PA-GOV: Pennsylvania GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Claims Anti-ICE Protests Are "Paid" and "Well Coordinated" [View all]

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Newly uncovered audio reviewed by MeidasTouch shows Pennsylvania Treasurer and gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity saying that she believed anti-ICE demonstrators in Minneapolis were “paid protestors,” making the remarks during a meet and greet hosted by the McKean County Republican Party on February 9 in Smethport.

Responding to a question about how she would handle a potential surge of immigration enforcement protests in Pennsylvania if elected governor, Garrity contrasted states that cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement with those that do not. She said that in states where ICE can access local jails to pick up individuals with detainers, “you take two people in, you go get them. There’s no protest, there’s no drama, there’s nothing.” In states that do not cooperate, she said, “it takes like, 15 ICE agents, and then you have protests.”

“I think a lot of them are paid protestors,” Garrity added. “They all look the same, and they have, it’s very well coordinated.”

Garrity has consistently voiced strong support for ICE and immigration enforcement efforts. In a March 2025 interview on the Rich Zeoli Show, she said she was “so proud of what ICE is doing” and supported deportations, including those of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members. She said that more than 32,000 illegal immigrants had been deported, “mainly” individuals convicted of “very violent crime,” including burglary, rape and murder. She criticized the previous administration for not deporting such individuals and said, “What do people mainly want? They want safe streets. They want safe communities.”



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