By Wayne Allyn Root
No one on earth can question my loyalties. I’m a “ride or die” guy. I’m 110% behind President Trump for life. He is the greatest President of my lifetime.
I’m also 110% behind ICE and mass deportation. We either win this battle, or we lose America.
Open borders and mass illegal immigration are the Democrats’ official plan to destroy America, American exceptionalism, capitalism and the GOP. This plan is a combination of “Cloward-Piven” and “The Great Replacement.”
Along the way, this lawless, open borders, foreign invasion of America has bankrupted and ruined our healthcare system and our public school system.
It has added unimaginable levels of spending, deficit, and debt. It’s eating up the budget, it’s eating up welfare, food stamps and Medicaid.
It has led to a massive crime wave in every big city run by Democrats and filled with illegal aliens.
It has led to the murder, rape and robbery of thousands of precious, innocent, Americans each year- your daughters, sons, moms and dads.
It has filled our nation with lethal drugs- leading to the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of our citizens annually.
We have no choice. This battle is “ride or die.” We either win it, and make America great again…or lose it, and lose America forever.
That’s why PR, optics, and perception is everything. President Trump will never lose the 40% or so of Americans who identify as conservative MAGA patriots. He will never win over the 30% of Americans who identify as liberal.
That leaves the 30% in the middle.
At this moment, like it, or not, we have to admit we are losing the PR battle for those 30% in the middle.
It doesn’t matter whether we are right. It doesn’t matter if the ICE shooting of Alex Pretti was legally justified.
It doesn’t matter if the real parties to blame for his death are liberal politicians who are pushing riots and violence against ICE- Minnesota Governor Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Frey, and Minnesota AG Keith Ellison.
It doesn’t matter if this wasn’t a protest- but rather an organized, coordinated, communist color revolution riot, funded by enemies of America, built around hounding, harassing, intimidating, blocking and attacking ICE.
Still, the perception…the optics…and the PR are terrible.
ICE cannot be seen on video beating, shooting and killing American citizens. Or the American people will turn against ICE…and President Trump…and mass deportation. And that is what is happening right now.
I propose a SOLUTION…
This isn’t protest we are seeing. It’s anarchy, mixed with full scale insurrection. ICE should not be put in this untenable, unwinnable position.
Law enforcement cannot do their job while surrounded by screaming, cursing, whistle-blowing agitators. They can’t do their job while cars block them, surround them, or worse, threaten to run them over. They can’t do their job while violent rioters get in their face in the middle of an arrest.
And more of these protestors- whether they are misguided, or not- are going to get beaten, clubbed, shot and killed. That’s the kind of PR, optics and perception that will damage the Trump presidency, and the GOP midterms, and the mass deportation plan.
So, I propose we treat every ICE operation in Minneapolis (and in every other city moving forward) just like we treat the GOP and Democrat Conventions.
We allow free speech at presidential conventions, but we don’t allow it anywhere near the conventions. Protestors are allowed all the protest and free speech they want- but blocks away in designated “protest zones.”
Result? No death, no injuries, no beatings, no confrontations, no terrorism threat, no intimidation, no anarchy in the streets, no riots, no PR problems. And everyone is safe.
ICE has got to be able to conduct legal law enforcement operations unimpeded by protesters or violent rioters.
For the safety of ICE agents just doing their jobs…and yes, even for the safety of crazed, violent, mentally-deranged, liberal protesters…and for the safety of innocent bystanders…
We need designated “PROTEST ZONES”- just like the GOP and Democrat Conventions.
Everyone can protest all they want- they get their free speech. That’s what makes America great. But far away from dangerous ICE operations.
This is so simple. This is how we keep agitators away from ICE, and active ICE operations. And this is how we keep protestors and agitators safe and alive- which is what the American people want.
But here’s the caveat- to achieve this, ICE requires cooperation from local law enforcement. If they can’t, or won’t do it, in deep blue cities and states, then ICE must be accompanied by National Guard troops to both enforce these “Protest Zones,” and to encircle and protect ICE officers.
We can never again conduct ICE operations in any city while citizens are allowed to interfere, blockade with cars, get in the middle of arrests, surround, or intimidate ICE officers.
If not an official “PROTEST ZONE,” then simply have local police or National Guard encircle a few blocks in all directions around any ICE operation, so no protesters can ever again get close, and put lives in danger.
Now, if anyone dares to break that safe zone, all bets are off. And everyone will now understand these are bad guys, these are troublemakers, these are criminals.
They were warned. They were given options. Now we are free to arrest anyone who chooses to leave a safe zone. These are not protesters, but are clearly rioters, professional troublemakers, insurrectionists, or domestic terrorists.
I don’t care if there’s an official “protest zone.” I don’t care if it’s a mile away, or a few blocks away. Or just a sealed-off four block radius around any ICE operation, enforced by police or National Guard.
My point is- no angry or violent civilian protester or agitator ever again gets close to ICE officers, or active ICE operations.
And anyone who does, gets arrested. PERIOD.
Problem solved.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wayne Allyn Root is a CEO, businessman, best-selling author, and national conservative TV and radio host, who has interviewed President Trump 16 times. Watch Wayne’s TV show “America’s Top Ten Countdown” on Real America’s Voice TV Saturdays at Noon ET and his video podcast “WAR Zone presented by The Gateway Pundit” daily from 6 PM to 8 PM ET at TheGatewayPundit.com. His website is ROOTforAmerica.com. Read Wayne’s latest fun book, “How Democrats Have Made America Great.” It’s 140 blank pages. The joke is on Democrats!
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