It is honestly exhausting keeping up with the gaslighting coming out of this administration.
JD Vance is currently facing some serious backlash, and frankly, he deserves every bit of it.
The Vice President is claiming that an ICE agent involved in a fatal shooting is protected by “absolute immunity.”
Legal experts are calling this assertion particularly bizarre.
Why is it bizarre?
Because Vance went to law school.
He knows better.
The “Absolute Immunity” Fantasy
Vance: He is protected by absolute immunity. He was doing his job. The idea that Tim Walz and a bunch of radicals are going to go after him and make his life miserable because he was doing the job that he was asked to do is preposterous. pic.twitter.com/AfwpFvhLsC
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 8, 2026
Here is what went down.
Vance stood in front of reporters at the White House on Thursday to defend an officer who shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.
Vance declared that the ICE agent was engaging in “federal law enforcement action” at the time.
He claimed this means the agent is shielded from any legal blowback.
He is echoing the Department of Homeland Security’s narrative that the fatal shooting was an act of “self-defense.”
Then he dropped this gem of a quote.
“That’s a federal issue. That guy is protected by absolute immunity. He was doing his job,” Vance told reporters.
Apparently, in MAGA land, “doing your job” means you can do whatever you want without consequences.
CNN Calls BS
Elliot Williams, a former deputy assistant attorney general for the Obama administration, went on CNN to dismantle this nonsense.
Williams suggested the vice president was deliberately lying to the public on Friday morning.
It was a brutal takedown.
“That is not correct, and the vice president of the United States went to literally the most prestigious law school on the planet and knows that that’s not accurate,” the network’s legal analyst said.
Williams explained that while officers have broad immunity, it is not absolute.
“That said, when someone steps far outside the bounds of either state or local law or, frankly, even their own guidelines as law enforcement officials, absolutely, they can be held accountable both by the agency they work for or state, local or federal authorities,” said Williams.
He added: “So that’s just simply not an accurate statement from the vice president.”
Reality vs. The Trump Narrative
The Trump administration insists Good “weaponized” her vehicle.
However, footage from the scene contradicts that version of events completely.
It shows her vehicle pulling away from the ICE agent as he opens fire.
Vance’s claim has been met with a torrent of skepticism from experts.
I am sure they will get back to them with a very reasonable explanation any day now.
Video of the Minneapolis ICE shooting completely contradicting ICE's account that the driver was trying to ram anyone. Looks like they were turning around to leave, and immediately lit up pic.twitter.com/PwUZkPkIVt
— Abject Zero (@AbjectZero) January 7, 2026
Blocking Justice
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is trying to do the right thing.
He has vowed to “do everything possible to get to the bottom of this, to get justice, and to make sure that there is an investigation that is conducted in full.”
But state authorities say their criminal investigators have been blocked from investigating by Trump officials.
Of course they have.
TheGrim Statistics
This isn’t an isolated incident.
Good was one of four people killed in ICE raids since Trump’s immigration crackdown began last year.
This data comes from an analysis by nonprofit news outlet The Trace.
The Trace cited data from the Gun Violence Archive and reports from news outlets.
They documented 31 incidents overall since the crackdown began in July.
These are cases where immigration agents either shot someone or pointed guns at individuals.
The outlet found that at least three people were shot while observing or documenting immigration raids.
Five others were wounded as they attempted to flee traffic stops or evade enforcement operations.
It gets worse.
The figures “are likely an undercount, as shootings involving immigration agents are not always publicly reported,” the outlet reported.
Vance can use all the fancy legal words he wants.
But we see what is really happening.
