taken together, 53 percent lay the blame at the feet of the Trump administration, compared with 35 percent who point the finger at Democrats.
The fallout has led to the president pulling Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem off of internal immigration enforcement, redirecting her to focus on border security.
White House Border Czar Tom Homan is now overseeing operations in Minneapolis.
Also on Monday, Trump spoke with Minnesota’s Democratic Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis’ Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey and said they are working together to bring down the temperature in the state.
Only a combined 35 percent of Americans think the left is at fault, according to the Daily Mail poll conducted January 26.
This is broken down by 20 percent who say that liberal groups and protesters are to blame for the situation in Minnesota and the remaining 15 percent saying that its Democratic leadership that should take the fall.
Even 12 percent of Republicans say that the Trump team is to blame, and another 12 percent say ICE and CBP are at fault.
Trump’s approval rating has been slipping throughout his first year back in office. While most of the time it’s due to the economy, many also point to their dissatisfaction with how ICE and CBP agents are enforcing federal immigration law.
A YouGov/Economist poll released January 13 in the wake of the shooting of Good – but before Pretti was killed – shows only 34 percent of Americans think ICE operations are making America more safe, and 47 percent think the mission is making the US more unsafe.
The issue, like most in the current US political climate, is highly polarizing, with 77 percent of Republicans believing ICE is making the US safe and only 3 percent of Democrats feeling the same.
The new Daily Mail polls shows that 52 percent of voters disapprove of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement, and only 38 percent approve.
How has leadership on all sides influenced the rising violence and tension in Minneapolis?
Comment now Even First Lady Melania Trump gave a rare political statement calling for ‘unity’ after weeks of deadly riots in Minnesota.
‘I’m against the violence, so please, if you protest, protest in peace,’ she told Fox & Friends on Tuesday during an appearance to promote her upcoming movie.
‘I know my husband, the President, had a great call yesterday with the governor and the mayor, and they’re working together to make it peaceful and without riots,’ Melania confirmed.
‘We need to unify in these times,’ she continued.
The First Lady’s decision to comment underlines the depth of public outcry after federal agents on Saturday shot dead 37-year-old Pretti in Minneapolis.
It came just over two weeks after Good, a poet, was also killed in the Minnesota city when she was shot in her car during a clash with immigration agents.
