Category: Politics
DHS: Nancy Pelosi is ‘putting a target on the backs’ of federal agents with arrest threats
The Department of Homeland Security fired back at former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after she and other California Democrats laid out plans for the arrest of federal immigration agents for supposed violations of state laws.
Brooke Jenkins, the San Francisco district attorney, said her office already has plans to arrest federal agents should they use force in her city as they did during violent protests and riots in Los Angeles and Chicago. Jenkins explained the San Francisco Police Department is on board with the idea in cases of “clear, excessive use of force.”
‘If politicians and activists don’t like the law, they should try to change it instead of demonizing our brave men and women in uniform.’
DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin called the plans “gross” in a statement to Blaze News, adding, “America’s brave ICE and Border Patrol agents put their lives on the line every day to enforce U.S. law and arrest the worst of the worst — including gang members, rapists, and murderers.”
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“From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the vilification of ICE must stop. Nancy Pelosi’s rhetoric is putting a target on the backs of federal law enforcement officers who are already facing a 1,000% increase in assaults against them. Our law enforcement is ENFORCING federal law — if politicians and activists don’t like the law, they should try to change it instead of demonizing our brave men and women in uniform,” McLaughlin added.
The Department of Justice sent a letter to Pelosi and Jenkins warning them that their plans violate federal law and that there will be consequences should any state or local police arrest federal agents while lawfully carrying out their duties.
The heightened threat level DHS personnel are facing was realized in the San Francisco Bay last week after a driver apparently attempted to ram a U-Haul truck into a checkpoint at Coast Guard Island Alameda. Coast Guard security personnel shot at the suspect after he did not listen to verbal commands to stop.
“The truck driver was wounded in the stomach and is being held for mental health evaluation. A bystander was struck by a fragment, treated at a local hospital, and released,” DHS said about the shooting.
Anti-ICE attackers have increasingly used vehicles to allegedly ram federal agents’ vehicles or block their path on the road during operations. Attacks in that fashion have taken place in cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles.
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‘Top Chef’ judge tries to drum up outrage over White House ballroom — and gets thoroughly embarrassed
A star chef from the show “Top Chef” tried to raise outrage over the demolition for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom renovation, but he was mocked and ridiculed instead.
Tom Colicchio posted a photograph he said was from the East Room of the White House, which is being renovated to make way for a large ballroom.
Colicchio’s tweet was also slapped with a community note clarifying the problem with his assertion.
“My wife and I in the East Wing. I can’t believe it is gone,” he posted on his official social media account.
However, as many quickly noted, the photograph was not from the East Room at all, but actually from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the main White House residence.
“You’re in luck! That’s not the East Wing,” responded Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah.)
“I’m thrilled to be able to tell you that that room is not in the East Wing and not gone,” replied Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist.
“Imagine being so stupid you think the East and West Wings are party of the actual White House and not additional offices connected by hallways so you don’t have to go outside to get to them,” responded podcaster Derek Hunter.
Colicchio’s tweet was also slapped with a community note clarifying the problem with his assertion.
“This is clearly the Diplomatic Reception Room, which can be found in the main White House building, NOT the East Wing. A picture featuring the painting, fireplace, and bits of the wallpaper can be found here,” the note read, with a link to the White House.
The embarrassing episode also led to some posting sarcastic versions of the tweet with photos from movies or photoshops. A particularly humorous one posted an AI image of a man and a woman having a picnic on the wing of a plane.
“My wife and I on the east wing. I can’t believe it’s gone,” the tweet reads.
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Democrats and others have accused the president of possibly accepting donations from corporations for the fund to build the ballroom as a way of gaining favor with his administration.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Democrats have opened an investigation into the donors for the ballroom in order to assess whether any corruption is involved.
Colicchio and the other chef judges made headlines in 2018 when they wore pins supporting Planned Parenthood during one episode of the show.
Blaze News has reached out to Colicchio for a comment about the community note.
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