Source: The American Prospect
by Ryan Cooper
“An important mythical figure in Nazi Germany was a man named Horst Wessel. He was a mid-level Nazi street thug who was killed by communists over an unpaid rent dispute. Nazi propaganda turned him into a hero of the German nation, and the ‘Horst Wessel Song’ became the official Nazi anthem. The Trump administration is doing all in its power to create a similar fake martyr in the form of dead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers. It’s central to the conservative victimhood complex: In order to violently dominate others, they must create a false narrative in which they are also the victim at the same time.” (01/26/26)
https://prospect.org/2026/01/26/ice-trump-minnesota-renee-good-alex-pretti/