The mornings in Minneapolis are usually quiet and calm, but for Turning Point USA contributor Savanah Hernandez, this past weekend began with the all-too-familiar, throbbing reminder of a chaotic confrontation.
Waking up with a headache that pulsed against her temples and a neck so stiff it made every movement a conscious, painful negotiation, Hernandez found herself dealing with the physical aftermath of an anti-ICE protest that took a sharp turn into violence.
It wasn’t just the soreness in her muscles or the scrapes on her legs that held her attention, though; it was the chilling reality that her work, which had frequently placed her in the thick of heated cultural flashpoints across the country, had once again brought her face-to-face with the sharp edge of public anger…