The Virginia governor went on to admonish the Trump administration for the violent immigration crackdown throughout the country – particularly in Minnesota.

“They have sent children, a little boy in a blue bunny hat, children to far-off detention centers,” Spanberger said of Liam Conejo Ramos, the five-year-old who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis.

“They have killed American citizens in our streets,” Spanberger added, referring to the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers. “They have done it all with their faces masked from accountability … Our broken immigration system is something to be fixed, not an excuse for unaccountable agents to terrorize our communities.”

In her opening remarks, Spanberger is homing in on how Trump’s economic policy is affecting Americans at large.

“Since this president took office last year, his reckless trade policies have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs,” Spanberger said of an estimate from congressional Democrats.

“Small businesses have suffered. Farmers have suffered, some losing entire markets every day. Americans are paying the price,” she added, while noting that Republican members of Congress “remain unwilling to assert their constitutional authority to stop him [Trump]. They’re making your life harder. They’re making your life more expensive.”

Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s Democratic governor, is now delivering...

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