{"id":440717,"date":"2026-01-31T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/440717\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T11:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T11:14:11","slug":"kathy-griffin-tells-fans-to-find-out-which-neighbors-are-maga-and-organize-ice-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/440717\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathy Griffin tells fans to find out which neighbors are &#8216;MAGA&#8217; and organize ICE resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/kathy-griffin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kathy Griffin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kathy Griffin<\/a> is encouraging her followers to find out who is and is not &#8220;MAGA&#8221; in their communities so they can band together and resist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Those of you that are awake, that see what\u2019s going on, what do you think the solution is? I think the murder of Renee Good, the murder of Alex Pretti, putting children on planes and taking them to detention centers \u2014 which are really concentration camps. Call it what it is, they\u2019re concentration camps in the United States of America in 2026,&#8221; Griffin said Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0jFG8BLRvpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:on her YouTube show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">on her YouTube show<\/a>, &#8220;Talk Your Head Off with Kathy Griffin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tensions over ICE have increased after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/omar-dems-demand-noem-impeachment-paint-minnesota-woman-shot-ice-poet-chose-love\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:death of Renee Nicole Good;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">death of Renee Nicole Good<\/a>, who was shot and killed earlier this month by an ICE agent after she allegedly attempted to ram an officer with her vehicle after refusing to exit it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Protests against federal agents have continued to escalate since the Border Patrol killing of Alex Pretti Jan. 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/i-survived-antifa-violence-now-minnesota-repeating-dangerous-left-wing-mistakes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:I Survived Antifa Violence \u2014 Now Minnesota Is Repeating Dangerous Left-wing Mistakes\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">I Survived Antifa Violence \u2014 Now Minnesota Is Repeating Dangerous Left-wing Mistakes\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Kathy-Griffin-ICE\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0963603e2f7939979372c96ae33a5729.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Comedian Kathy Griffin is encouraging her followers to find out who is and is not &#8220;MAGA&#8221; in their communities so they can band together and resist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;So, take that in, and I know you don\u2019t want to participate in something radical,&#8221; Griffin said. &#8220;I don\u2019t either. I wish I could just go on the road and do my funny stories about celebrities or making fun of politicians, but not even have to acknowledge this, but it is happening all around you. It\u2019s happening around you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Griffin then urged her fans to investigate who in their neighborhoods is &#8220;MAGA or not&#8221; so they can organize to resist ICE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I live in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/los-angeles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles<\/a>. It\u2019s happening at targeted places in Los Angeles,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And I think it\u2019s time to talk to the neighbors in real life. It\u2019s time to talk to your neighbors, find out if they\u2019re MAGA or not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She said it is important to know &#8220;who\u2019s on our team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/martha-stewart-attacks-ice-enforcement-after-14-year-old-granddaughter-says-silence-not-excusable\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Martha Stewart Attacks Ice Enforcement After 14-Year-old Granddaughter Says Silence Not Excusable;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Martha Stewart Attacks Ice Enforcement After 14-Year-old Granddaughter Says Silence Not Excusable<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A memorial for Renee Good and Alex Pretti\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2d10c593deba790b67e05d56b48dc0c0.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A card with images of Renee Good and Alex Pretti lies among flowers and other mementos at a memorial in Minneapolis Jan. 27, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Sorry, but we have to know who\u2019s on our team and start to plan,&#8221; Griffin said. &#8220;Is there a way we can do something as a community? When I hear from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/minnesota\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:my followers in Minnesota;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">my followers in Minnesota<\/a>, they describe a very sophisticated channel of a system of things that they do to help one another. And they use encrypted apps and, like I said, everyone has whistles and honks their horn, but they organize in small groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/radical-rhetoric-sanctuary-politicians-leads-unprecedented-1300-increase-assaults\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ICE reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ICE reported<\/a> that it has had an over 1,300% increase in assaults, a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks aimed at officers and an 8,000% increase in death threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Griffin then credited the tactics being used against ICE to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/george-floyd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:George Floyd;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">George Floyd<\/a> era. Floyd, a Black man, died after he was handcuffed and pinned down by a White police officer in Minneapolis May 25, 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/woman-seen-video-allegedly-blocking-minnesota-ice-operation-car-agitators-surround-agents\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Woman Seen On Video Allegedly Blocking Minnesota Ice Operation With Car As Agitators Surround Agents;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Woman Seen On Video Allegedly Blocking Minnesota Ice Operation With Car As Agitators Surround Agents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"ICE-agents-garage\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/708fa6e803a797b455c7a10f9c0b9947.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, ICE reported that it has had a more than 1,300% increase in assaults, a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks aimed at officers and an 8,000% increase in death threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And they have told me that they learned this from the George Floyd incident, because George Floyd was murdered 20 blocks away from these other murders, roughly,&#8221; Griffin said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And, so, they said they learned a lot from that experience. So, I\u2019m just telling you guys, live your life, but be conscious of this. And if you\u2019re silent, you\u2019re complicit. Sorry, I know I\u2019m being a judgy b&#8212;-, but that\u2019s how I feel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click Here To Download The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click Here To Download The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fox News Digital;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fox News Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Original article source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/kathy-griffin-tells-fans-find-out-which-neighbors-maga-organize-ice-resistance\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kathy Griffin tells fans to find out which neighbors are &#039;MAGA&#039; and organize ICE resistance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kathy Griffin tells fans to find out which neighbors are &#8216;MAGA&#8217; and organize ICE resistance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comedian Kathy Griffin is encouraging her followers to find out who is and is not &#8220;MAGA&#8221; in their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[203372,236,129872,88,46162,23992,207742,462],"class_list":["post-440717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-alex-pretti","tag-celebrities","tag-concentration-camps","tag-entertainment","tag-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-increase","tag-kathy-griffin","tag-maga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}