I think my presence here should tell you that fear and intimidation doesn't work on me. The president's rhetoric, the attacks from him since I've gotten into public office has always been to stop me from being in public service, she said. To intimidate me, to make me want to quit and my only message is it hasn't worked thus far and it's not going to work in the future.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Luke Breen, co-owner of specialty bike shop Perennial Cycle in uptown Minneapolis. The following conversation has been edited for brevity and clarity. Perennial is a specialty bike shop. We do cargo bikes, city utility bikes, and commuting bikes, and have been a niche business for 33 years. Perennial focuses on community events. Last year, we did 35 organized community rides.
Kong Vang posted the clip to Facebook, where it has since received more than 400,000 views, according to FOX 9 KMSP. Vang told the outlet that he was working from home Monday afternoon in the city's Frogtown neighborhood when his mother alerted him that someone was outside. He said he grabbed his phone and started recording because he believed the person at the door could be ICE.
A global contest is escalating between democratic institutions governed by the rule of law and lawless dictators who seek to enrich themselves and their cronies. Here at home, President Trump's tariffs are driving up costs for families. Millions of Americans have lost their health insurance so that Republicans could fund tax breaks for rich people. ICE is sowing chaos and terror in our communities, resulting in the tragic killing of Renee Good in Minnesota.