The assault of TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez outside the Whipple Federal Building this past Saturday remains in the national news. However, you’d never know it from reading the Star Tribune. The Star Tribune has published one story on the case and have yet to identify a single one of the perpetrators. How lame can you get?
Ms. Hernandez was assaulted as she sought to cover this weekend’s protest at Whipple by opponents of ICE. The Star Tribune has glorified the “resistance” to ICE in its stories and columns over the past four months. Never is heard a discouraging word. Indeed, they glorified one of the perpetrators of the assault on Ms. Hernandez this past January in “This suburban dad’s rant became touchpoint of ICE opposition.”
I’m referring, of course, to Chris Ostroushko, the subject of Rachel Hutton’s rosy profile of the overweight thug who assaulted Ms. Hernandez. Hutton quoted Ostroushko:
“I’m not the rah, rah, get-in-your-face, yelling-and-screaming type of person,” Ostroushko said. “I like to avoid trouble, even though I look like a person that may like to fight or something. That’s not me.
Hutton also quoted another perpetrator of the assault speaking up for Ostroushko. I’m referring, of course, to his daughter, Paige Ostroushko:
“You’d never think my dad — a random suburban guy in construction — would go viral,” Ostroushko’s 20-year-old daughter, Paige, explained. “He’s just, like, a middle-aged man that just sits at home and watches football. But now that he’s out there, everyone else in the suburbs is like, ‘Wow, this person is out there. I need to get out there.’”
Ostrouhko father and daughter are unreliable narrators. I speculate that some day before too long this will come as a shock to readers who get their news from the Star Tribune.
Vice President Vance addressed the Hernandez case yesterday. He related that the FBI is working the case. I infer from Vance’s remarks that federal jurisdiction extends to the case given the location of the assault. Mr. Suburban Dad and his daughter may have a chance to tell their inspiring story to the FBI, although they would be well-advised to lawyer up and keep their big mouths shut.
Thank you to Vice President @JDVance for highlighting the attack I endured in Minneapolis.
Not only has the response from this administration been quick, but this is the first time I’ve experienced the federal government actually utilize multiple agencies to hold these violent… pic.twitter.com/zqPG7M9OV7
— Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) April 14, 2026
