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Fact-checking Trump's claim that anti-ICE protesters are 'paid agitators and insurrectionists'

With throngs of people in Minnesota protesting the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge, President Donald Trump and some of his allies repeatedly described the protesters as paid. Evidence shows a large volunteer protest movement in the Twin Cities.

Verify: Rep. Tim Burchett claims protesters in Minneapolis are 'paid'

Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett claims paid protesters are driving unrest in Minneapolis, but critics, including fellow Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen, dispute this.

Trump interrupted by protesters, calls them 'paid agitators'

President Donald Trump referred to protesters as "paid agitators" after his speech in Iowa was interrupted.

KFAN's Paul Allen apologizes for 'cheap one-liner' about 'paid protesters'

Allen, the longtime voice of the Minnesota Vikings, KFAN, and Canterbury Park, made a comment about protesters being "paid" during his weekday radio show.

KFAN’s Paul Allen quiet Sunday after suggesting protest marchers were paid

In conditions like this, do paid protesters get hazard pay?” the voice of the Vikings said Friday on his radio show.