The Campaign to Destroy Renee Good

"On January 7, ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot Good through her car windshield and window in Minneapolis. She appeared to have four gunshot wounds, according to The New York Times, which cited a Minneapolis Fire Department report. Hours after the shooting, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Good of "( weaponizing) her vehicle." President Donald Trump claimed the 37-year-old had " violently, willfully, and viciously ran over" the agent who killed her."

"Bystander videos showed something different: Good trying to drive away when the shots were fired. Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey called the self-defense narrative "bullshit." Despite the video evidence, conservative media fell in line immediately. Good was "100 percent to blame" for her own death, according to Matt Walsh of the Daily Wire. Megyn Kelly said it "was her own doing." The verdict felt unanimous: She deserved it."

"But the reasons used to justify her death circles have gone far beyond what she did or didn't do with her car. Much of it has centered around Good's identity as a queer woman. Walsh called Good a "lesbian agitator." Ian Miles Cheong, a right-wing commentator with millions of followers, called her a "rug munching leftist." On Fox News, Jesse Watters noted that Good "leaves behind a lesbian partner" and highlighted that she had "pronouns in her bio," seemingly in reference to her Instagram profile."

Renee Good was a poet, a mother of three, a wife, and a 37-year-old who was shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross through her car windshield and window in Minneapolis on January 7. Emergency reports indicated she appeared to have four gunshot wounds. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused her of "( weaponizing) her vehicle," while President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance blamed her for her death. Bystander videos showed Good trying to drive away when shots were fired, and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey rejected the self-defense narrative. Conservative commentators swiftly blamed her and attacked her queer identity, highlighting her partner.

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