Left-wing ‘Squad’ member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has a problem, and it’s that she can’t seem to get out of the way of her own arrogance. She keeps tweaking the Trump administration over the issue of illegal immigration, and it feels an awful lot like she’s getting close to getting bitten – in a legal sense – by the Justice Department.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday on Hannity that it is “entirely appropriate” for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over her recent comments directed at illegal migrants. During a town hall Friday in Jackson Heights, Queens, Ocasio-Cortez challenged border czar Tom Homan to “come” for her, intensifying a public feud that began earlier this year. Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Noem whether her previous statements could be viewed as “aiding and abetting” and if the DOJ should “look into this situation.”
“I think the Department of Justice absolutely should look into this situation,” Noem said. “We’ve seen not just those that serve in public office be willing to break the law to facilitate the invasion that has happened and allow criminals to stay here. We’ve also seen judges take radical action to help protect these criminals. It’s time that we stand for what’s right.”
On February 12, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosted a virtual event on her Facebook page titled “Know Your Rights With ICE,” where she offered guidance to undocumented migrants on how to handle encounters with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at home or at work. In the days following the event, border czar Tom Homan issued a warning on Fox News, stating he had begun working with the Department of Justice to assess whether the webinar constituted obstruction of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.
Since then, the two have continued to clash publicly, with Ocasio-Cortez eventually requesting clarification from the DOJ on whether she is the subject of an investigation. “The American people are sick of these people abusing our system to try to promote an agenda. Remember, the Democrats are using fear to control people. They’re out there motivating people by fear, and they’re standing alongside known terrorists in order to endanger our future,” Noem said. “So I think it’s entirely appropriate that the Department of Justice look into these situations.”Obviously, the Bronx Democrat believes she’s untouchable and that she’s only engaging in her constitutional right of ‘free speech’ in advising people in our country illegally how they can avoid being removed. Well, you can’t yell ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater or slander someone publicly, either, so the ‘free speech’ argument only goes so far. So, too, will the Trump DOJ’s patience with Ocasio-Cortez, we predict.
