U.S. Senate candidate Geoff Diehl is calling out the Democratic-led drumbeat against ICE — especially Elizabeth Warren — just hours after a Cambridge man was charged with offering to pay for "anyone who kills" an immigration agent.

He urged Warren to "both retract and apologize" for the harsh criticism of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

“We now have a man putting a bounty on the heads of ICE agents. Senator Warren’s irresponsible statements are partially to blame," Diehl said in a statement. "She has a responsibility to support our law enforcement officials. Her call to abolish ICE and painting the entire criminal justice system racists are reckless and dangerous."

His comments come as a Cambridge man was put in custody after tweeting that he’d pay $500 to anyone who killed a federal immigration agent, authorities announced today. (See that story here…)

Diehl added in a statment: “We need a Senator who will support our police and not throw (ICE) under the bus to score political points. Warren should be putting public safety first. Instead she is prioritizing her White House political ambitions to the detriment of law enforcement.”

Diehl, a Republican, is taking on the senior Bay State senator in the fall.

Warren's office told the Herald today: "We do not condone violence. We can have respectful discussions and civil discourse on policy while working together to improve lives."

JUST IN @DiehlForSenate says @SenWarren “irresponsible” statements on ICE and law enforcement are”partially to blame” for Cambridge man’s alleged plot to murder ICE agents — Joe Battenfeld (@joebattenfeld) August 9, 2018

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.@SenWarren encourages people to do this with statements calling the criminal justice system racist from front to back. She needs to retract her statement and support law enforcement! https://t.co/3EGQbBv0dN #BackTheBlue #mapoli #masen #masen2018 #magop — Geoff Diehl (@DiehlForSenate) August 9, 2018

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