{"id":178802,"date":"2026-01-27T08:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=178802"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:13:01","slug":"minnesota-guard-aids-anti-ice-demonstrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=178802","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Guard Aids Anti-ICE Demonstrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178803 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minn-guard-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minn-guard-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minn-guard-500x333.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minn-guard-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/minn-guard.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>From the Department of YGTBSM<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>National Guard in Minnesota hands out coffee, donuts to anti-ICE protesters<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Guard member called the action a &#8216;demonstration of safety and security&#8217; as tensions rise over recent fatal shootings<\/em><br \/>\nBy Stephen Sorace<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Minnesota National Guard was seen handing out coffee and donuts to anti-ICE protesters in St. Paul on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Video captured guardsmen in yellow vests offering donuts and coffee out the back of a vehicle. One National Guard member told WCCO-TV that this was a &#8220;demonstration of safety and security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota National Guard posted on X earlier this month that if troops were deployed to the Twin Cities, they would wear reflective vests &#8220;to help distinguish them from other agencies in similar uniforms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The guardsmen in the video were seen one day after a Border Patrol agent shot and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex J. Pretti after he allegedly confronted officers during a Department of Homeland Security operation in south Minneapolis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/national-guard-minnesota-hands-out-coffee-donuts-anti-ice-protesters\">Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seriously? Not a lot to add here, except thanks to AW1 Rod for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Department of YGTBSM National Guard in Minnesota hands out coffee, donuts to anti-ICE protesters &hellip; <a title=\"Minnesota Guard Aids Anti-ICE Demonstrations\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=178802\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Minnesota Guard Aids Anti-ICE Demonstrations<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":178803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,472,406,652],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-democrats","category-guest-link","category-the-stupid-is-strong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/178803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}