An elected Democrat who is still facing federal charges for assaulting federal law enforcement officers sat opposite acting ICE Director Todd Lyons on Tuesday and demanded to know whether he believed he would “go to hell.”
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) addressed Lyons directly during a Tuesday hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill, and she quickly crossed the line to such a degree that Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) had to step in and admonish her.
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McIver to Lyons: “How do you think Judgment Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?”
“Do you think you’re going to hell, Mr. Lyons?”
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“Mr. Lyons, do you consider yourself a religious man?” McIver asked, and when Lyons replied in the affirmative, she continued: “Oh, yes, okay, well, how do you think Judgment Day will work for you with so much blood on your hands?”
Lyons, momentarily taken aback, said, “I’m not going to entertain that question.”
In sarcastic tones, McIver mused, “Oh, okay, of course not. Do you think you’re going to hell, Mr. Lyons?”
“I’m not going to entertain —” Lyons repeated.
“Of course not,” McIver said again, her words drawn out and exaggerated. “How many government —”
“The gentlelady will suspend. The gentlelady will suspend. As I — the gentlelady will suspend,” Garbarino interjected as McIver attempted to talk over him. “As I said, the issues that we’re debating here are important ones that members feel deeply about. While vigorous disagreement is part of the legislative process, members are reminded that we must adhere to established standards of decorum and debate.”
Garbarino went on to remind McIver that the witnesses testifying at Tuesday’s hearing were there voluntarily and should be treated with respect.
“Oversight is important,” he continued, adding, “Aggressively attacking those witnesses personally is inappropriate and not in keeping with the traditions of our committee.”
McIver, instead of taking the exit ramp, opted to dig the hole deeper: “Mr. Chairman, I’m just asking a question. You — all you guys — are always talking about religion here and the Bible. I mean, it’s okay for me to ask a question, right? But let me continue on, I got your notes.”
Turning back to Lyons, McIver asked for the number of government agencies that “routinely kill American citizens and still get funding.”
“Ma’am, I’m not going to entertain that —” Lyons replied.
“Of course you’re not,” McIver stretched her words again for emphasis. “Exactly. Once again, questions that you cannot answer.”
McIver then ran out the clock with a stump speech on all the reasons she believed ICE should be abolished in its entirety.
The New Jersey Democrat still faces federal charges for assault and for impeding federal law enforcement. McIver, along with several other New Jersey Democrats, was caught on video getting into a physical altercation with federal law enforcement officers outside an ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, in May 2025.
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