Morning Note

A woman got shot in the face.

Yes, yesterday’s Minnesota ICE shooting (the video is violent, bloody, and tough to watch. Please only click the link if you can handle it) is providing plenty of material for conservatives to score political points. The victim shouldn’t have blocked the road with her car, hundreds of hysterical protestors launched into their typical routines last night, and liberal leaders like Jacob Frey, who immediately declared it’s time for ICE to “get the f**k out of Minneapolis,” are predictably behaving like children. That’s all true. But it should be secondary to the tragedy of Renee Nicole Good losing her life. 

The 37-year-old was an American citizen and reportedly the mother of a kindergarten-aged child. Did we disagree with her views on immigration? Probably. But that shouldn’t matter. Her death is a tragedy, regardless of her partisan affiliations, ideological beliefs, or who pulled the trigger. A woman got shot in the face.

How come so few conservatives are…