AOC Slams Gavel To Cut Off Former ICE Director As He Rants About ICE Critics

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 15:  U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) listens during a House Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee hearing on confronting White Supremacy at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2019 in Washington, DC. During the hearing, subcommittee members and the witnesses discussed the impact on the communities most victimized and targeted by white supremacists. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) listens during a House Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee hearing. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) shut down former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Tom Homan on Wednesday when he tried to speak over his allotted time during a House hearing.

The contentious moment happened during a House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on the Trump administration’s decision to begin denying medical deferral requests from undocumented immigrants with life-threatening illnesses.

Committee member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), an outspoken critic of the administration’s immigration measures, told Homan that his contribution as acting ICE chief “will always be remembered as one that was very ruthless and inhumane.”

An outraged Homan responded to Tlaib’s comments a few minutes later, complaining that “in my 34 years, I’ve never seen such hate toward a law enforcement agency in my life.”

Ocasio-Cortez, who was leading the hearing at that moment, repeatedly tried to tell the former ICE leader that his time was expired as he railed against ICE’s critics in Congress.

After telling Homan that his time was up for the fourth time while he kept speaking over her, the New York Democrat finally succeeded in intervening by slamming the gavel.

“Mr. Homan, your time is expired,” she said firmly before giving the floor to Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA).

Watch the exchange below:

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  1. Respect is earned not deserved.

  2. An outraged Homan responded to Tlaib’s comments a few minutes later, complaining that “in my 34 years, I’ve never seen such hate toward a law enforcement agency in my life.”

    If you listened the testimony of this Faux news talking head all he had was Faux talking points
    Sounded Like Faux and Friends on steroids, with a dumber Steeve Doocy

    Good for her She should have cut him off earlier

  3. Well played, AOC. Me? I would have flung the gavel at him…

  4. AOC and The Squad are going to be the opponents running against every Republican in every electoral race in 2020.

  5. [H]is contribution as acting ICE chief “will always be remembered as one that was very ruthless and inhumane.”

    It’s always so cruel to have your job performance summarized so accurately, so succinctly.

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