Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Sen. Tina Smith spoke at a “No Kings” rally in Minneapolis over the weekend that was supported by the Twin Cities chapter of the Communist Party USA.
Ellison, a Democrat who is considering a run for a third term, attacked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers as President Donald Trump’s “secret police.”
“It is shocking and it is a little disconcerting when you think about how this president, this wannabe king, has declared war on his own citizens in cities across this nation,” Ellison said during the anti-Trump rally.
“And his secret police, which is snatching our neighbors as they’re wearing masks across their faces. And they should wear masks because they should be ashamed of what they’re doing. But if they were legitimate at all they wouldn’t have to do that, which is why they’re doing it,” Ellison continued, accusing ICE of “kidnapping people off the streets.”
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The rally, one of thousands that was planned for Saturday across the country, counted the Twin Cities Club of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) among its “event supporters.”
The CPUSA “Party Program” describes capitalism as the “cause of many world problems” and the “main obstacle to finding real and lasting solutions.”
“To solve the challenges facing humanity, we need to replace capitalism with socialism, a system of cooperation, democracy, and equality,” it says, noting that CPUSA is “guided by Marxism-Leninism.”
As the Daily Caller reported, CPUSA has also praised Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, who died in 2016.
Other “supporters” of the No Kings rally included the Party for Socialism and Liberation Twin Cities and the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which has faced widespread criticism for its practice of bailing out offenders accused of violent crimes.
Anthony Gockowski
Anthony Gockowski is Editor-in-Chief of Alpha News. He previously worked as an editor for The Minnesota Sun and Campus Reform, and wrote for the Daily Caller.
