Conservatives flip script on Walz, Dems for using 'dangerous' Nazi-era term to define ICE

The Trump administration and Republican lawmakers slammed Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for comparing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations to the Gestapo, which was a police force in Nazi Germany.

"When you compare the old films of the Gestapo grabbing people off the streets of Poland, and you compare them to those nondescript thugs... it does look like a Gestapo operation," Lynch said at the House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday where Walz, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker were facing questions over their state’s immigration policies, particularly on compliance with federal authorities.

The White House’s rapid response account slammed the remarks as "disgusting."

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