Jayapal defends calling Ice the “terrorist force” despite the White House backlash
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manager Pramila Jayapald-wash. , a recent social media post defended the post Wednesday calling Ice the “terrorist force.”
In an interview with Brianna Keilar from “CNN News Central,” the host spoke to Jayapal about Instagram on Tuesday post She said, “The ice behaves like terrorists. People across the country of all legal status, including American citizens, have been lured out of the streets by masked men. They have no surveillance or accountability. They are totally lawless.”
Keilar asked Jayapal to respond to a statement from White House spokesman Abigail Jackson, obtained by Fox News Digital.
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D-Wash. Rep. Pramila Jayapal defended a recent social media post calling ICE the “terrorist force” on Wednesday. (Washington Post via Javin Botsford/Getty Images)
In a statement, Jackson said, “Jayapal’s disgusting comments justify an immediate apology. The heroic ice officer is simply at his job and enforces federal immigration laws with the utmost professionalism.”
“Dangerous smears by crazy leftists like Jayapal will radicalize supporters to attack and block federal law enforcement. Due to comments like Jayapal, attacks on ice agents are the ones that are not the same. 500% increase this year. And if Jayapal doesn’t stop at her smear, that number will be even higher,” Jackson added.
Jayapal said, “The confusing, cruel and outrageous thing is that we literally see ice agents. I think they are ice agents. They say they don’t have an identification. They wear masks. They wear regular clothes.
“I didn’t think that’s what I see here in America in a million years,” she added. “And I think I am an administration that requires apologies to US citizens who have been turned into legal, permanent residents, those with legal status across the country.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said Rep. Pramila Jayapal should apologise for her “disgusting comments.” (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
Jayapal called Ice immigration enforcement “outrageous”, “illegal” and “illegal.”
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“It absolutely terrifies people, including small businesses and farmers,” Jayapal said. “The roundtable I had in Spokane are people from the growers league, the scary farmers, the owners of restaurants who don’t see sales drop because no one wants to come out and eat. People are literally very afraid.
Border Emperor Tom Homan attacked ice agents on Monday when he appeared on The Will Cain Show, saying attacks on ice agents increased by more than 500%. (C-Span)
Border Czar Tom Homan sparked an attack on ICE agents when he appeared on “The Will Cain Show” on Monday. Used to track ice agents.
“Attacks on the ice have increased by more than 500%,” Homan said. “Now you have an app that tells you where ice manipulation is going. Just like what happened in LA, ice agents are ambushed by some kind of nut, throwing cocktails, throwing bricks at these officers. This is disgusting on every level.”
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