Washington, 09 January (H.S.): Vice President JD Vance launched a ferocious broadside from the White House briefing room on Thursday against Democrats, mainstream media, and a purported left-wing network, framing the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Minneapolis mother Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer as a tragedy of her own making amid spiraling protests across U.S. cities.

In a rare, combative appearance punctuated by raised tones, Vance dismissed fears of prejudging the FBI-led investigation into Wednesday's confrontation on a snowy Portland Avenue in Minneapolis's Central neighborhood, where Good—described by loved ones as a compassionate poet, English graduate from Old Dominion University, and mother to children aged 15, 12, and 6—was killed while idling in her maroon Honda Pilot near an immigration enforcement operation.

He asserted video footage conclusively proves Good accelerated toward agent Jonathan Ross, allegedly striking him despite ambiguities in bystander recordings showing the vehicle reversing briefly before advancing without clear contact, as contested by Mayor Jacob Frey who branded self-defense arguments garbage and Governor Tim Walz who decried federal propaganda.

Vance expressed fleeting pity, labeling Good brainwashed by far-left ideology that mobilized a lunatic fringe assault on law enforcement.Trump Team Entrenches Amid Disputes and Escalation ThreatsPresident Donald Trump reinforced Vance's account, claiming Good viciously ran over the hospitalized officer—a narrative challenged by footage analysis from NBC News, Al Jazeera, and eyewitnesses indicating no vehicle impact—while Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem upheld the discharge as self-preservation during the Trump administration's unprecedented deployment of 2,000 federal agents targeting undocumented criminals in Democratic enclaves.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt vowed intensified operations against killers, rapists, and pedophiles, attributing Good's death to sinister left-wing obstructionism and rebuffing Minnesota Democrats' demands to cease what they decry as recklessly provocative raids.

This flashpoint exemplifies Trump's second-term immigration blitzkrieg, augmented by National Guard support and floated Insurrection Act activation to bypass court challenges, as Vance pilloried corporate media for endangering officers via disgraceful portrayals of Good as innocent.

He advocated electoral outlets over unrest to vent policy grievances and disclosed an imminent assistant attorney general nomination—backed by Senate Majority Leader John Thune for rapid confirmation—to prosecute Minnesota welfare fraud, notably in childcare programs, intertwining enforcement with fiscal scrutiny amid a probe now federalized by the FBI, sidelining state authorities.

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