Minneapolis is burning again and Democrats learned nothing from last time.
They got a harsh reality check.
And John Kennedy had three words for Democrats that left them seething with rage.
Kennedy Calls Out The "Karen Wing" Running The Democrat Party
Senator John Kennedy watched Minneapolis erupt in protests after a fatal ICE shooting and saw Democrats reaching for the same playbook that turned their city into a war zone.
"Weapons-grade stupid" — that's how the Louisiana Senator torched Democrats' defund-the-police disaster in his Fox News op-ed.
Before George Floyd's death, defunding police was a fringe idea "only popular among Marxist academics and soy-latte drinking, NPR-tote bag carrying Karens," Kennedy wrote.
The "Karen wing of the Democratic Party" saw Floyd's death as their golden opportunity.
Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey faced a choice in 2020 — ignore the mob and restore order, or defund and demoralize every officer to appease the activists.
They chose Door #2 and Minneapolis paid in blood.
Carjackings exploded 93% and murders jumped 44% after Democrats dismantled law enforcement.
The city's police force collapsed from 888 officers to just 571 — a 36% nosedive it still hasn't recovered from.
Commercial burglaries shot up 43% and Minneapolis nearly broke its all-time murder record set back in 1995.
Walz and Frey want to run the same play with ICE after the January 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good.
Bruce Springsteen's releasing anti-ICE songs while Frey tells federal agents to "get the f*** out of Minneapolis."
Kennedy dropped cold truth about human nature.
"There are some people in this world who enjoy hurting other people and taking other people's stuff," Kennedy wrote. "These people aren't sick. They're not confused. They're just antisocial."
Murderers, thieves, and carjackers don't need hugs — they need jail cells.
Democrats sold the lie that cops are worse than criminals.
The defund movement backfired fast.
Police departments nationwide still operate with 6% fewer officers than 2020.
Minneapolis can't hire cops back — applicants dropped from 292 in 2019 to just 57 now.
Nobody wants to work for politicians who spent years calling them bigots and murderers.
Voters rejected a ballot measure to abolish police by 56-44 in November 2021.
Even predominantly black neighborhoods voted it down after watching the nightmare destroy their communities.
Democrats claim enforcing immigration law is "racist" and vetting migrants equals "White supremacy."
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed lawsuits to halt ICE while activists set up makeshift "checkpoints" to track federal agents.
Kennedy Reminds Democrats About The Supremacy Clause
Trump deployed 2,000 agents to Minneapolis for Operation Metro Surge following massive fraud allegations.
Democrats mobilized to hamstring the operation using identical tactics that kneecapped local police.
Kennedy shut that down.
"Rioters do not get to dictate which laws the federal government enforces, which illegal aliens it deports, or which types of fraud it investigates," Kennedy wrote.
The Supremacy Clause gives the federal government that authority and states can't legally obstruct legitimate federal law enforcement.
Walz and Frey "must follow their hearts," Kennedy said.
"I'm just asking them to take their brains with them."
Biden's open border policies created the mess Trump inherited — terrorists crossing into America and cartels flooding communities with drugs and trafficked humans.
ICE and Border Patrol worked from day one to restore order despite Democrats trying to dismantle them.
Kennedy dropped his knockout punch on Democrats rushing to repeat their biggest failure.
"It was weapons-grade stupid to defund the police in 2020," Kennedy wrote. "It is just as dumb to defund ICE today."
Crime exploded across every category while police forces shrunk and morale collapsed.
The "Karen wing" controls Democrat leadership and they're terrified of crossing the activists.
"Not people like John Fetterman, but the Democrats are scared of them," Kennedy said.
That fear drove Walz and Frey to defund police in 2020 and it's driving them to attack ICE now.
Democrats see chaos as opportunity to gut law enforcement.
Minneapolis residents already lived through this disaster.
They watched their city burn, their neighbors murdered, and their police decimated because Democrats chose political posturing over public safety.
Those same Democrats want to apply that failed playbook to immigration enforcement.
Voters handed Trump a mandate to secure the border and restore law and order.
Rioters don't get to overrule that mandate no matter how many celebrities join their cause.
Kennedy's asking Democrats to use their brains instead of following their hearts off another cliff.
The "Karen wing" is calling the shots and history says they'll choose Door #2 again.
Sources:
- John Kennedy, "Democrats' defund-the-police plan failed, but here they go again," Fox News, February 6, 2026.
- Charles Fain Lehman, quoted in Fox News Digital, "Ilhan Omar's city experiences sharp increase in crimes," August 15, 2022.
- TIME, "Minneapolis Struggles to Reform Police After George Floyd," May 25, 2022.
- The Heritage Foundation, "8 Cities That Help Explain National Crime Wave," 2023.
- CNN, "How the 2020 protests have influenced the Minneapolis response to Renee Good's killing," January 16, 2026.
- KROC News, "Minneapolis Police See 36% Drop in Sworn Officers After George Floyd's Murder," October 24, 2023.
