President-elect Donald Trump’s next ‘border czar’ Tom Homan is publicly criticizing Denver Mayor Mike Johnston over the city’s protective policies.
Johnston (D) initially ramped up his rhetoric, declaring that he was prepared to go to jail to protect undocumented immigrants from Trump’s planned mass deportations.
In fact, he declared that he would direct Denver law enforcement to defend the city’s lawlessness and likened the move to Tiananmen Square.
“We’d rather have 50,000 Denverites there than if we put DPD at the county line to stop them,” Johnston told Denverite in an interview. “It’s like the Tiananmen Square moment with the roses and the guns, right?
In response, Homan told Fox News’ “Hannity” that he intends to send Johnston to prison for obstructing federal immigration enforcement.
Tom Homan flips the table.
Border czar Tom Homan criticized Denver’s mayor, emphasizing that local jurisdictions are “absolutely breaking the law” by failing to comply with federal orders.
“All he has to do is look at Arizona v. United States. Then he will know he is breaking the law,” Homan said.
Some might call it a rebellion.
“But the mayor of Denver and I agree on one thing,” Homan added. “He is willing to go I’m willing to go to jail. put “He’s in jail.”
Tom Homan, the next border czar, made this very clear.
Help or shut up and get out of the way.
“Me and the mayor of Denver agree on one thing: He’s willing to go to jail. I’m willing to put him in jail.” pic.twitter.com/YMtFc1cANm
— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) November 26, 2024
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With tears in my eyes
Tom Homan has consistently been a badass** when commenting on the Biden-Harris border crisis. Oh, and he also served under Presidents Trump and Obama. So he’s seen quite a bit. He was executive director of ICE under Barack.
But even the toughest men are sometimes overcome by feelings for the victims of the border crisis.
“I’ve talked to girls as young as 9 years old who have been raped multiple times by cartel members,” he said recently, speaking to Laura Ingraham and looking to the side to hold back tears. “When you look in their eyes, everything that’s innocent and pure is torn from their soul and their life will never be the same. I’m just – I’m tired of it.”
Democrats are emotional about illegal immigration crime.
New frontier czar Tom Homan is emotional about the victims of crime (and their families).
That way you know the right person for the job will come along. pic.twitter.com/9ioP8mCfEu
— Rusty (@Rusty_Weiss) November 21, 2024
But Homan isn’t the only one to suggest that Johnston’s comments could lead to his dismissal.
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) recently said that Johnston’s resistance would be futile.
“If the mayor of Denver resists federal law, which has a long history of showing the supremacy of federal law, he will go all the way to the Supreme Court,” Paul said.
“I suspect he will be removed from office. “I don’t know if anyone who resists federal law will be criminally prosecuted, but he will lose,” he warned.
Johnston later withdrew his comments.
