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Donna Ganger Says She Voted Trump, Then Denounced ICE After Renée Good’s Death
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Donna Ganger, mother of Renée Good, testified at Capitol Hill forum about the ICE shooting. She said she voted for Trump but now calls for accountability and change in ICE.
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Ganger Testifies on Capitol Hill
Donna Ganger told lawmakers Tuesday that she is a registered Republican who voted for President Donald Trump, then denounced the immigration enforcement that led to her daughter Renée Good’s death. Ganger made the remarks at a Capitol Hill forum on deadly shootings by federal immigration agents hosted by Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Representative Robert Garcia of California.
Ganger said she voted for Trump under the impression that ICE agents were there to protect citizens like her family from terrorists, not to treat them as one, and she called what happened “madness.” Ganger also said it is torture that her family could not protect Renée, and she said no one can guard against people determined to disregard the country’s constitutional rules and values.
Minneapolis Killings and Dispute
Renée Good, an unarmed 37-year-old mother of three, was shot and killed on January 7 in Minneapolis by ICE officer Jonathan Ross during a confrontation with federal agents. The mother of three was in her car when Ross fired three shots into her vehicle, striking her in the forearm, breast, and the left temple, and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide.
The administration claimed that Good had attempted to run over ICE officers with her vehicle, with top officials including Vice President JD Vance and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem labeling her as a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was also shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis two weeks later, and the operation was shut down shortly after his death with Tom Homan stepping in to take over the reins from Border Patrol “commander-at-large” Gregory Bovino.
Accountability Demands and Fallout
Ganger told the forum that “thoughts and prayers are not enough,” and she said “We need action. We need accountability.”
“But thoughts and prayers are not enough. We need action. We need accountability.”
Ganger said her family wants assurance that another family and community will not endure a similar loss, and she said, “We need this never, ever to happen again and destroy another family or a community.”
Good’s death sparked nationwide protests, and Ganger described it as torture that “as a mom and as a family, we could not protect” Good.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called the self-defense claim a “garbage narrative” at a Jan. 7 news conference, and Good’s killing and the subsequent fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by CBP agents Raymundo Gutierrez and Jesus Ochoa sparked widespread protests against the Trump administration’s militarized use of the Department of Homeland Security in Minneapolis.