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While Americans spent Memorial Day honoring the fallen, New Jersey Democrats turned an ICE detention facility in Newark into the scene of a political circus. What was billed as a protest outside Delaney Hall quickly spiraled into chaos, complete with screaming activists, clashes with law enforcement, and a sitting U.S. senator getting pepper-sprayed in the middle of the mayhem.

And while the media was using footage of Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) getting his eyes flushed out after being pepper-sprayed to push their preferred narrative, Greg Gutfeld wasn’t buying into the propaganda. On Tuesday’s edition of The Five, he immediately trashed the Democrats for their stunt, particularly the day they chose to do it.

“It took place on Memorial Day," he said. "The message is clear. Illegal immigrants, no matter how criminal they are, take priority over dead soldiers."
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“Do I care that Andy Kim got pepper-sprayed? No, I don't care," he said. "You are doing this on Memorial Day, champ. You're actually participating in something that undermines our country's security."
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The broader point Gutfeld made was about motive. Kim and the other demonstrators, as far as he was concerned, were never really there about immigration policy. They were there for the moment itself. "What Kim got was what he wanted. He wanted the attention off Memorial Day and on him. But it's not going to change the way we feel about him or anything else."

And that, Gutfeld argued, is the whole playbook: Stage a confrontation, generate visuals of chaos, then point to the chaos as evidence that the policy itself is the problem.

kairos12 (13,720 posts)

I looked on with disgust the anticipated

location of The Arc De Trump. Situated between Arlington Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial, its location is horrific. To gaze from the Lincoln Memorial to Arlington is a treasured and honored view. To have that vista blocked by a Croquet wicket of an Arch dedicated to a a child rapist is akin to having a splendid view of the Rocky Mountains, only to have your windshield splattered by a monumental amount of bird shit.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221261395

I watched Jonny Carson for years and have no idea who he voted for.

I don't think his eye problem is terminal!

Most Americans are spending time with their families this weekend for Memorial Day, remembering and honoring those who gave their lives for our country.

But some were busy doing other things. For example, there were activists at the ICE detention center in Newark, N.J., over the weekend. Democratic politicians also made an appearance. Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) was trying to get into the facility on Sunday.

Kim was back on Monday. Gov. Mikie Sherrill also showed up.

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A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said Kim personally called Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and that he was allowed in the facility to conduct his congressional oversight responsibilities. However, the spokesperson criticized Sherrill over the appearance at the detention center.

"Governor Sherrill’s visit to Delaney Hall is nothing more than a political stunt on Memorial Day when visitation is currently suspended due to riots outside the facility," the spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "Yesterday, approximately 125 agitators surrounded Delaney Hall Detention Facility, many carrying anti-ICE signs and Antifa flags. They formed a human chain around entrances to the facility and set up barricades, blocking all entries and exits."

The activists were at it again on Monday. Here's one digging up large blocks to help add to their blockade of an exit from the facility.
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Here's the blockade they assembled, with all the random garbage they were able to grab.
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Kim was telling the activists to let the agents through the blockades, saying he would make sure there were no detainees in the vehicles. Here on X.

Police reportedly had to deploy pepper spray, and carted away some of the agitators. Here on X.

And it looks like Kim may have been affected.