On Thursday, during an appearance on “Morning Joe,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) doubled down on anti-ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) rhetoric even as details continue to unfold regarding the deadly shooting at a facility in Dallas, Texas.
The Gateway Pundit reported that 29-year-old Joshua Jahn opened fire on a Dallas ICE facility, leaving one detainee dead and critically injuring two others before he turned a gun on himself.
The attack was not a random “lone wolf” one, but was a premeditated domestic terrorist attack, in which the perpetrator left behind chilling handwritten terror notes, explicitly plotting to murder ICE agents and spread fear among federal employees tasked with enforcing immigration law.
One note written by Jahn read, “Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘is there a sniper with AP rounds on that roof?”
During Murphy’s appearance, he said Democrats should continue condemning ICE, and the language used by the left to demonize ICE is not an “incitement of violence.”
“This president, this vice president has had a chance now since the assassination of Charlie Kirk to bring the country together, to try and stamp out all sorts of violence, including political violence, and they refuse to do that,” Murphy said.
“What they are trying to do is exploit these murders, these shootings, in order to silence only dissent and political opposition on the left.”
“No, criticizing the way that ICE is rounding up people in this country in a deeply inhumane and immoral way is not an incitement to violence.”
“There is a moment where you cross the line, but what they are trying to do is to destroy the ability for people who oppose their policies to legitimately engage in political debate.”
Watch:
Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy said that his party should not tone down its rhetoric against ICE agents.
Everyone needs to understand this. The Democrats WANT their people to kill Conservatives. That is the goal. They won’t change their tactics.
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— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) September 25, 2025
Encouraged by the left’s rhetoric, attacks on ICE agents continue to grow.
The Daily Caller Foundation reports:
ICE facilities have faced a substantial increase in attacks since Trump began cracking down on illegal immigration on Jan. 20. Agents have endured a 1000% increase in assaults against them and the doxxing of themselves and their families, according to DHS.
Authorities have charged at least 11 individuals in connection with an ambush on an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, in July, which led to the injury of a police officer who was shot in the neck. An active shooter also shot at Border Patrol agents at a facility in McAllen, Texas, in July.
Murphy himself has comfortably used violent language against his political opponents, declaring the day before Charlie Kirk was assassinated, “we are in a war” with Republicans and “so you have to be willing to whatever is necessary” to save the country, yet seems surprised when violent rhetoric begets violence.
Senator Chris Murphy, yesterday:
“We’re in a war right now to save this country. And so you have to be willing to do whatever is necessary in order to save the country.” pic.twitter.com/bdj1rlsDT5
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 10, 2025
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