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MAGA Commentator Downplays $70 B ICE Fund, Faces CNN Rebuke

7/30/2026

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On CNN’s Abby Phillip panel, MAGA commentator Jason Rantz was challenged for downplaying the $70 billion ICE slush fund.
Democratic strategists Antjuan Seawright and Christine Quinn said voters notice the fund, view ICE killings as a concern, and cited the January Minneapolis shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Rantz claimed Good “almost ran over an ICE agent,” called the incidents isolated, and was labeled by Seawright as suffering from “lie-abetes.”

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Story summary

On CNN’s Abby Phillip panel, MAGA commentator Jason Rantz was challenged for downplaying the $70 billion ICE slush fund.
Democratic strategists Antjuan Seawright and Christine Quinn said voters notice the fund, view ICE killings as a concern, and cited the January Minneapolis shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Rantz claimed Good “almost ran over an ICE agent,” called the incidents isolated, and was labeled by Seawright as suffering from “lie-abetes.”