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."

Thank you for following Brain Flushings. If you really want to help support my work here, you can Buy Me A Coffee or click on the ads alongside this page--it really helps. You can even subscribe to Brain Flushings--it's free.

Tweet

Dumocratic congressman: Trump supporters are poorer, less educated, die early

Rep[rehensible] Hank Johnson (D-GA) a graduate of Hogwash University with a degree in Balderdash and a man who relies heavily on the stupidity of his constituents, made the unsubstantiated claim that President Trump supporters are older, less educated, poorer, and die early compared to other voters. He never said from where he got his data, nor how we can be older and still die early.

"Donald Trump supporters are older, less educated, less prosperous, and dying early," Johnson said at Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, refusing to refer to our president by his title.

Johnson didn't cite what data he used to come to his conclusion, however, an analysis by the Washington Post, no fan of the president, found that while a significant portion of Trump supporters may not have a college degree, they are generally prosperous.

Johnson is a great example of how the self-aggrandizing left views conservatives: as undeserving, unknowing science deniers, while they see themselves as the arbiters of all that's holy, including the killing of babies and calling it a woman's right to choose.

"Their life spans are decreasing. And many are dying from alcoholism, drug overdoses, liver disease or simply a broken heart caused by an economic despair," Johnson added, failing to explain how economic despair can cause a heart to "break."

Johnson once again didn't cite the evidence he based his claim off of, but a study released in September from Columbia University found counties with higher death rates did tend to vote Republican in 2016. And you can trust Columbia University to conduct an unbiased political demographic survey.

Johnson slammed Americans who voted for Trump with the disgusting lie that we want to bring America back to when "minorities and women were in their place."

"Americans elected an authoritarian anti-immigrant racist strongman to the nation's highest office. Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again followers want to return America back to a time where white men and white privilege were unchallenged. And where minorities and women were in their place. These folks now control the highest office in the land," he said.

No, America, not simply Americans, elected Trump because the alternative was a far worse choice. Trump is certainly not a role model for anyone, but presidents are government workers who have a job to do. Does anyone care what the mail carrier does in his or her spare time?

Johnson is black, but being black does not prevent him from being a racist, although some people would have you believe that nonsense. Identity politics is a form of racism. And Johnson has a history of making racist statements when, in 2016, he compared Jewish Israeli settlers to termites.

 He also stupidly expressed concern at a congressional hearing that the island of Guam could tip over because of the presence of U.S. troops. Then-President Obama assured him that he would ensure the troops would be evenly distributed around the island to prevent it from rocking.

The congressman said right-wing ideologues are dividing people because of their thirst for profits, as if making money was a bad thing--typical thinking of socialists and communists.

"Right-wing ideologues gain power by playing on peoples' economic despair. Pitting working people against each other. Enflaming racial tensions by blaming economic hardships on people of color," Johnson said. "The reality is that these right-wing authoritarians are laissez-faire free, market capitalist with insatiable thirst for more and more profits."

It was free market capitalism that created a world where, since 1980, poverty has substantially been eradicated in much of the world, particularly in the West.

During his racist speech, Johnson even compared Trump and the Republican Party to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. This is a typical tactic of the left, appealing to the emotions while insulting the sensitivities of the Jews, who don't quite see Trump anything at all like the Nazis and Hitler.

Not satisfied with merely showing his insensitivity, Johnson made other, baseless, factless and eyebrow-raising remarks, proving that left-wing ideologues have nothing of real substance to bring to the table and must use identity politics and cemeteries to win votes.

Well here we are in the start of a new year and the world still hasn't come to an end with President Trump in the White House, in spite of what the media and the left [but I repeat myself] would have you believe. 

I wish you health and happiness. I hope that you will  follow Brain Flushings throughout the year and feel free to comment on any issues of concern. Please subscribe and check out the sponsors on these pages too.





Tweet