Angie Craig confronts Tom Emmer in heated exchange after fatal ICE shooting

Rep. Angie Craig had just watched the video of ICE agents shoot and kill Renee Nicole Good of Minneapolis when she heard her colleague, Rep. Tom Emmer, tell reporters not to jump to conclusions about the incident.

Then Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem characterized the incident as an “act of domestic terrorism.”

“Everything Kristi Noem said we could see with our own eyes wasn’t true,” Craig said.

So, she decided to confront Emmer, whom she’s served with for nearly a decade, on the floor of the U.S. House.

“I said, ‘This political stunt got a woman killed today,’ ” Craig said in an interview about the exchange. She said Emmer kept telling her to “knock it off” and later to “take a walk.”

The Trump administration has stepped up immigration enforcement across the Twin Cities amid intense national pressure driven by Republicans to investigate fraud in Minnesota as the crisis has widened.

As many as 2,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are slated to disperse throughout the Twin Cities. Emmer, a close ally of Trump, has been a champion of the administration’s response to the fraud crisis and has applauded the decision to send ICE to Minnesota.

Another person stepped in between them to break up their argument. Rep. Betty McCollum, another Minnesota Democrat, pulled Craig away from Emmer.

“I candidly told him that ‘I don’t know who you are; you’re not the man that I knew eight years ago,’ ” Craig said. “And I told him I’m calling him out.”

Emmer’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Once the video of the shooting emerged, Emmer said he would not jump to any conclusions about the agent’s motives and that he was praying for every agent’s safety. He criticized Gov. Tim Walz for “inciting violence,” implying that it was part of what led to the shooting.

“I’ve watched the video pretty close. People need to understand that there’s an ICE officer standing directly in front of the car when it starts to accelerate. What the driver was thinking, what was going on, we’re going to have to wait and find out as the investigation unfolds,” Emmer said during an interview on Fox News.

A single Truth Social post from Trump questioning Emmer’s loyalty tanked his chances at becoming House Speaker in 2023. But since that time, Emmer and Trump’s relationship has come full circle.

Emmer got a glowing early endorsement from Trump in his re-election bid last month and has taken at least two trips to Mar-a-Lago ahead of the new year.

“Tom has become an absolute mouthpiece to the Trump administration,” Craig said. “Over the last several years, he’s worked really hard to get into Trump’s good graces, and congratulations to him, but you’re letting the people of Minnesota down.”