Arrested Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka posted that "there has to be something incredibly wrong with lying on Mother's Day" after the Department of Homeland Security posted security video from the ICE detention center that was stormed by protesters, including two members of Congress.
Let’s check the tape. https://t.co/1S66cGSxct pic.twitter.com/LqEFhTrnYl
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) May 11, 2025
The woman in the red blazer pushing around ICE agents with her formidable gut is Rep. LaMonica McIver. She ought to be arrested, but Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatened in an Instagram video that there'd be "a problem" if either of the congresswomen involved were arrested, and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries also threatened retaliation, saying, "There are clear lines that they dare not cross."
There's been a lot of big talk, but when Julio Rosas asked McIver about her assault on ICE agents, she didn't have much to say:
I asked Rep. McIver (D) about her alleged assault on ICE agents, that was caught on camera, outside of Delaney Hall in Newark.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 14, 2025
She did not answer my questions.pic.twitter.com/KRWVjiAdaS
She and the others had said they were conducting "oversight." Just a reminder: they stormed the detention center when ICE opened the fence to let in a busload of criminals. This is who they're literally fighting for: criminals.
She moves fast for her size, like Charles Barkley in a bad weave leading the fast break.
— TikTok is Malware (@FloridaUnemplo1) May 14, 2025
Surprised she didn't body you, mah bwoi!
— Marcus (@MarcusNoNumbers) May 14, 2025
She had a conversation with her legal team. The team told her not to say a fkg word, their job is hard enough right now.
— LeeRoyJenkins® (@NunyaBiznnes) May 14, 2025
Of course she didn't. Funny how she can shut her loud mouth when she wants to.
— 🇺🇸 (@Tosirwithlove5) May 14, 2025
Big mouth is now silent.
— Ultra D-Gen X (@mcrichierich) May 14, 2025
That walk is the most exercise she's had since she was a teen
— TropicalTrading (@Coup_de_tat1954) May 14, 2025
Whatever consequences she doesn't face while in office, the voters will see this as her willing to incite violence and commit assault publicly for illegal criminals but hide when American citizens ask questions about it. It's a failed attempt to rally people to their side.
— Michael Butler 🇺🇸 (@MDButler81) May 14, 2025
The talking point on X by Rep. Bonnie Coleman and Baraka is that the ICE bodycam video is "manufactured."
McIver could have just repeated the talking points to Rosas: that she and Coleman were just doing their job, conducting oversight and asking for a tour of the facility. That's the story they're going with.
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