Yesterday, a House hearing on the impacts of sanctuary cities turned into a shouting match between Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD). Democrats, of course, treated Jessica Gorman with disdain. She’s the mother of Sheridan, who was shot and killed by an illegal alien earlier this year. What’s painfully clear again is that Democrats prioritize the rights and needs of illegal aliens over American citizens.
Democrats have to sit there and TAKE IT while the mother of Sheridan Gorman brings RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION to Congress:
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"I'm NOT racist. I'm NOT xenophobic.
Now I'm gonna have to spend my last waking moment fighting.
I don't understand why it's only the Republican side who… pic.twitter.com/ud2uDYCORR
🚨WILD MOMENT: The mother of Sheridan Gorman just put the fear of GOD in Democrats with this unbelievable testimony:
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"When did protecting our American citizens stop being your first priority?
Why did protecting our American citizens not become your first priority?
I WANT an… pic.twitter.com/Gr3fbLlDS9
Lawler's feelings about his colleagues on this issue spilled over into a shouting match between him and Raskin. The former stated that Democrats care more about anti-ICE radicals than about American citizens killed by people who shouldn’t be here, coddled and enabled by the Democrats’ pro-open border policies (via NY Post):
SPARKS FLY between Rep. Mike Lawler and Rep. Jamie Raskin.
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RASKIN: “You should get the hell out of here!”
LAWLER: “You’re a disgrace!”
RASKIN: “You’re full of it!” pic.twitter.com/mz7Q5GgUoF
Rep. Mike Lawler tells me Rep. Jamie Raskin and Rep. Pramila Jayapal are “f**king assholes” pic.twitter.com/0ABIhNTD38
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The congressman went on to scold Democrats for seemingly being more concerned about the deaths of anti-ICE protesters than the victims of migrant crime.
“The same outrage you feel about Renée Good and Alex Pretti you should feel about Sheridan Gorman and Laken Riley,” Lawler fumed.
Raskin shot back: “I do feel that outrage.”
“You do not!” Lawler raged.” Because if you did you would not support sanctuary jurisdictions
“You should be ashamed of yourself!”
Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, noted that Lawler was not a member of the panel and asked him to “get the hell out” as they both shouted over each other.
“You don’t understand the rules of the committee. You don’t understand the Constitution. You’re full of it!” Raskin yelled.
“You’re an absolute disgrace for supporting sanctuary policies,” Lawler countered.
“Say one word about Alex Pretti and Renée Good,” Raskin demanded.
To which Lawker responded, “I did! I wrote a whole New York Times op-ed about it.”
“You should be absolutely ashamed of yourself for not opposing sanctuary policies that resulted in their daughter’s death!” he added, ending the argument.
Nelly Decker, a spokeswoman for Raskin, argued the Maryland Democrat’s outburst was justified.
“Of course Raskin yelled at [Lawler], he was a guest in the committee to introduce a witness and went on a tangent and sullied the names of Alex Pretti and Renee Good,” Decker wrote on X.
Whatever. Pretti and Good were also two left-wing whack jobs who got what they deserved. Also, no one cares who they are or were. One tried to run over a federal agent and was shot and killed, as she should have been. That’s what happens when you try to run over a cop, you idiot.
At the same time, Lawler should’ve known Democrats held these feelings about immigration. It’s not like it’s a secret or anything.
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