Right-Wing Influencers Have Flooded Minneapolis
Makena Kelly
created: Jan. 12, 2026, 7:03 p.m. | updated: Jan. 13, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
In the days since a masked federal agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, right-wing creators and influencers like Nick Sortor and Cam Higby have descended on Minneapolis, filming protesters and interviewing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
ICE just SMASHED a leftist activist’s car window in and pulled them out after they interfered in ICE’s operations in Minneapolis.
In one video posted on Friday, Kevin Posobiec, a creator for the far-right Human Events website, highlighted how protesters seemingly shut down traffic in downtown Minneapolis.
Since at least last summer, right-wing influencers have embedded with immigration officials during ICE raids as a means of justifying the administration’s crackdowns.
Right-wing influencers started arriving in Minneapolis shortly after a YouTube video from Nick Shirley, a right-wing creator, went viral in December claiming to uncover a purported $100 million fraud scheme involving Somali child care centers.
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