Day: January 16, 2026
Ocasio-Cortez gets crushed online for her comments about ICE — from outraged liberals
Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) is facing a wave of backlash for her comments on Immigration and Customs Enforcement — because they were not extremist enough.
Ocasio-Cortez has infamously advocated for abolishing ICE, but many of her critics now claim that she is easing her extreme positions in order to seek higher office.
‘You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. That is what this administration is doing, that’s what the Republican party did.’
“My position has always been clear that ICE funding should be cut. We’re seeing what they’re doing with this reckless explosion in funding,” said Ocasio-Cortez to a reporter asking about ICE funding.
“And mind you, just so everybody knows, I want everybody to understand the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. All that extra money that everybody’s paying right now in their premiums, all that extra money that you’re paying, it is paid for with — it is all that extra money that the government and [Affordable Care Act] subsidies that was given to nearly a trillion dollars in health care was taken out and given to ICE,” she added.
“So understand how these dots connect,” Ocasio-Cortez concluded. “You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. That is what this administration’s doing. That’s what the Republican Party did.”
While many on the right might be offended by her histrionic description of ICE, some on the left were also offended that she was not far-left enough.
“Giving less funding to fascist state agents who abduct people and shoot people in the face doesn’t change their mandate, function and the impunity given to them. You didn’t run on less funding,” responded former Al Jazeera reporter Sana Saeed.
“Don’t trust any politician that doesn’t call for the outright abolition of ICE. ‘Cutting funding’ is bulls**t. ICE is a militarized police force terrorizing American cities and streets. It needs to be completely defunded,” replied social justice activist Anthony Zenkus.
“She’s still selling ‘Abolish ICE’ hats in her store reflective of her former position, a journalist should ask her why she changed her mind,” wrote liberal comedian Kate Willett.
“Abolish ice. Nothing else is acceptable!!” responded another user.
“Abolish ICE is the moderate position. You f**king suck,” said another detractor.
“We recently tested ~ a dozen public statements from a diverse set of Democratic elected officials on the murder of Renee Good and this was the top testing one,” joked one detractor.
A Blaze News request for comment from the congresswoman’s office was not immediately answered.
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‘You’re a left-wing hack!’ Karoline Leavitt rips journalist over ‘biased’ ICE claims
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt torched a “left-wing” reporter who challenged the administration’s defense of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Niall Stanage, a White House columnist for The Hill, asked Leavitt to defend Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s remarks claiming ICE is “doing everything correctly.” Stanage pointed to the shooting of Renee Good that has engulfed the media, as well as deaths and alleged improper detainments over the last year.
‘You should be reporting on the facts.’
“Secretary Noem spoke to the media and she said, among other things, that they are doing everything correctly,” Stanage said. “32 people died in ICE custody last year, 170 U.S. citizens were detained by ICE, and Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE agent. How does that equate to them doing everything correctly?”
“Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed?” Leavitt returned.
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Leavitt sparred with Stanage, noting that he intentionally withheld figures that outline successful deportations of illegal aliens and the removal of violent criminals from America.
“Because an ICE agent acted recklessly,” Stanage replied.
“Oh, okay! So you’re a biased reporter with a left-wing opinion,” Leavitt said.
“You’re a left-wing hack! You’re not a reporter. You’re posing in this room as a journalist, and it’s so clear by the premise of your question.”
“You and the people in the media who have such biases but fake like you’re a journalist, you shouldn’t even be sitting in that seat. But you’re pretending like you’re a journalist, but you’re a left-wing activist, and the question that you just raised and your answer proves your bias. You should be reporting on the facts.”
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Leavitt grilled Stanage for failing to name the innocent Americans who were killed by illegal aliens, doubling down and defending ICE’s role in deporting violent criminals.
“Do you have the numbers of how many American citizens were killed at the hands of illegal aliens who ICE is trying to remove from this country? I bet you don’t,” Leavitt said. “I bet you didn’t even read up on those stories. I bet you never even read about Laken Riley or Jocelyn Nungaray or all of the innocent Americans who were killed at the hands of illegal aliens in this country.”
“The brave men and women of ICE are doing everything in their power to remove those heinous individuals and make our communities safer. And shame on people like you in the media who have a crooked view and have a biased view and pretend like you’re a real honest journalist.”
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