WASHINGTON — Emotions run high as Minnesota’s attorney general appears before a Senate committee to answer questions about law enforcement interaction with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in that state. AG Keith Ellison sat before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee when Sen. Ron Johnson took issue with his demeanor during questioning………
Johnson had spent his five minutes of questioning time to claim that trained activists were encouraged to prevent ICE from performing its duties and that was to blame for the shooting deaths of two people.
Here is their full exchange:
Heated exchange between @SenRonJohnson and Minnesota @AGEllison:
Johnson: "A tragedy was going to happen, and you encouraged it, and you ought to feel damn guilty about it."
Ellison: "Everything you said was untrue. It was a nice theatrical performance, but it was all lies." pic.twitter.com/FtQN2MWPCb
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 12, 2026
