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Home Front: Politix
Arizona AG Kris Mayes wildly suggests residents can shoot masked ICE agents under state's self-defense laws: ‘Recipe for disaster'
2026-01-23
[NY Post] She's a DemoCommie nut. She's also up for reelection. Do the right thing, AZ!
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes wildly suggested that residents can open fire on masked ICE agents if they feel their life is in danger under the state’s self-defense laws.

The Democrat, in a sit-down with 12 News anchor Brahm Resnik, warned that Arizona’s "Stand Your Ground" law, which allows citizens to use deadly force if they believe they’re in imminent danger, could become a "recipe for disaster" if protesters clash with immigration officers.

"It’s kind of a recipe for disaster because you have these masked federal officers with very little identification, sometimes no identification, wearing plain clothes and masks," Mayes said in the Monday interview, calling ICE "very poorly trained."

"And we have a Stand Your Ground law that says that if you reasonably believe that your life is in danger and you’re in your house or your car or on your property, that you can defend yourself with lethal force."

A flabbergasted Resnik repeatedly challenged Mayes, cautioning that her remarks could be interpreted as a "license" to residents to shoot a federal agent

She retorted that she was merely stating a "fact," not encouraging violence.

"If you’re being attacked by someone who is not identified as a peace officer — how do you know?" the state’s top prosecutor pressed, adding that "real cops don’t wear masks."

"I mean if somebody comes at me wearing a mask, by the way, I’m a gun owner, and I can’t tell whether they’re a police officer, what am I supposed to do? No, I’m not suggesting people pull out their guns, but this is a ’Don’t Tread On Me’ state."

The attorney general, who was elected in 2022, unleashed her jaw-dropping comments as immigration officers begin to spread into parts of the Grand Canyon State.
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Kris Mayes 09/18/2024 Former White House Chief of Staff Meadows denied transfer of Arizona election case to federal court

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