On the issue of illegal immigration, Congressional Democrats just keep stepping in it, as evidenced by their continued virtue signaling over alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia's El Salvador deportation/imprisonment and now their attempted storming of a New Jersey ICE detention center that is housing more criminal illegal immigrants, including alleged child predators and murderers.
As RedState's Ward Clark documented earlier, three New Jersey House Democrats - Robert Menendez Jr, Bonnie Watson Coleman, and LaMonica McIver - all arrived at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark Friday on grounds that they were performing "Congressional oversight."
According to local reports, they, along with Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D), were stopped at the first checkpoint after attempting to go beyond the gates. Baraka took it even further, trying to get in through a side entrance. Then things got quite chippy and chaotic between the Congressmembers, Baraka, and the federal authorities before Baraka was eventually arrested.
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), who champions himself as a model for civility and decorum, took to the Twitter/X machine after seeing a clip of one of the Congressmembers claiming all four Democrats got "roughed up," and promptly inserted his foot into his mouth.
"The Trump @JDVance Administration has just arrested a mayor in Newark and shoved Members of Congress for protesting outside of an ICE facility," Khanna wrote. "In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents," he also tweeted.
Oh, really?
Understandably, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), who has been busy owning hypocritical Democrats this week, was among the many conservatives who had some thoughts on that one:
“In America you cannot arrest your political opponents” https://t.co/Lb5EIAa8rw pic.twitter.com/qxdCsSMbfk
— Congressman Brandon Gill (@RepBrandonGill) May 9, 2025
As did RedState's own Bonchie:
“In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents.” https://t.co/u1LErR6bmX pic.twitter.com/kP2h1Kuzg2
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) May 9, 2025
There were also the past "no one is above the law" statements from the California Congressman that did not quite mesh with his updated stance:
Many people disagreed with the Benghazi investigation, but every single Democrat participated and not one person disrupted the proceedings.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) October 28, 2019
Being a member of Congress doesn’t give you the right to obstruct the rule of law. https://t.co/tuz8kg8UB1
No matter which political party you are in, we should all agree that America won’t succeed in the 21st century if we don’t uphold the laws of our country.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) December 19, 2019
Nobody should be above the law — especially the President of the United States. https://t.co/VBrI0yxwId
https://t.co/g3pCYOk9VY pic.twitter.com/bBhcWyTbzJ
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 9, 2025
It's amazing how quickly they change their tunes when it's their side in the hot seat, isn't it?
As usual, it's always (D)ifferent when a Democrat does it. Always.
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