As we've often documented, Democrats have turned gaslighting into an art form, with some of the more notorious examples being Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass denying that any anti-ICE rioting took place in her city, and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) periodically denying the existence of the radical far-leftist group Antifa.
Of all the Democrats who engage in this insulting tactic, Nadler is perhaps the gaslightiest of all of them, proclaiming during a 2024 House hearing on men invading women's sports, for instance, that "men do not compete in women's sports."
The latest example comes as violent attacks on immigration enforcement agents have increased by over 800 percent, according to DHS, with two of the more disturbing ones coming out of Texas, where in one incident a responding police officer was shot in the neck in what allegedly was part of a larger plot to ambush agents at the ICE detention center in Alvarado.
In the other incident, which took place at the city of McAllen's Border Patrol sector annex, a man who opened fire was taken down by local law enforcement and Border Patrol agents. Two McAllen police officers and an employee with the Border Patrol sustained injuries that required a visit to the hospital.
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This week, Nadler was walking down a Congressional hallway when a Fox News reporter asked him his thoughts on the attacks against ICE. Nadler's response was not to condemn the attacks but to pretend they hadn't happened:
As one might imagine, this did not go over well at all with Trump administration officials including Border Czar Tom Homan, who lit into Nadler in a post on X:
This buffoon knows exactly what attacks — his party is the one encouraging them.
ICE agents are facing an 830% increase in assaults because of smears from the left. Their words have consequences. We won’t let them pretend they don’t.
Nadler himself has at times joined in on the type of anti-ICE rhetoric that is undoubtedly fueling the attacks:
Whether it's a denial that attacks are even happening, or a refusal to condemn them when you know they are happening, as Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) did when he was asked back in April about the Tesla dealership firebombings, it has become clearer and clearer that the party that accuses their opposition, without evidence, of "Gestapo tactics" might wanna take a long, hard look in the mirror next time.
Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.
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