Grieving mothers scorch lawmaker after he pivots during hearing to attack 'MAGA Republicans'

"As a matter of fact, I've seen several islands sink"

Jen Heiling looked straight at Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), who brilliantly said that an island could sink if  the population grew too large, and told the congressman that her 11-year-old and 16-year-old are still waiting for her son and their brother to come home.

Yes, Hank Johnson did say that during a March 25, 2010, House Armed Services Committee hearing.
While questioning Admiral Robert Willard (then commander of U.S. Pacific Command) about a proposed military buildup on Guam, specifically, relocating about 8,000 Marines and their families (roughly 25,000 additional people) to the island, which had a population of around 175,000–180,000 at the time, Johnson stated:

"My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize."

He also referenced the island's narrow dimensions (about 7–12 miles wide at points) in the exchange. Admiral Willard responded dryly, "We don't anticipate that," before noting the population figures.

So it's obvious that Johnson is not the sharpest tool on the Christmas tree.

Anyway, an emotional House hearing on the human toll of sanctuary policies turned into a complete circus Thursday after Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson decided to dismiss the whole thing as a MAGA stunt and started whining about witness seating arrangements.

The congressional hearing, which featured families shattered by crimes committed by illegal immigrants, erupted into a tense confrontation when Johnson basically told the grieving mothers that their pain was no big deal compared to his favorite left-wing talking points.

Johnson drew fierce backlash from the mothers and from Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), after he appeared to wave off their tragedies and immediately pivoted to attacking "MAGA Republicans. 

"The fireworks happened during a hearing titled "The Human Toll of Sanctuary Policies." Johnson claimed the victims' families were part of a "Steve Miller-approved" stunt whose only goal was "stir[ring] up passion and prejudice against immigrants who are people of color."

After tossing out a few quick condolences to the families of those allegedly killed and critically injured by illegal immigrants, Johnson wasted no time steering the discussion toward what he really wanted to talk about. He said the committee should be holding hearings on the "human toll" of the "Trump MAGA tax cuts," Trump's foreign policy with Iran, or the "cover up of the Epstein files."

He then rattled off a list of violent crimes committed by White men and brought up the death of Renee Good, who was killed by federal authorities in January while protesting immigration enforcement.

"I'm not minimizing the tragedy that is before us today with you three women, but the other tragedies at the hands of non-immigrants are just as important," Johnson said.

He also accused the Republican majority of strategically "sandwich[ing]" a Democrat witness between the victims' families for "dramatic effect."

Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, was having none of it. He called Johnson's tirade "one of the most disgusting testimonies I have ever heard" and laid the blame for these tragedies squarely at the feet of Democrat lawmakers who spent four years pushing open borders under the Biden administration.

But the most powerful response came from Jen Heiling, mother of 18-year-old Brady Heiling. Brady was killed along with his girlfriend, 18-year-old Hallie Helgeson, in 2025 when an illegal immigrant from Honduras allegedly drove the wrong way on I-90 while intoxicated and slammed into the teens' car.

"You can put me in whatever order, in whatever seat. My tragedy is never going to be OK," Heiling told Johnson. "Today's our day. Hear us. Leave your butts in your seat. I don't want to hear your butts."

She described how her 11-year-old and 16-year-old children are still waiting for their big brother to come home. Their garage stall remains empty because Brady's car is still being held as police evidence.

"We can't pick a headstone because that makes it too real. But you can sit here and tell us about what kind of hearing this should be," Heiling said. "Renee Good is not the same as angel families. She made a choice. ... Brady and Hallie didn't get a choice.  . . .  They were living [by] American laws . . . and they were stolen by somebody who doesn't care."

Patricia Fox, mother of Carissa Aspnes, who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run allegedly caused by an illegal immigrant, followed up by directly addressing Johnson's race obsession."I don't know if anybody has noticed, but I am not White. I wake up Brown every day."

"I'm not sure what race has to do with any of this," Fox said. "There's four kids that we talked about today, and y'all can't seem to stay on topic for what, an hour of your time.

"Today, we're talking about sanctuary policies and how they have wrecked our families. Y'all come and y'all feed Carissa. You get her up from her bed using a crane, and then you tell me and lecture me what this hearing should be about."

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Ted Cruz's Impeachment Wish Comes True: Rep. Brandon Gill Drops the Hammer on Judge Boasberg, the Deep State's Favorite Gavel-Wielding Enforcer

Oh, the sweet sound of accountability echoing through the marble halls of Congress, like a liberal's safe space suddenly discovering the concept of consequences. Judge James Boasberg, that judicial snowflake who's been melting under scrutiny, is now officially on thin ice thicker than a Biden family business deal. As my sharp-eyed colleague Katie Jerkovich laid out last Friday, Republican Rep. Byron Donalds (FL-19) spilled the beans on Fox News' The Ingraham Angle, hinting that his Texas colleague, Rep. Brandon Gill (TX-26) was gearing up to serve Judge Boasberg a piping hot platter of impeachment articles. 

The reason for the impeachment is due to Boasberg playing activist ringmaster in the circus that was the Trump probe, green-lighting subpoenas that snagged phone records from nine U.S. Senators like they were low-hanging fruit of a loom. And leading the charge was none other than Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), one of the subpoenaed senators, who'd been hollering for Boasberg's robe to get yanked faster than Adam Schiff can spout a lie.

Well, wishes do come true when you're not wishing on a star but on a filibuster. The House finally delivered the goods on Tuesday, with Gill introducing the Articles of Impeachment against Boasberg. 

"I just filed Articles of Impeachment against radical activist Judge James Boasberg," Gill announced with hidden glee.

"Judge Boasberg abused his power by weaponizing the judiciary against critics of the Biden Administration. As part of the Arctic Frost Investigation, Judge Boasberg signed off on frivolous nondisclosure orders to conceal the fact that sitting US Senators were being surveilled.

"Not only was this action egregiously improper; it was a gross violation of the separation of powers.

"Judge Boasberg is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, is unfit for office, and should be impeached."

In a follow-up chat that could double as a masterclass in calling out judicial malpractice, Gill didn't mince words: Boasberg had "compromised the impartiality of the judiciary." Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), is formally introducing impeachment articles against U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Tuesday for his role in the "Arctic Frost" probe.

Republican allies of President Donald Trump have been criticizing Boasberg after news broke that he was the judge who signed off on subpoenas and other measures in former Special Counsel Jack Smith's probe.

"Chief Judge Boasberg has compromised the impartiality of the judiciary and created a constitutional crisis. He is shamelessly weaponizing his power against his political opponents, including Republican members of Congress who are faithfully serving the American people within their jurisdiction," Gill told Fox News Digital.

"Judge Boasberg was an accomplice in the egregious Arctic Frost scandal where he equipped the Biden DOJ to spy on Republican senators. His lack of integrity makes him clearly unfit for the gavel. I am proud to once again introduce articles of impeachment against Judge Boasberg to hold him accountable for his high crimes and misdemeanors."

It's not just Lone Star firebrands lighting this fuse. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), whose phone records got the full Snowden treatment in this mess, teamed up with Republican House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (OH-4) on Fox Business' Larry Kudlow show. She confirmed she had tapped Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to drag Boasberg before the committee for a testify-or-fry session. Because nothing says "transparency" like hauling a judge in to explain why he thought spying on senators was just another Tuesday.

Gill's resolution lays it out in black-and-white legalese that's about as subtle as a sledgehammer to a piñata: one count of abuse of power, per the text we scooped first at Fox News Digital. "Ignoring his responsibility to wield the power of his office in a constitutional manner, Chief Judge Boasberg granted Special Counsel John L. Smith authorization to issue frivolous nondisclosure orders in furtherance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation project codenamed ARCTIC FROST," the text said.

"These nondisclosure orders covered Members of Congress who were acting in accord with their legislative duties and privileges guaranteed by Article 1, Section 6, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution."

Look, impeaching federal judges isn't like giving out a traffic ticket. It's rarer than an honest politician's memoir. Since 1803, we've only seen 15 such spectacles in U.S. history, with a measly eight ending in Senate convictions. 

The usual suspects? "Making false statements, favoritism toward litigants or special appointees, intoxication on the bench, and abuse of the contempt power." If rubber-stamping Deep State dirt on lawmakers doesn't qualify as the judicial equivalent of drunk-driving a gavel, I don't know what does. Buckle up, Boasberg; the bench might be getting a vacancy notice.

Wouldn't it be lovely?

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Boasberg's Reign of Terror on the Bench Could Be Coming to a Screeching Halt as GOP Rep Drops Impeachment Hammer

Oh, the sweet sound of accountability finally catching up to a partisan hack in a black robe. Leftist poster boy Judge James Boasberg is learning the hard way that you can't just play fast and loose with the Constitution forever without someone swinging back. Texas Rep. Brandon Gill (R-26), who's reportedly gearing up to file articles of impeachment against this clown in the fallout from the latest bombshell on Biden's dystopian spy op, Operation Arctic Frost.

Fresh off a chat with Fox News' Laura Ingraham, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds (R-19) spilled the beans that his Texas counterpart Gill is knee-deep in paperwork to boot Boasberg, who moonlights as chief judge of the U.S. District Court for D.C., right out of his cushy gig. This all blew up after this week's gut-punch reveal: a whopping 197 subpoenas targeting conservative heavyweights and everyday Americans in Biden's fever-dream surveillance scheme via Operation Arctic Frost.

Exhibit A is a sneaky subpoena for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) from then-Special Counsel Jack Smith to AT&T, rubber-stamped by Boasberg himself, who slapped a gag order on the telecom giant to keep the Texas senator in the dark. As conservative platform RedState laid out, it's peak weaponization.

"He should be impeached. This is why I'm glad that my colleague out of Texas, Rep. Brandon Gill, is actually filing those documents to have him impeached," Donalds fired off. "You can not have a judge just be rogue in our system of justice, helping to abet a rogue prosecutor like Jack Smith to start targeting any American, let alone United States senators."

"This is outrageous! And once again, it demonstrates the length to which the Democrats would stoop in order to keep political power in the United States," he added. "This is not about the Constitution. This is not about the American people. This is about their craven desire to remain in power."

"And you can look at this shutdown or anything else that's going on this year to demonstrate the fact that the Democrats do not care what lever they have to pull or where they have to go to," Donalds continued. "It's about power for them first, second, and third, not the American people, not the Constitution."

Cruz, naturally, was the first Republican voice roaring for Boasberg's head on a pike after this Arctic Frost fiasco came to light. He dissected the judge's deranged order to AT&T, accusing Cruz of being a flight risk for evidence-torching.The report read:

"'The court finds reasonable grounds that such disclosure will result in destruction of or tampering with evidence,'" Cruz read, speaking about the order. "'Intimidation of witnesses and serious jeopardy to the investigation.'"

"There is precisely zero evidence to conclude that I am likely to destroy or tamper with evidence," he added. "Or to intimidate potential witnesses. Zero evidentiary basis for that. This order is an abuse of power. This order is a weaponized legal system."

Cruz demanded the House impeach Boasberg for "abuse of power," all while issuing subpoenas against Republicans on zero probable cause.

Not to be outdone, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) piled on, declaring it the first time in his career he's ever bayed for a judge's impeachment. "This is the first time I've called for a judge's impeachment. Normally, appellate courts and the Supreme Court rein in rogue district judges. Not Boasberg--he's truly lawless. He's openly biased, gone rogue, and likely broken the law."

Buckle up, folks. We will see if Boasberg's house of cards finally topples under the weight of his own arrogance. 

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Kamala Harris in the Hot Seat? GOP Rep. Brandon Gill Wants Answers on Biden’s Brain Fog

The political circus just keeps on spinning, and this time, GOP Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) is ready to crank up the heat. During a fiery chat on Fox Business' Mornings With Maria, the House Oversight Committee member didn't mince words, floating the idea of slapping a subpoena on Kamala Harris to dig into what he calls the Biden administration's cognitive cover-up. 

Gill was riffing on testimony from former White House flack Ian Sams, who admitted to barely crossing paths with Joe Biden during his two-plus years in the administration. We're talking two in-person meetings, one virtual sit-down, and a single phone call. 

That's it. For a guy who was supposedly in the inner circle, that's about as connected as a flip phone in a 5G world. This tidbit only fueled Gill’s suspicions about Biden’s mental sharpness, or lack thereof, during his White House clusterfrack.

"These are the people who portrayed themselves as being in the know," Gill said, throwing shade at the administration's spin doctors. "The American people watched Joe Biden on TV. We could see his cognitive decline. We saw his debate performance. We saw his eyes glazing over when reporters asked him questions." Sounds like Gill has been taking notes while watching Biden's greatest hits on the blooper reel.

The Texas congressman didn't stop there. He accused Biden's inner circle of flat-out lying to the public about the president's condition. "They had no clue what they were talking about, and instead lied to the American people," he charged, before taking a swing at the media for playing lapdog instead of watchdog. It’s an "indictment of Left-wing legacy media," he said, and you can almost hear the mic drop from here.

When host Cheryl Casone pressed him on whether the Oversight Committee would go full Law & Order and subpoena Harris, Gill didn't flinch. "I would like to see Kamala Harris subpoenaed," he declared. "I think that she should have been close to Joe Biden more than most people, and I think she's got a lot to answer for as well." 

If Harris thought she could skate through this mess, Gill has other plans.

The plot thickened when Casone brought up the "autopen portion" of the probe.

Oversight Chairman James Comer has been sniffing around, wondering who was really calling the shots while Biden's pen was on autopilot. Was it Hahaharris? Dr. Jill? The White House barista? Gill and his GOP pals want to know.

This investigation still has legs, and Republicans are turning up the volume, zeroing in on Biden's mental fitness and the role his closest allies played in keeping the public in the dark. Subpoenaing Harris would be like tossing a Molotov cocktail into an already polarized D.C., but for Gill, it's a no-brainer. "We need answers," he's essentially saying, and he isn't wrong. The only question is whether this probe will uncover the truth or just give us another season of partisan mudslinging. 

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Ilhan Omar faces deportation efforts

Rep[ulsive] Ilhan Omar (D-MN) is facing growing concerns that not only does she hate Israel and the Jews, she also hates America, a country that has only done good things for her and her brother-ex-husband. The Somali-born congresswoman is facing a growing petition to deport her back to her native land, because she broke the law getting her brother citizenship, her controversial rhetoric, her actions to impede law enforcement efforts, and besides, she kind of sucks.

Many normal people are signing the petition, which calls for her to be removed from the United States, citing her obvious disloyalty to American values and repeated criticisms of the country that did so much for her.

As calls for accountability pile up, many folks are questioning how she, with her outspoken, often anti-Semitic/anti-Israel views, was allowed to hold public office in the first place.

Emerging Republican lawmaker, Texas Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) sent out a petition, calling for Omar to be arrested and deported to her birth country. He added that the U.S. “would be a much better place if she were to be sent back.” Omar has lived in the U.S. since 1995 and became a naturalized citizen in 2000.

Gill accused Omar of advising illegal Somali immigrants on how to avoid Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids after leaked video footage revealed the Squad member instructing Somali-born constituents on what actions to take if confronted by ICE officials.

“Friend, we should have never let Ilhan Omar into our country. And frankly, America would be a much better place if she were to be sent back to Somalia,” Gill wrote in a fundraising email. She is “more loyal to illegal Somalians” than U.S. citizens, adding that Omar is “facilitating a full-scale invasion of our country.”

He suggested that she could be found guilty of treason and stated that the "time has come to arrest and deport Ilhan Omar.”

“I have had my fill of foreigners storming our border, complaining about and disparaging our country, and then helping more and more of them invade our lands… And I know the American people are too,” Gill wrote. “If you’re as sick and tired of it as I am, sign my petition, and let’s send her back to Somalia, where she belongs.”

In a video released on February 4, Omar, speaking in Arabic, advised illegal Somali immigrants that if approached by ICE officers, they should inform the agents that a lawyer had instructed them not to answer questions or provide their name, immigration status, or information about their mode of entry.

Sounds like something a criminal would advise to their fellow criminals.  

Several reports have raised questions about Omar's immigrant background, with one alleging that she married her second husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British citizen rumored to be her brother, for him to gain a green card. She dismissed such claims after the FBI opened an investigation, calling them “disgusting lies.”

In response to Gill’s remarks, Omar declared him to be a “racist” and a “fascist,” which is her go-to response when anyone who confronts her because she has no other resource to counter truth.

“It is truly disgusting that members of the Republican party feel emboldened to engage in racist and quite frankly fascist remarks,” Omar said in a statement to Axios. “Representative Gill’s attempt to clout chase by threatening to deport a legal US citizen because you disagree with them is directly out of Donald Trump’s fascist playbook. I hope Representative Gill learns a thing or two about the value immigrants bring to this country and stop threatening Americans that disagree with `him.”

But remember, Omar is only a citizen because she wasn't caught lying on her application, which brings to mind a different application that a certain son of a demented politician lied on when applying for a gun permit.

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