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AOC: ICE KILLING OF RENEE GOOD EXPOSES ‘FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE’
BETWEEN HERSELF AND JD VANCE  
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Jon Queally
January 10, 2026
Common Dreams
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_ “I understand that Vice President Vance believes that shooting a
young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America
that he wants to live in, and I do not.” _

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Speaking with reporters on Friday about the killing of Renee Nicole
Good by Immigration [[link removed]] and
Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis earlier this
week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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violence exposes a key contrast about the nation she wants to live in
and the vision espoused by Vice President JD Vance
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his demonization of the victim while defending the actions of Ross.

“I understand that Vice President Vance believes that shooting a
young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America
that he wants to live in, and I do not,” said the New York Democrat
to a gaggle of reporters outside the Capitol Building. “And that is
a fundamental difference between Vice President Vance and I. I do not
believe that the American people should be assassinated in the
street.”

 

 
The specific question was asked by CBS News’ Patrick Maguire who
asked for Ocasio-Cortez’s reaction to Vance claiming that the
killing of Good was “a tragedy” of her “own making.” In
comments in the White House
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Thursday, a day after the shooting, Vance said it was
“preposterous” for anyone to criticize the actions of Ross.

Vance, along with President Donald Trump
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officials, have repeatedly tried to deny what video evidence of the
shooting clearly shows
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Good was presenting no imminent threat to the officer, did not
“target” him with her vehicle, and was not—as officials
claimed—fully blocking the street from passing vehicles prior to her
killing.

Vance on Thursday also falsely asserted that ICE agents like Ross have
“absolute immunity
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a claim that legal experts—as well as prosecutors in
Minnesota—have said is simply not true
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In her remarks to reporters on Friday, Ocasio-Cortez lamented what she
called “extrajudicial killings” by ICE agents on the streets of
America, exceeding their mandates and empowered by a huge influx of
funding provided by the Trump administration
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lawmakers this year.

Ocasio-Cortez said it “shows the danger we are in,” when Trump
claims, like he did in an interview with the _New York Times_
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will only be constrained by his “own morality,” suggesting
Congress and the judiciary are not obstacles to his power.

“We have a Republican majority that has decided to completely
abdicate its power to the president,” she said. “I think it’s up
to the American people to ensure that we take away power from those
who do not use it well.”

In contrast to Republicans
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operating in cities across the country are “just doing their
jobs,” Ocasio-Cortez said, “I would not say that assassinating a
young mother of three in the street is part of ICE’s mandate.” She
encouraged people not to take her word for it, but to “watch the
video for yourselves.”

“Watch that video for yourself and you will see a woman trying to
back up her vehicle and leave a volatile scene—and she was met with
three bullets to the face,” the lawmaker said. “Any law
enforcement officer in the country, worth their salt, can tell you
that is not how you handle that situation.”

Ocasio-Cortez and Vance are both seen as leading possible contenders
for their respective parties when it comes to the presidential race in
2028.

“Vance, who may see himself pitted against [Ocasio-Cortez] in a
general election,” said journalist Ryan Grim on Friday, “will
deeply regret—I hope in his heart, but certainly
politically—trashing Renee Good as ”deranged“ while valorizing
his killer, who called her a ‘fuckin’ bitch’ after shooting her
through her side window.”

Released Friday, and posted on social media
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footage taken from Ross’ own phone, which was holding and filming
with in the moment leading up to the shooting, Good’s final words to
recorded were not those of an angry or “deranged” person, but a
smiling local citizen who said to Good, “It’s fine, dude. I’m
not mad at you.”

 

_Jon Queally is managing editor of Common Dreams._

 

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