Ex-MLB star rips Trump admin over Minnesota shooting, calls immigration enforcement 'blatantly racist'

Former MLB Gold Glove outfielder Kole Calhoun ripped the Trump medication connected Monday pursuing the Border Patrol-involved shooting successful Minnesota implicit the weekend.

Calhoun wrote a lengthy connection connected his Instagram Stories, starting with his assertion that Alex Pretti – the Minneapolis antheral who was changeable and killed connected Saturday – was "straight murdered."

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Los Angeles Angels close fielder Kole Calhoun (56) runs the bases aft hitting a solo location tally against the Boston Red Sox during the eighth inning astatine Fenway Park connected Aug. 11, 2019. (Brian Fluharty/USA TODAY Sports)

He past recalled his playing days for the Los Angeles Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks, Texas Rangers and Cleveland Guardians and however helium played with teammates of antithetic backgrounds and was delighted to spot immoderate of them being capable to nonstop wealth backmost to their autochthonal countries to assistance their families bargain houses.

The 38-year-old Arizona autochthonal said helium utilized to beryllium successful the mediate of governmental sermon and tried to enactment retired of the speech for the astir part. But that was until the latest shooting involving national officers occurred.

"The United States we unrecorded successful present could not beryllium much divided, but this is simply a turning point," helium said. "The images and videos from Minnesota are alarming connected each fronts, to what this state was built connected and our halfway values arsenic a nine are nether attack. There is (a) close mode to bash things and a incorrect mode and the tactics connected show for the satellite to see, the ones designed to make fearfulness and intimidate by recruits of this administration, are the incorrect way.

Texas Rangers near fielder Kole Calhoun (56) throws the shot into the infield during the sixth inning against the Seattle Mariners astatine Globe Life Field connected July 16, 2022. (Jerome Miron/USA TODAY Sports)

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"What this medication is doing erstwhile it comes to migration is blatantly racist, targeting radical based connected the colour of their tegument oregon the dependable of their past name. There is simply a overmuch much civilized mode to bash this that involves moving unneurotic with authorities officials opposed to inserting the administration’s volition connected a authorities whose citizens person stood up for their neighbors and said this is not right!

"I’ve been soundless due to the fact that that is easy. But soundlessness is simply a privilege and soundlessness is complicit. Standing up and speaking for what you judge successful takes courage. I don’t attraction astir what broadside you’re connected oregon who you voted for, this is wrong. This is incorrect and is imposing connected the basal freedoms we person successful the country. Wake up! Speak out!"

In the aftermath of the shooting, Border Patrol commandant Gregory Bovino, the look of the Trump administration's run to apprehension and deport transgression amerciable immigrants, volition beryllium leaving Minnesota, on with immoderate borderline agents, amid violent, and sometimes deadly, clashes betwixt national authorities and anti-ICE agitators.

Bovino and an unspecified fig of U.S. Border Patrol agents volition beryllium leaving the authorities arsenic soon arsenic Tuesday, aggregate national sources told Fox News.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cause raises a digit moments aft detaining a antheral during an migration raid, days aft an ICE cause fatally changeable Renee Nicole Good, successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected Jan. 18, 2026. (Leah Millis/Reuters)

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President Donald Trump said earlier Monday helium spoke with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey astir the shooting.

Fox News' Louis Casiano and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.