A clip from way on back in late September of 2019 shows then-former ICE director Tom Homan getting into what amounted to a shouting match with “Squad” member Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) during a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship hearing, causing her to melt down in anger.
In the video, Homan firmly blames Rep. Jayapal and other Democrats for failing to secure the border, snapping, “Look, you want to know why there’s 50,000 people in detention? You want to know why we’re having 1 million illegal entries in the United States? You want to know why we’re having these issues? Because you have failed to secure the border.”
Continuing, Homan hammered the Democrats for not working with Trump to secure the border, snapping, “You have failed to work with this President to close the three loopholes we’ve asked for two years to close. So if you want to know why this issue exists, you need to look in the mirror. You have failed the American people by not securing the border and closing loopholes.”
Freaking out, Rep. Jayapal kept interrupting Mr. Homan and insisting that his time to speak had expired, but he wasn’t done. Firing back as she kept yelling and demanding that he respect her authority, Mr. Homan snapped, “I’ve asked you politely to let me go beyond my time; you let other people go beyond their time.”
He then continued, as she kept up her antics in the chair, “This is a circus.” She, in turn, claimed the others were only granted time extensions because they had been interrupted by protesters, leading Homan to snap at her, “I’m a taxpayer. You work for me.” He then repeated that multiple times, quite angering her.
Commenters on X (formerly Twitter) had a field day roasting Jayapal over her performance. One, for example, said, “I’m surprised Pramila Jayapal didn’t break the gavel. Jayapal is someone who shouldn’t be in politics. Especially when she lets her temper get the better of her.” Another wrote, commenting on what the second Trump Administration will be like, “The next two years are going to be amazing.”
Watch Homan torch Jayapal here:
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Trump has since announced that Mr. Homan will be his border czar, saying, in a post on Truth Social, “I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders (“The Border Czar”), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security.”
Continuing, the president-elect said, “I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin. Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job.”
Featured image credit: screengrab from the embedded video