Mayors ignore, flatter or confront Trump to serve their cities

By: Robbie Sequeira

Outlets: Stateline

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 1,325

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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WASHINGTON — Five days after federal immigration enforcement agents killed the second of his constituents, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey had a message for his peers: Speak out.

“Mayors, we do not back down to bullies. We stand up for democracy,” Frey said in a speech last month in Washington, D.C., at a gathering of hundreds of mayors from around the country.

Frey left the U.S. Conference of Mayors and rode to Capitol Hill to meet …

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