Dems who praised cop for killing J6 protester now condemn ICE for shooting MN agitator

By Fox News · Fox News

Democrats have come out against federal law enforcement's use of lethal force following shootings involving federal immigration officials in Minneapolis and Portland last week, with some going so far as to accuse them of murder. However, their attitudes about lethal force after a U.S. Capitol police officer killed Ashli Babbitt paint a very different picture of these Democrats' views on police using lethal force. As recently as this year, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who have rebuked Trump administration arguments that shootings involving federal immigration officials last week were justified, also rebuked a multi-million dollar settlement awarded to the family of Ashli Babbitt earlier this year, calling it a "slap in the face" and a "sickening message to police." Babbitt was shot and killed by a U.S. Capitol police officer during the Jan. 6 riot as she was pushing and beating against a door that led into the Speaker's Lobby just outside the House chamber along with a mob of others. Several other Democrats who supported law enforcement's actions on Jan. 6, 2021, have gone off on federal border patrol officials following the Portland and Minneapolis shootings last week, with some going so far as calling them murderers. VANCE DOUBLES DOWN ON 'DISGUSTING' PRESS AS NEW FOOTAGE FROM ICE SHOOTING SURFACES, ACCUSES OUTLETS OF 'LYING' In Minneapolis, a woman accused of interfering with federal deportation efforts was fatally shot by ICE in Minneapolis, while an illegal immigrant couple who DHS said were deeply involved in criminal activity were shot by CBP agents in Portland after the driver of the car tried to ram his vehicle into agents. Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., referred to the actions of ICE in Minneapolis as "murder" in a post on X. However, just days before, on the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot, Goldman reintroduced legislation to "honor those who defended the capitol" when a mob took it over in 202…