Commenting during an appearance on Fox News about the Democrats and their attempts to defund and destroy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) because of how effective it is, then, when he posted about the interview online, he entertainingly labelled the anti-ICE wing of the party the “Karen Wing” of the Democratic Party.
As background, many of the farther left Democrats and independents in Congress and in national politics generally, a collection of figures like Mayor Mamdani of New York, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have mobilized to try and defund and destroy ICE, using the recent deaths in Minnesota to try and justify such a move, all while framing it as “reform.”
Such is the attitude that Sen. Kennedy lampooned and sounded off on when he appeared on FNC, noting that the radical wing of the Democratic Party is driving its demands, particularly those about destroying ICE. He said, “I know my Democratic colleagues are taking their marching orders from the Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Mayor Mamdani wing of the party, and they don’t want to reform ICE. They want to kill ICE.”
Continuing, he gave a notable example, pointing to the infamous “defund the police” movement from the 2020 riots days and the aftermath of them, noting that they tried to defund the police under the guise of “reform,” which of course, meant not reform but destruction. He said, “This is all about defunding ICE. When we went through this with defunding the police. I remember they wanted to call it reform. No, they wanted to get rid of the police and replace them with social workers.”
Adding to that, he noted that they pushed it then because they despise the police, much as they now very obviously despise ICE agents, saying, “And I said at the time, you know, if you hate cops, just because they’re cops, the next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead, call a social worker. We live in the real world.”
Kennedy then highlighted the matter in a post on Facebook in which he called out what is going on and who is behind it, saying, “The Karen wing of the Democratic Party doesn’t want to ‘reform’ ICE. They want to abolish ICE. We went through this in 2020 with the Defund the Police ‘reforms.’ If you hate cops just because they’re cops, the next time you get in trouble, call a crackhead.”
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President Trump, defending ICE on Truth Social at the end of January, said, “During the four years of Crooked Joe Biden and Democrat failed leadership, Tens of Millions of Illegal Alien Criminals poured into our Country, including Hundreds of Thousands of Convicted Murderers, Rapists, Kidnappers, Drug Dealers, and Terrorists.”
Continuing, he noted the immense importance of what ICE is doing, “I won the Election in a Historic Landslide, and Republicans won Majorities in both the House and Senate, in large part, because we pledged to SEAL THE BORDER, which we have done, and launch the largest Mass Deportation of Illegal Alien Criminals in American History. This Deportation effort is underway, and in Republican run Cities and States, these operations are going peacefully and smoothly, because Local Law Enforcement Officers are allowed to work with their Federal counterparts. For example, in the five Republican run States of Texas, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Louisiana, ICE has arrested 150,245 Criminal Illegal Aliens over the past year — with ZERO protests, riots, or chaos. Why? Because Local Police and ICE are cooperating and working together.”
He then called out sanctuary cities for what they are doing, saying, “Meanwhile, Democrat run Sanctuary Cities and States are REFUSING to cooperate with ICE, and they are actually encouraging Leftwing Agitators to unlawfully obstruct their operations to arrest the Worst of the Worst People! By doing this, Democrats are putting Illegal Alien Criminals over Taxpaying, Law-Abiding Citizens, and they have created dangerous circumstances for EVERYONE involved. Tragically, two American Citizens have lost their lives as a result of this Democrat ensued chaos.”