Former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg slammed the Trump administration’s response to the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent, calling out Vice President JD Vance for what he described as “dangerous” rhetoric and “pure propaganda.”
During a Sunday appearance on MS NOW’s The Weekend, the 25-year-old gun control activist argued that administration officials, including Vance and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, were premature in labeling Good a “domestic terrorist” before a full investigation had taken place.
“I just think about how incredibly dangerous this rhetoric is,” Hogg told co-host Eugene Daniels. “Regardless of what she wants to say about this person, they were calling her a domestic terrorist before her body was cold.”
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The controversy stems from the Wednesday shooting in Minneapolis. Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated that the agent fired in self-defense because Good was “attempting to run over our law enforcement officers.” Secretary Noem later compared Good’s actions to domestic terrorism.
Hogg took specific aim at Vance, labeling him the “vice tyrant of the United States” for defending the shooting without offering public evidence beyond what is available on social media.
“I would argue, if you’re going to be the vice president of the United States… you’re going to need to show us more evidence than we can find ourselves on Twitter, at a bare minimum,” Hogg said.
He further criticized Vance’s legal background, suggesting the Yale Law graduate is deliberately misleading the public. “It’s not like he doesn’t know better,” Hogg said. “He actually is out there with his JD and knows exactly what he’s saying, which is pure propaganda at this point.”
Vance addressed the incident during a White House press briefing on Thursday, accusing the media of distorting the facts.
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“You people in the media… have been lying about this attack,” Vance said. “Everybody who’s been repeating the lie that this is some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement officer shot at her, you should be ashamed of yourselves.”
The narrative around the shooting has been complicated by video footage released Friday by Alpha News. The clip, filmed from an ICE officer’s perspective, captures the moments leading up to the gunfire. In the video, Good’s wife, Rebecca, can be heard shouting at agents to “come at us” before appearing to yell “Drive, baby, drive.” The vehicle is then seen moving toward the agent before shots are fired.
Hogg’s comments come months after his own recent headlines involving his organization, Leaders We Deserve, and his removal from the DNC vice chair position after serving only four months.
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