As Twitchy reported Saturday, Rep. Bonnie Coleman told CNN her side of the story about Democrats interfering with ICE officers as they were doing "oversight" at an ICE detention facility in New Jersey. Unfortunately, Coleman couldn't see the bodycam video that CNN was playing, but she assured us that any additional footage that came from ICE would be "manufactured" to show Democrats being violent.
Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, who was arrested at the facility, also called the bodycam footage "manufactured truth" and said it was incredibly wrong to lie on Mother's Day.
Yes, check the tape. The aggression was from the people in masks, hiding their identity. And the whole world has seen it.
— Ras J. Baraka (@rasjbaraka) May 11, 2025
Manufactured truth is still not truth.
There has to be something incredibly wrong with lying on Mothers day. https://t.co/GmxQ4OV9kK
So, their story is that the bodycam video was manufactured? Altered in some way?
Um, good try. No one is above the law.
— Julie McBane (@julie_mcbane) May 11, 2025
Baraka and his colleagues are working hard to manufacture a story where they are the victims.
— Ida (@HeidiSnow381) May 12, 2025
Unfortunately for them, there are multiple videos out all showing the Mayor and Representatives were the agitators and aggressors.
I checked. I saw a woman in a red coat striking an ICE agent from behind. I saw a man in a suit jacket screaming "F You." I saw an entire group continue to move forward onto the property after being told to stop. You are going to jail.
— Frank Furter (@FrankFurter420a) May 11, 2025
They warned you to leave. You didn’t. You also cannot just bust in whenever you please.
— Doreen Linder (@DorLinder) May 11, 2025
AOC says they can.
Yes, check the tape pic.twitter.com/0DrL0BMel5
— Frank (@rodriQuez) May 11, 2025
No, I see the police telling people not to enter and the people are trying to enter by force.
— Antonio Graceffo (@Brooklynmonk) May 12, 2025
The video literally shows the opposite.
— runnd3r (@runndr3) May 12, 2025
The "tape" doesn't support your story.
— Ser Gregor (@GregorJmacs) May 12, 2025
You have no jurisdiction over a federal facility, or the right to obstruct federal workers.
— Benjamin Roberts 🍊 (@bennoba) May 12, 2025
Video says your victim card has been declined.
— Usually Right (@normouspenis) May 12, 2025
If there's something incredibly wrong with lying on Mother's Day, perhaps Baraka should have held off from posting this. It looks like they've really settled on "the bodycam video was manufactured."
This is the congresswoman in the red jacket who ICE has somehow made to look like she's pushing agents, when really, ICE shoved her.
The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie, and arrested @rasjbaraka.
— Rep. LaMonica McIver (@RepLaMonica) May 9, 2025
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right. pic.twitter.com/ICh9Jc3t6B
"Our fight for what is right" — interfering with the detention of a busload of criminals.
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