Analysis: What data shows about political extremist violence

On January 8, 2026, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attributed the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis to a “larger, sinister, left-wing movement”. The administration’s response to the January 7 incident included the following claims and actions: Blaming Political Movements: Leavitt asserted that federal law enforcement officers are under “organized attack” from a movement spread across the country. She cited internal statistics alleging ma