ICE Director Todd Lyons has used the House hearing he is participating in to argue that ICE is the real victim of ICE’s campaign of lawless violence across America.
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According to CBS NewsIn his opening statement, Lyons said:
Lyon also condemned government officials’ rhetoric against ICE, saying it has “incited violence against dedicated American patriots defending our homeland, and this must stop.”
“We are facing the deadliest work environment in the history of our agency,” he told lawmakers.
The real victims here are not the two dead Americans in Minneapolis, but the dozens of people beaten and abused while in captivity. The real victims in this story are people in masks terrorizing American communities.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) had a reality check for Lyon.
Rep. McIver asked, “Do you consider yourself a religious man?”
Lyons replied, “Yes, ma’am.”
McIver continued, “How do you think the Day of Judgment will work for you with so much blood on your hands?”
Lyons said he wouldn’t answer that question.
McIver continued, “Do you think you’re going to hell, Mr. Lyons?”
After a warning from the chair about decorum, McIver said, “I asked a question. You guys are always talking about religion and the Bible around here. I mean, it’s okay for me to ask a question, right?”
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And that was the exchange of the entire hearing.
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