Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., defended a recent social media post calling ICE a “terrorist force” Wednesday.
During an interview with Brianna Keilar on “CNN News Central,” the host spoke to Jayapal about her Tuesday Instagram post where she wrote that “ICE is acting like a terrorist force. People across the country of all legal statuses — including U.S. citizens — are being kidnapped and disappeared off the street by masked men. No oversight, no accountability. Completely lawless.”
Keilar asked Jayapal to respond to a statement from White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson, which was obtained by Fox News Digital.
In the statement, Jackson said, “Jayapal’s disgusting comments warrant an immediate apology. Heroic ICE officers are simply doing their jobs and enforcing federal immigration law, with the utmost professionalism.”
“Dangerous smears by deranged leftists like Jayapal radicalize their supporters to violently attack and obstruct federal law enforcement. Because of comments like Jayapal’s, assaults against ICE agents have increased by 500% this year. And that number will go even higher if Jayapal doesn’t stop with her smears,” Jackson added.
Jayapal responded, “What is deranged and cruel and outrageous is that, literally, we are seeing ICE agents, I assume they‘re ICE agents. They say they are. They don‘t have any identification. They‘re wearing masks. They‘re in plain clothes. They are coming and kidnapping and disappearing people on the streets of the United States.”
“I never in a million years thought that that is something that I would see here in America,” she added. --->READ MORE HERE
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Washington state Democrat Pramila Jayapal has doubled down on an eyebrow-raising social media post she made on Tuesday.
The progressive congresswoman came under fire earlier in the week after calling Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 'a terrorist force' during a town hall event, then posting the quote to her Instagram account.
'ICE is acting like a terrorist force. People across the country of all legal statuses — including U.S. citizens — are being kidnapped and disappeared off the street by masked men,' Jayapal wrote.
'No oversight, no accountability. Completely lawless,' the Democrat representative added in her Instagram post.
Jayapal's remarks came as the Trump administration is touting historic success in border enforcement.
President Donald Trump wrote in a Wednesday evening social media post that 'the June Border Statistics ... are the Lowest Recorded Numbers In United States History.'
'The U.S. Border Patrol reported Zero releases of Illegal Aliens into the Country,' Trump added.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson fought back against the congresswoman's remark, noting that 'Jayapal's disgusting comments warrant an immediate apology. Heroic ICE officers are simply doing their jobs and enforcing federal immigration law, with the utmost professionalism.'
Jackson alleged that Jayapal's comments have contributed to assaults against ICE agents, which the White House says are up by 500 percent this year. --->READ MORE HERE
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