# Ellison Blames Trump ‘Escalation’ for Minnesota Shooting—Facts Be Damned

In a jaw-dropping display of political opportunism, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison appeared on Democracy Now! Friday and pinned the blame for the shooting of Renee Good squarely on President Trump’s rhetoric, declaring that the surge and escalation in the tactics directed by the president are directly responsible—and this, mind you, *before* any facts about the incident had fully emerged. Ellison’s statement, clipped mid-sentence in reports as Absent this, leaves little doubt: he’s preemptively convicting Trump of inciting violence, leaving aside particulars like the shooter’s identity, motive, or politics. This isn’t analysis; it’s a masterclass in narrative laundering, where a local tragedy becomes fodder for the anti-Trump, anti-2A machine. For context, Good was reportedly shot in a targeted incident, but Ellison’s rush to judgment echoes the playbook used after every high-profile shooting: deflect from root causes like mental health failures or criminal recidivism, and instead amplify calls for toning down speech that conservatives dare to utter.

Let’s dissect this with the clarity it deserves. Ellison, a hardcore progressive with a history of defending Antifa rioters and pushing soft-on-crime policies in a state plagued by rising violence, is gaslighting the public by inverting reality. Trump’s escalation? We’re talking fiery rally speeches that pale in comparison to the actual riots of 2020, where Democrat-led cities burned and BLM militants chanted death to America without a peep from Ellison’s crowd. Meanwhile, Minnesota’s permissive criminal justice reforms—championed by Ellison’s own party—have unleashed emboldened thugs, with violent crime spiking 20%+ in the Twin Cities since 2020 per FBI data. By blaming Trump, Ellison dodges scrutiny of his own backyard: lax bail policies, defund-the-police echoes, and a failure to enforce existing gun laws that might have stopped real threats. This isn’t leadership; it’s deflection, pure and simple.

For the 2A community, the implications are crystal clear and chilling. Ellison’s rhetoric is a trial balloon for post-2024 gun grabs, where any pro-gun voice—especially Trump’s—gets branded escalatory and thus complicit in violence. It’s the same sleight-of-hand that turned Kyle Rittenhouse into a villain while excusing actual rioters. 2A advocates must counter this aggressively: demand full investigations into shooters’ backgrounds (hint: rarely law-abiding Trump fans), highlight how armed good guys stop far more threats than they create (per FBI active shooter reports, 2023 data shows civilians intervening 14 times successfully), and expose how Ellison’s blame game erodes due process for everyone. If rhetoric is now a crime, the First Amendment dies first—and the Second follows. Stay vigilant, patriots; this is war by narrative, and we’re not buying it.