I am troubled by your editorial about de-escalating tensions in Minneapolis (“De-Escalate Now, Don,” Editorial, Jan. 26).

Should not the emphasis of lowering the temperature be on the backs of both the governor and the mayor?

When people refer to a law-enforcement agency composed of American citizens as “Nazi” and “Gestapo,” and tell them profanely to leave your city and state, are they not setting the tone of a violent confrontation?

When they tell local police not to be the buffer between the protesters and the federal agents, isn’t this what approaching chaos looks like?

The bar was set too low and cooperation was infected from the outset because of agendas.

Tony Giametta

Oceanside

Peaceful protests are far less likely to initiate a civil war than a government deploying 3,000 armed agents to an American city who are willing to flaunt their absolute immunity around with no end in sight.

Denise Saupé

Minneapolis, Minn.

Sorry, but this may be the first time in more than 60 years I disagree with The Post.

The Democrats and libs lost the election in 2024. Their open-border policies were canceled.

So how can they overcome this?

By starting riots in Minneapolis, thus causing ICE and the Department of Homeland Security to be demonized even though they are doing the work they swore to do.

Ronald Daba

Farmingville

The radical left is engaging in a kind of manipulation that would have made even Karl Marx blush, and the best editors of this paper can do is accuse the administration of the same kind of gaslighting the other side is guilty of?

How about the white-hot spotlight of exposure that readers deserve instead?

It’s long overdue.

John Sheridan

The Bronx

Sending Tom Homan to Minnesota is the right move.

Tensions have reached a point where a balanced approach is desperately needed, and he’s the perfect choice.

He’s respected on both sides of the aisle and has continually demonstrated a tough, but fair, approach in his years of serving the country.

Let’s hope he’s able to get it done.

Peter Kelly

Hazlet, NJ

Shortly after Rep. Ilhan Omar was sprayed with apple cider vinegar at a town hall, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blamed President Trump (“Don: She probably arranged her assault,” Jan. 29).

The Democrats have a habit of blaming Trump for everything.

Do you suppose they would take the blame if someone attacked or, God forbid, took a shot at Trump now?

Damn right they wouldn’t.

John Giriat

The Bronx

The Post’s report on Ilhan Omar being sprayed at a Minneapolis town hall is a reminder that our politics are slipping from argument into intimidation.

Minneapolis is already on edge amid a surge of federal immigration enforcement and two recent civilian deaths involving federal agents.

When anger starts turning physical — at protests or public meetings — escalation becomes easier, not harder.

Today it’s a foul-smelling stunt.

Next time it could be truly deadly.

Political violence should be condemned early and unequivocally, no matter who the target is.

Jack Bulik

Fresh Meadows

So, Ilhan Omar and the left’s anti-ICE stalwarts are all broken up and outraged that a civilian had the audacity to violently interfere with her while she was working.

The hypocrisy is breathtaking.

Jake McNicholas

Whitestone

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