{"id":91179,"date":"2026-01-13T04:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T09:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=91179"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:06:12","slug":"fundraiser-for-ice-agent-who-killed-renee-good-includes-antisemitic-attack-on-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/fundraiser-for-ice-agent-who-killed-renee-good-includes-antisemitic-attack-on-minneapolis-mayor-jacob-frey\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraiser for ICE agent who killed Renee Good includes antisemitic attack on Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By ANDREW LAPIN<\/p>\n<p>(JTA) \u2014 Supporters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis last week are flocking to an online fundraiser to, in its organizer\u2019s words, \u201cDefend the Agent Who Stopped a Deadly Attack on America\u2019s Border Enforcers!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Included in the fundraiser\u2019s pitch: antisemitic language directed at the city\u2019s Jewish mayor, Jacob Frey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-12-26-ice.avif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-91180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-12-26-ice.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\"><\/a>After stating that Good had engaged \u201cin a blatant act of domestic terrorism aimed at killing or maiming the men protecting our borders from the endless invasion,\u201d the description continued: \u201cBut this didn\u2019t happen in a vacuum \u2014 it\u2019s the direct result of anti-American traitors like Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (who is Jewish) fanning the flames of resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The description went on to call Frey a \u201csanctuary city traitor\u201d and states, \u201cHis rhetoric empowers violent agitators, turning Minneapolis into a warzone for our heroes enforcing the law and deporting the hordes that weak leaders like him protect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser was posted Jan. 7 on GiveSendGo, a crowdfunding website popular with right-wing causes, and has raised more than $186,000 of its $200,000 goal as of Monday afternoon. The co-founder of GiveSendGo, Jacob Wells, has promoted the campaign extensively and claims to have corresponded directly with the ICE agent, Jonathan Ross.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod bless you all! Keep sharing,\u201d Wells wrote on the social network X, receiving positive responses from the actor Dean Cain, among others.<\/p>\n<p>After being circulated online and verified by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the clause \u201c(who is Jewish)\u201d was removed from the description of Frey late Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The campaign\u2019s organizer is named as \u201cTom Hennessey,\u201d and appears to have launched the fundraiser before Ross himself was identified. The campaign does not name Ross.<\/p>\n<p>An account named \u201cTomHennessey69\u201d on X who has claimed credit for the fundraiser bills himself as a \u201cwhite independent journalist\u201d and \u201csoap enthusiast.\u201d In addition to a stream of anti-immigration rhetoric, Hennessey has also made several antisemitic posts, including one on Monday that blamed Jews for the recent Hanukkah mass shooting in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotice the pattern? Jews arrive in Australia, flood it with non-Whites. Non-Whites rampage\u2014eventually turning on Jews. Jews then push new anti-semitism laws aka free speech bans, gun control to disarm Whites, and ban White nationalist groups for noticing,\u201d Hennessey wrote, adding, \u201cAustralia, not a good look for jewish diaspora, many such cases.\u201d In another reply to his post, Hennessey endorsed a neo-Nazi account\u2019s pro-Hitler message.<\/p>\n<p>Hennessey has also used similar language as the fundraiser\u2019s to describe his own Jewish opponents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Online, the GiveSendGo link has been promoted by figures including Turning Point USA pundit Jack Posobiec and Minnesota-based right-wing journalist Liz Collin.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the only fundraiser to have been set up by self-proclaimed supporters of Ross since Good\u2019s killing. A separate campaign without antisemitic language launched on GoFundMe, a more mainstream crowdfunding website, has raised more than $467,000 to date since its launch on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The largest donation to date on the GoFundMe fundraiser, $10,000, came from Bill Ackman, the Jewish activist investor who has become a prominent advocate against antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am [a] big believer in our legal principal [sic] that one is innocent until proven guilty,\u201d Ackman wrote on X over the weekend, in a post about why he donated. He added that he had \u201cintended to similarly support the gofundme for Renee Good\u2019s family\u201d but that \u201cher gofundme was closed by the time I attempted to provide support.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Comments online suggest that the two fundraisers for Ross may be linked and may have a direct line to Ross himself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a Sunday update, the GoFundMe campaign\u2019s organizer, Clyde Emmons, wrote, \u201cthe creater [sic] of the givesendgo fund has direct contact with Johnathan! so I am in contact with him gave him my number and he said he would pass it onto John himself so I can finally add him as the beneficiary so he can get these funds he deserves.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On X, Collin wrote that she was in contact with both organizers and that the GiveSendGo campaign is \u201cnow the preferred method to donate to the ICE agent.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The fundraisers for Ross were launched partly as a response to a GoFundMe for Good\u2019s family, which raised more than $1.5 million before its organizers closed donations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole,\u201d that campaign\u2019s organizers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Comparisons between ICE agents and Nazis or the Gestapo have grown since the agency has stepped up its presence in American cities under President Donald Trump\u2019s mass deportation plans. Some Jewish communal leaders, including several in Minnesota, have vocally criticized ICE\u2019s actions, with a few linking them to the memory of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>Since Good\u2019s killing, Frey has vocally criticized ICE\u2019s presence in Minneapolis, using an expletive in a press conference as he urged the agents to leave. The fundraiser\u2019s description of the mayor notes this, also blasting Frey for his executive orders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese agents are the tip of the spear in reclaiming our country from the illegal invasion\u2014deporting criminals, invaders, and threats that politicians like Frey invited in and shield,\u201d the description states.<\/p>\n<p>It concludes: \u201cStand tall: Donate today to send a message that we back the men removing illegals and invaders from our soil, no matter the sabotage from mayors who put foreigners over Americans. 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