Fox host says the “normal” Minneapolis residents she knows are “very embarrassed” about the protests
Rachel Campos-Duffy: “There is an absolute organized thing going on here with the democratic socialists, all kinds of NGOs. ... Democrats often see a political advantage in seeing this kind of chaos.”
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From the January 25, 2026, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends Weekend
RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY (CO-HOST): I heard, when you were doing the wall walk there, Griff, the mayor saying "long-time residents." I happen to know a lot of residents and they're normal. The normal ones are very embarrassed about this and understand that a lot of these people are astroturfed. There is an absolute organized thing going on here with the democratic socialists, all kinds of NGOs. The level of organization, we heard Matt Finn say listen, if you be pull up into a gas station they immediately swarm, they take pictures, they think you're ICE. There is a pattern here, an organized effort to intimidate ICE and get them out of the city. And who is behind that? Who is benefiting from it? Remember this was where BLM happened, just before the last election. Democrats often see a political advantage in seeing this kind of chaos and I think that's something we need to look into, who is funding this? Who is benefiting from this? Because people are getting hurt.