Gov. Mikie Sherrill's decision to send State Police to anti-ICE protests in Newark was meant to keep the Trump administration from escalating the situation. Instead, it has opened her administration to criticism from a fellow Democrat and others on the left.
The intervention from state officials also set up an unusual alignment where the Trump administration highlighted videos of State Police arresting protestors.
Sherrill sent in State Police precisely so Trump wouldn't have a pretext to surge ICE, and ended up handing his administration ready-made footage of Democratic troopers cuffing anti-ICE protesters while her own base branded them ICE-lite anyway. 🤦♂️
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Sherrill sent in State Police precisely so Trump wouldn't have a pretext to surge ICE, and ended up handing his administration ready-made footage of Democratic troopers cuffing anti-ICE protesters while her own base branded them ICE-lite anyway. 🤦♂️