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highplainsdem

(60,317 posts)
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:18 PM 18 hrs ago

Stephen Miller claims local police in Minnesota have been told to 'stand down and surrender' as federal agents 'uphold t

Source: Independent

Stephen Miller claims local police in Minnesota have been told to ‘stand down and surrender’ as federal agents ‘uphold the law’

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Miller, the architect behind the Trump administration’s anti-immigration agenda, made the claim in a X post Sunday night.

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“Only federal officers are upholding the law,” claimed Miller. “Local and state police have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”

The Minneapolis Police Department denied Miller’s claim in a statement to The Independent.

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Miller was responding to another social media post by New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, who claimed “local cops have gone AWOL” in Minneapolis.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-ice-minneapolis-protests-b2903238.html

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Stephen Miller claims local police in Minnesota have been told to 'stand down and surrender' as federal agents 'uphold t (Original Post) highplainsdem 18 hrs ago OP
Um...is this in Miller-world or the real world? Aristus 18 hrs ago #1
It's in the crazy world he apparently shares with Trump. highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #2
Everyone saw it muriel_volestrangler 17 hrs ago #7
Quiet, anal polyp SheltieLover 18 hrs ago #3
He's trying to psyche people out JustAnotherGen 18 hrs ago #4
How does a police officer surrender? And where are the orders stating that local police are to surrender too? SWBTATTReg 18 hrs ago #5
I guess he sent them all tweets from Truth Social? FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #6
There is no use debating a nazi. This is the sort of Klarkashton 17 hrs ago #8
"Surrender"? As in, "they"ve taken MN."? Buddyzbuddy 17 hrs ago #9
I think all the crazy shit that comes out of tfg's mouth starts in millers brain.. He is the puppet master..nt mitch96 16 hrs ago #10
Oh really? Good luck with that! Martin68 14 hrs ago #11
You know if the local police start beating an ICE prick... Crowman2009 14 hrs ago #12
Local cops have been AWOL since Floyd's murder. iemanja 13 hrs ago #13
People--including The Daily Beast--have been losing their minds over this all day, but it is obvious... Ol Janx Spirit 10 hrs ago #14
He's acting like he's the president. QED 10 hrs ago #15
remember when repukes were all about STATES RIGHTS? Skittles 9 hrs ago #16

SWBTATTReg

(26,089 posts)
5. How does a police officer surrender? And where are the orders stating that local police are to surrender too?
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:35 PM
18 hrs ago

Buddyzbuddy

(2,198 posts)
9. "Surrender"? As in, "they"ve taken MN."?
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:21 PM
17 hrs ago

"Mr. President, sir, we got you a consultation prize."

mitch96

(15,677 posts)
10. I think all the crazy shit that comes out of tfg's mouth starts in millers brain.. He is the puppet master..nt
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:19 PM
16 hrs ago

Crowman2009

(3,424 posts)
12. You know if the local police start beating an ICE prick...
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 09:11 PM
14 hrs ago

...I'll look the other way and move on.

Ol Janx Spirit

(771 posts)
14. People--including The Daily Beast--have been losing their minds over this all day, but it is obvious...
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 01:00 AM
10 hrs ago

...that what he is doing here is claiming that officials in Minnesota have ordered their police departments to "stand down" and not help ICE--thus laying the groundwork for invoking the Insurrection Act.

It seems that people have misconstrued his statement to mean that he ordered local police to stand down, but what I believe he is saying actually lays the groundwork for much more insidious actions.

He is also lying--of course.

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