Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich likened the Democratic mayor of Denver to a Civil War-era Confederate rebel because of the mayor's defense of illegal immigrants.
Gingrich warned Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Monday through his X account that the idea of ”rebelling against the federal government” ended “when General Lee surrendered.”
The former House speaker likened Mr. Johnston to a Confederate rebel as a mayor who defended illegal immigrants, saying that the issue of invalidating federal laws was settled in the Civil War and that Mr. Johnston's actions amounted to Confederate rebellion. He pointed out that there was no difference. America in the 1860s.
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“The mayor of Denver doesn't seem to understand that the U.S. military solved the problem of states, counties and cities rebelling against the federal government at the 1865 Appomattox conference where General Lee surrendered,” Gingrich said. pointed out.
“The city of Denver's attempt to stop the federal government from detaining and deporting illegal aliens is an act of insurrection that will be immediately crushed by the federal government,” Gingrich asserted.
Johnston has touted himself as Joe Biden's champion of border crossers since Donald Trump won this month's election. At one point, Johnston said he intended to use the Denver Police Department as a shock force to physically confront Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and prevent them from enforcing federal laws to repatriate illegal aliens. I once cried out loud. Then, after walking away, he beat his chest defiantly again, saying he was willing to risk arrest for obstructing ICE operations.
But Trump's incoming border czar, Tom Homan, warned Johnston and similar officials that he has no problem arresting people who try to prevent ICE from carrying out its mission.
“You are completely breaking the law. [Johnston] must [is] Please take a look Arizona vs USAit turns out he's breaking the law. But look, me and the mayor of Denver agree on one thing. He's going to jail, I'm going to put him in jail too. Because there are regulations, United States Code, Title 8, 1324(iii)and it says that it is a felony to intentionally harbor an illegal alien and hide him from immigration authorities. Obstructing a federal law enforcement officer is also a felony,” Homan said Monday.
“So if you don't want to help, that's fine. He can get out of the way,” Homan continued. “But we're going to get the job done, President Trump has a mandate from the American people. We've got to make this country safe, we've got to save American lives. And , it is shocking to hear the mayor of a city say this. I think — President Trump has made it clear, we want to focus on public safety threats and national security threats — it's hard to believe that mayors and governors say they're not in their neighborhoods. We want to eliminate the public safety threat from.”
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Even John Sandweg, who served as acting ICE director under President Obama, argues that many of the Democrats' sanctuary city policies go too far in breaking federal law.
Sandweg said in an interview with NewsNation's Dan Abrams on Monday that many of these left-wing policies “compromise public safety.”
Sandweg said, “If the mayor says we can't take you to ICE because it's going to have a chilling effect, the victim won't be too scared to call ICE when they're being beaten by their immigrant spouse.” “That's a legitimate concern…listen.” , some of these sanctuary policies go too far and if you put a convicted murderer in the area they'll say he's a convicted murderer, but we don't want you to ICE is not going to give it to foreigners. Clearly, they compromise public safety. ”
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