Rep. Bonnie Watson-Coleman (D-NJ) claimed on Saturday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials would use &#8220;manufactured&#8221; body cam footage to make it appear as though she and her fellow protesters — which included two other House Democrats and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka — had been the instigators.
Watson-Coleman appeared on CNN on Saturday to discuss the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">incident</a> that took place outside Delaney Hall — an ICE-operated detention center in Newark, New Jersey, that currently houses criminal illegal aliens. She and fellow Garden State Reps. Rob Menendez and LaMonica McIver had joined Mayor Baraka and had demanded access to the facility to exercise &#8220;oversight.&#8221;
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🚨JUST NOW: These members of Congress know they are in some deep sh*t right now.
They are claiming that any additional footage from body cams will be &#8220;manufactured&#8221; to show violence.
These people need to be reigned in and held accountable for what happened yesterday. <a href="https://t.co/kRanvBxyZM">pic.twitter.com/kRanvBxyZM</a>
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) <a href="https://twitter.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1921268372366323881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;We were there for a tour,&#8221; Watson-Coleman began, giving the impression that the &#8220;tour&#8221; was planned and they were supposed to be there. She then went on to say that they eventually got &#8220;access&#8221; to the facility, leaving out the fact that she and the others had waited until the gate opened for a vehicle transporting detainees and then charged past security.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin responded in a statement, saying, &#8220;Members of Congress are not above the law and cannot illegally break into detention facilities. Had these members requested a tour, we would have facilitated a tour of the facility.&#8221;
Watson-Coleman went on to claim that the ICE agents had arrested Mayor Baraka after he walked out of the facility and was on public property — but Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, said that Baraka only left the facility when he was told he would be placed under arrest, after which ICE agents followed and placed him in handcuffs.
Watson-Coleman then conceded that she and Rep. Menendez had attempted to &#8220;shield&#8221; Baraka from the agents when they came to arrest him, but said that she didn&#8217;t &#8220;know anything about anybody hitting back at those large and weaponized officers&#8221; during the ensuing scuffle.
&#8220;ICE caused this chaos,&#8221; she insisted, claiming that anyone who said the protesters were at fault was lying because President Donald Trump had given everyone in his administration &#8220;permission to lie.&#8221;
The CNN anchor noted that ICE had promised to go public with body cam footage that showed protesters getting rough with the ICE agents.
&#8220;If there&#8217;s any such body — kind of footage, it is footage that is manufactured for this purpose,&#8221; Watson-Coleman said. &#8220;Because I said it before, and I&#8217;ll say it again, they are lying.&#8221;

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New Jersey Dem Says ICE ‘Manufactured’ Body-Cam Footage To Frame Her

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Several New Jersey Democrats claimed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents got “rough” with them on Friday, but body-cam footage told a very different story.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newark-mayor-arrested-after-dem-reps-storm-new-jersey-ice-facility-charge-past-security-officers">incident</a> unfolded outside Delaney Hall, a detention facility housing criminal illegal aliens in Newark, New Jersey, as several House Democrats (New Jersey Reps. Bonnie Watson-Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Rob Menendez) pushed past security and demanded access to and oversight of the facility.
According to reports, the protesters waited outside the gate until it was opened for a vehicle transporting detainees, at which point they rushed through the gate. Democratic Newark Mayor Ras Baraka also participated in the breach and was arrested.
On Saturday, after the Garden State Democrats claimed that they’d been manhandled and roughed up by the ICE agents, the Justice Department released body-cam footage of the clash between protesters and officers.
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NEW: DHS has provided <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> ICE bodycam video from the altercation at the Delaney Hall detention facility yesterday. They say the video clearly shows <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLaMonica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepLaMonica</a> (red clothing) shoving/elbowing her way past a DHS agent to get past the gate and into the property, followed… <a href="https://t.co/GOAKm6U80W">pic.twitter.com/GOAKm6U80W</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1921217033825644967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin explained what was shown in the body-cam footage:
“NEW: DHS has provided @FoxNews ICE bodycam video from the altercation at the Delaney Hall detention facility yesterday,” Melugin posted via X. “They say the video clearly shows @RepLaMonica (red clothing) shoving/elbowing her way past a DHS agent to get past the gate and into the property, followed behind by @RepMenendez &amp; that it also shows Congresswoman McIver screaming in the faces of DHS agents.”
“The members of Congress claim they were assaulted and ‘roughed up’ during the incident, and deny DHS’ characterization that they ‘stormed’ the facility,” he added.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons joined “Fox &amp; Friends: Weekend” on Saturday to discuss the incident, and he praised the agents on the ground for doing their jobs despite the ongoing protests and opposition from lawmakers.
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&quot;I&#39;d like very much for someone to say thank you&quot;: Todd Lyons says ICE agents have put their lives on the line to detain public safety threats held at this New Jersey center <a href="https://t.co/tjeMBN0VWT">pic.twitter.com/tjeMBN0VWT</a>
&mdash; FOX &amp; Friends (@foxandfriends) <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/1921172148736987197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
“I&#8217;d like very much for someone to say thank you,” Lyons said.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who is also campaigning to be New Jersey’s next governor, has been protesting the ICE detention center since before it even opened. Earlier in the week, he had city officials park a bulldozer in front of the gate, blocking access to the facility.

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Democrats Claim ICE Agents ‘Roughed Them Up.’ Body-Cam Footage Says Otherwise.

When President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he planned to reopen Alcatraz — the notorious island prison located just a little over a mile off the California coast near San Francisco — critics began to question just how &#8220;inescapable&#8221; it really was.
From 1934 to 1963, there were 14 documented escape attempts from <a href="https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/gsa-regions/region-9-pacific-rim/region-9-newsroom/feature-stories/the-captivating-history-of-alcatraz-island-from-military-fort-to-national-historic-landmark-05182020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alcatraz</a> involving 36 inmates. Not all of those who attempted to escape even made it to the shoreline. Some who did make it into the water gave up and turned back after encountering the strong currents and frigid temperatures. Two were confirmed to have drowned, and another five were officially declared &#8220;missing and presumed drowned.&#8221;
The only prisoner known to have survived the swim was John Paul Scott, who made it to Fort Point under the Golden Gate Bridge in 1962 before he collapsed from hypothermia and exhaustion. He was found there, unconscious, and returned to the island prison after being treated at a nearby hospital.
But following Trump&#8217;s announcement, some noted that people now swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco on a fairly regular basis. There are even annually scheduled triathlons that include a swim from The Rock to shore, suggesting that maybe escaping the prison through the San Francisco Bay wouldn&#8217;t be as formidable to prisoners in the 21st century as it had been in years past.
Any prisoner who attempted to make that swim to freedom would have to survive about a mile and a half — or more, if the currents pushed them off course — of choppy water that typically registers between 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit, and they&#8217;d have to do it without the benefit of a wetsuit. With water at those temperatures, hypothermia can begin to set in within 30-60 minutes.
But as the critics say, people do it every year: people who have the luxury of weeks or even months of in-water training and coaching to learn how to maximize each movement and breathe efficiently. And, more importantly, people who have access to wetsuits and even a quick rescue if things go sideways.
An average swimmer can complete a one-mile swim in about 30 minutes, about two-thirds of the distance from Alcatraz to the shore. But that&#8217;s with regular training, and prisoners on the island would have no ability to train in the water. People who have made that swim assured The Daily Wire that it was not something to be undertaken lightly.
Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines swam from Alcatraz to shore with a group of Navy SEALs in July of 2024, and she told The Daily Wire that she prepared by swimming in the bay the day before without a wetsuit.
&#8220;FREEZING. And this was in the middle of July. No way you&#8217;d survive in the colder months.&#8221;
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Successfully swam Alcatraz with a handful of the most impressive Navy Seals &amp; combat veterans.
It was such a fun (and cold) way to honor those who risk their lives for our great nation. God bless our troops!🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/kuwkaAXUNs">pic.twitter.com/kuwkaAXUNs</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1811907603297108373?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
Gaines said that in addition to the cold — even with a wetsuit for the full swim — she had to contend with &#8220;swimming directly into massive waves, major currents that change (sometimes they help, sometimes you&#8217;re swimming in place).&#8221;
&#8220;I had lots of seals and sea lions who were basically playing with me the entire time,&#8221; Gaines added. &#8220;They were so curious what I was doing they&#8217;d come up and nudge me. I swam with a pod of dolphins, maybe 15 to 20 or so. It was a good sign no sharks were around.&#8221;
Avid triathlete and fitness trainer Daniela Lavender participated in the &#8220;Escape from Alcatraz&#8221; triathlon in 2018, and she too mentioned the water temperature and the lengths to which athletes prepare for the experience. &#8220;Besides the wetsuits, we had neoprene caps and booties,&#8221; she said.
But one of the most important things, Lavender told The Daily Wire, was the fact that participants had kayakers with them to help guide them through the choppy waters — and redirect them if they started to stray from the best course to shore.
&#8220;You have to hit the current just right to have it shoot you in toward the shore,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;If you don&#8217;t hit it just right, it will sweep you out into the bay. It&#8217;s a hard thing to do because you really do have to hit that tide just right. They show you a building on the shore to aim for, but if the water is rough and the waves are big, that building is hard to see.&#8221;
&#8220;The depth of the water is a little bit stressful too,&#8221; Lavender added. &#8220;And of course the great whites are there. Not so much when we were there because they try to schedule the events around seasonal surges in the shark population, but they are there so you don&#8217;t want to get separated from the crowd. Don&#8217;t be first or last, I guess.&#8221;
Tarrant County Republican Party Chairman Bo French completed two triathlons at Alcatraz in the early 2000s, and he agreed that the water was frigid. Beyond that, he questioned whether anyone would be able to complete such a swim without the benefit of training.
&#8220;I was swimming maybe 5,000 to 7,000 yards, three times a week at the time,&#8221; he said. &#8220;[Without training] I don’t think it could be done. Swimming is 90% technique. You have to have that feel from training. It’s something you have to develop.&#8221;
French also noted that swimming in a large group with nearly 1,000 others competing in the triathlon actually eased any anxiety he might have had about running into the great white sharks that frequent the area: &#8220;In terms of the sharks, I figured if I was one of a thousand, my odds were pretty good.&#8221;
On a general note, French said that he was in favor of reopening the notorious prison. &#8220;I’m old enough to remember when Alcatraz had this mystique about it,&#8221; he explained.
&#8220;Love this. I actually swam Alcatraz twice (with a wetsuit of course). That place has an eerie feel to it. This will strike fear into criminals. More winning,&#8221; he posted on X.
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Love this. I actually swam Alcatraz twice (with a wetsuit of course). That place has an eerie feel to it. This will strike fear into criminals. More winning. <a href="https://t.co/4wT4ilT0pa">https://t.co/4wT4ilT0pa</a>
— Bo French (@BoFrenchTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoFrenchTX/status/1919172465130910073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;For me, I was like, this is amazing, this American institution is coming back — I think it is really going to send a message,&#8221; he said.
Rep. John McGuire (R-VA) also lauded Trump&#8217;s plan to reopen Alcatraz, calling it &#8220;a symbol of tough American justice&#8221; and a throwback to a &#8220;Golden Age&#8221; where criminals were met with swift justice and accountability rather than being sent right back to the streets by progressive prosecutors and judges.
That message hit home for him, and he referenced one criminal illegal alien who was released from jail four times in Virginia, after which he raped a teenage girl. &#8220;I&#8217;m a small government guy, but we have to keep our people safe,&#8221; he said.
McGuire, a veteran Navy SEAL (the sixth in Congress), swam from Alcatraz to shore with a group of SEALs for a charity several years ago, and he said that even for those in the best physical shape and whose training was &#8220;water-centric,&#8221; the support they got from kayakers in the water with them was of the utmost importance.
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&#8220;We had experts helping us to predict the currents and kayakers in the water who got updates over radios,&#8221; he said, noting that there were times when they had to change course in ways that seemed counterintuitive to avoid dangerous currents that could have swept them out to sea. &#8220;We had to swim in the opposite direction of where we wanted to go.&#8221;
&#8220;You can be super fit, but if you don&#8217;t have the right information [about the currents], you still won&#8217;t make it,&#8221; McGuire said. &#8220;If you swim at the wrong angle for even five minutes, you won&#8217;t make it.&#8221;
McGuire stressed the mental, emotional, and physical toughness that is ingrained into Navy SEALs during training, saying that all of those things were employed as they worked to combat the rough water, the freezing temperatures, and the grueling physical stress of the swim. He noted that the pace changed with the currents, and they had to know when to go all out and when they could back off in order to hit those currents just right.
The realization of how dangerous the swim was didn&#8217;t truly hit McGuire until he got out of the water, when he said a local approached and asked whether they were aware of just how many great white shark attacks happened in the area.
&#8220;They were local, so I figured they would know better about that than I would, coming from the east coast,&#8221; he said, and then he added the real kicker: &#8220;When we got to the beach, one of the kayakers told us that the biggest great white dorsal fin he&#8217;d ever seen went right by us right when we started the swim. Of course, we didn&#8217;t know that until we got out of the water, but it definitely added a little excitement.&#8221;

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How Hard Would It Be To Swim From Alcatraz To Freedom? We Asked People Who’ve Done It.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt sparred with a reporter who suggested that President Donald Trump was personally profiting from his time as president — specifically his upcoming trip to the Middle East — saying as Trump has in the past that he was likely losing money while he held the office.
During Friday&#8217;s White House briefing, a reporter asked whether Trump, while visiting the Middle East, planned to meet with people associated with his family business ventures in addition to political leaders — and Leavitt quickly read between the lines of her question.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> smacks down the Fake News: &#8220;It&#8217;s frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would suggest that <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> is doing anything for his own benefit&#8230; This is a President who has actually lost money for being President&#8230; I don&#8217;t remember these same types of questions being… <a href="https://t.co/yw6V7CtKCD">pic.twitter.com/yw6V7CtKCD</a>
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1920894582146908612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;You noted he is a successful businessman,&#8221; the reporter began. &#8220;Do you know if the president has any plans to meet with any of the folks involved with any of the family businesses over there or see any of the sites that are going to be new Trump resorts?&#8221;
&#8220;Not to my knowledge,&#8221; Leavitt replied, adding, &#8220;And let me just get to the premise of your question that both of you have raised. I think it&#8217;s frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit.&#8221;
&#8220;He left a life of luxury, and a life of running a very successful real estate empire for public service, not just once but twice,&#8221; Leavitt continued. &#8220;And again, the American public reelected him back to this White House because they trust he acts in the best interests of our country and putting the American public first.&#8221;
&#8220;This is a President who has actually lost money for being President of the United States,&#8221; she concluded with a dig at former President Joe Biden, adding, &#8220;I don&#8217;t remember these same types of questions being asked of my predecessor about a career politician who was clearly profiting off of this office. That is not what President Trump does, and this White House holds ourselves to the highest ethical standards.&#8221;

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Leavitt Spars With Reporter Who Suggests Trump Could Use Middle East Trip For Personal Profit

Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested on Friday following a security breach at Delaney Hall — a federal detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, that opened on May 1 and is being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — which also included several House Democrats.
Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin shared details about the ongoing situation in a series of posts to X:
&#8220;BREAKING: DHS tells @FoxNews two Democratic members of Congress have “stormed” ICE’s Delaney Hall detention facility in New Jersey with a group of protesters and are currently holed up in/near a guard shack on the property. Fox is told the group waited for the gates to open to allow a bus with ICE detainees to enter the property, then they rushed in past security. DHS says they believe two of the members of Congress are @RepBonnie and @RepMenendez, and video posted online appears to confirm they are both on site at the facility.&#8221;
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Video showing them at the property: <a href="https://t.co/RLV8xUFz9E">https://t.co/RLV8xUFz9E</a>
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1920910850518311168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Melugin included video of three Garden State Democrats — Reps. Bonnie Watson-Coleman, LaMonica McIver, and Rob Menendez — at the facility, complaining that the Department of Homeland Security had allowed ICE to open the facility over the objections of Mayor Baraka.
Rep. Watson-Coleman shared her own photos from Delaney Hall, claiming that they were simply there to exercise their &#8220;oversight authority.&#8221;
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We’re at Delaney Hall, an ICE prison in Newark that opened without permission from the city &amp; in violation of local ordinances.
We’ve heard stories of what it’s like in other ICE prisons. We’re exercising our oversight authority to see for ourselves.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepLaMonica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepLaMonica</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMenendez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMenendez</a> <a href="https://t.co/OIJuePH2XS">pic.twitter.com/OIJuePH2XS</a>
— Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (@RepBonnie) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBonnie/status/1920909461318774937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;As congressional members, we have the power to conduct oversight. That’s what we’re here to do,&#8221; McIver echoed the same talking point.
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As congressional members, we have the power to conduct oversight. That’s what we’re here to do.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepBonnie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepBonnie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMenendez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMenendez</a> <a href="https://t.co/VqfNC56xNi">pic.twitter.com/VqfNC56xNi</a>
— Rep. LaMonica McIver (@RepLaMonica) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLaMonica/status/1920897700091851210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Mayor Baraka, who is currently campaigning to be New Jersey&#8217;s next governor, has been protesting the facility since it opened and was ultimately detained by ICE for trespassing on Friday. &#8220;Delaney Hall cannot lawfully open in Newark at this time,&#8221; he said when it was first announced.
Attorney Alina Habba, who is currently the Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, released a statement regarding Baraka&#8217;s arrest:
<blockquote>The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.</blockquote>
&#8220;It was an act of intimidation not just to the mayor, not just to us, but to everyone who is watching. They feel no weight of the law. They feel no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today,&#8221; Menendez said after ICE detained Baraka.
Earlier in the week, the city of Newark attempted to stall operations at the facility by parking a bulldozer in front of the entrance and blocking access to the gate.
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ICE says earlier this week, the city of Newark placed a bulldozer at the entrance of the facility in an effort to block access.
Photo provided to FOX via ICE. <a href="https://t.co/9Q4nzAKrZz">pic.twitter.com/9Q4nzAKrZz</a>
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1920921629263065175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
DHS responded to the incident with a statement posted to X: &#8220;Today, as a bus of detainees was entering the security gate of Delaney Hall Detention Center, a group of protestors, including two members of US Congress, stormed the gate and broke into the detention facility. The allegations by Newark politicians that Delaney does not have the proper permitting is false.&#8221;
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Today, as a bus of detainees was entering the security gate of Delaney Hall Detention Center, a group of protestors, including two members of US Congress, stormed the gate and broke into the detention facility. The allegations by Newark politicians that Delaney does not have the…
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov/status/1920931991828013546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin also told Fox News host Will Cain, &#8220;A civilian, if they try to break into a detention facility, they will be physically restrained. Members of Congress also have to follow the law.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/TriciaOhio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TriciaOhio</a> on the Dems who broke into Delaney Detention Hall: 
&#8220;A civilian, if they try to break into a detention facility, they will be physically restrained. Members of Congress also have to follow the law.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/jqCBGRgsAY">pic.twitter.com/jqCBGRgsAY</a>
— The Will Cain Show (@WillCainShow_) <a href="https://twitter.com/WillCainShow_/status/1920947386634949095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>

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Newark Mayor Arrested After Dem Reps ‘Storm’ New Jersey ICE Facility, Charge Past Security Officers

The Catholic hosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; made it clear on Friday that they would have been much happier with a new Pope who was less &#8230; Catholic — and said they were particularly concerned over his previous support for a Biblical view of marriage.
Just one day after the white smoke appeared above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican — and the announcement that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, originally from Chicago, would become Pope Leo XIV — the cohosts gathered around the table to discuss their concerns about what he might support as pontiff.
Sunny Hostin has always touted her &#8220;devout&#8221; Catholic faith, despite her own support for social issues that are not embraced by the church, such as abortion and LGBTQ+ issues, and she immediately voiced concerns that Pope Leo XIV might take a Biblical view of marriage and the LGBTQ+ community.
&#8220;I&#8217;m a little concerned about this choice for the LGBTQ+ community. In 2012, he gave an address to bishops, and he lamented &#8216;the popular culture fostered and sympathy for beliefs and practices that are at odds with the gospel.&#8217; And that&#8217;s a quote,&#8221; she complained. &#8220;And then he cited the homosexual lifestyle and alternative families comprised of same-sex partners and their adopted children.&#8221;
Hostin then went on to praise the late Pope Francis for making &#8220;great changes in terms of embracing the LGBTQ+ community,&#8221; and said that it was her hope that Pope Leo XIV would not &#8220;roll back&#8221; those changes.
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Purported &#8220;devout Catholic&#8221; Sunny Hostin fears Pope Leo XIV because of he believes marriage is between a man and a woman: 
&#8220;I&#8217;m a little concerned about this choice for the LGBTQ+ community. In 2012 he gave an address to bishops, and he lamented &#8216;the popular culture fostered and… <a href="https://t.co/HirlDlUQyq">pic.twitter.com/HirlDlUQyq</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1920861014561530227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Cohost Ana Navarro, who introduced herself as a &#8220;sinful Catholic,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/NickFondacaro/status/1920862957065421147">noted</a> that a lot of American politicians had changed their mind about same sex marriage since 2012, when the address Hostin mentioned had taken place, and voiced her hope that Pope Leo XIV had also changed his mind about the conflict between the Catholic Church&#8217;s doctrine and popular culture.
&#8220;Maybe, you know, with the weight of the papacy and the idea that he just said when he went out on the balcony that the church loves everyone and was inclusive in his first message. So, until we see otherwise, I think we need to pray and hope that he follows in Francis&#8217; footsteps in being inclusive, forgiving, compassionate, welcoming, and speaking up for the marginalized, speaking up for the poor, speaking up for the migrants, speaking up for the targeted, speaking up for all those people that today feel alone.&#8221;
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Sara Haines, who &#8220;grew up presbyterian&#8221; and has expressed very hateful anti-Catholic views on the show, tries to smear Leo with accusations she admits are unsupported: 
&#8220;The Conclave looked past allegations that he had &#8212; this pope had mishandled or failed to act on sexual abuse… <a href="https://t.co/hLQA2Jl7oI">pic.twitter.com/hLQA2Jl7oI</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1920865155295879234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Cohost Sara Haines, who was raised in the Presbyterian Church, echoed the concerns raised by Hostin and Navarro, but then added her own worries over reports that the Catholic Church&#8217;s new leader had failed to properly handle <a href="https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/09/world/sexual-abuse-mishandling-allegations-pope-leo-xiv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegations of sexual abuse</a> involving other priests in the past.
&#8220;The Conclave looked past allegations that he had — this pope had mishandled or failed to act on sexual abuse cases involving priests in both Peru and the United States &#8230; so, to know that that could have been looked past is difficult to reconcile for me,&#8221; she said.

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