Trump Border Czar Trolls AOC Over ICE Scuffle Charges: ‘I’m Waiting On The Consequences’

Trump border czar Tom Homan taunted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Tuesday over her threatening “consequences” if her Democrat colleagues were punished for a scuffle at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.

During a Fox News appearance on “The Ingraham Angle,” Homan referenced Ocasio-Cortez’s warning, which happened before federal prosecutors charged Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) in connection with the incident.

“Remember, just a couple weeks ago, AOC went on social media saying if we put a finger on any of her co-workers — Congresspeople that were at our Newark facility, there would be consequences. Well, guess what? We did it. I’m waiting on the consequences,” Homan said.

Tom Homan: “Remember a couple weeks ago AOC said if we put a finger on Congress people from the Newark facility, there would be consequences? Well, guess what? We did it. I’m waiting on the consequences.”

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In a live stream, Ocasio-Cortez defended her colleagues, including McIver, who clashed with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials during what they claim was lawful oversight of the ICE facility.

“If anyone is breaking the law in this situation, it’s not members of Congress, it’s the Department of Homeland Security. It’s people like Tom Homan and Secretary Kristi Noem,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “You lay a finger on someone — on … any of the representatives that were there. You lay a finger on them, we’re going to have a problem.”

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In the days that followed, federal prosecutors charged McIver with two counts of assaulting, resisting, and impeding officers while allegedly trying to stop the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Each charge reportedly carries a penalty of up to eight years in prison. McIver claims the charges are “purely political” and “mischaracterize and distort” her actions.

Homan and Ocasio-Cortez have gone back and forth at each other for years. After Ocasio-Cortez dared Homan in a recent town hall to refer her to the Department of Justice for “using her free speech rights” to advise illegal immigrants on how to avoid law enforcement, the border czar quipped on Fox News, “I take pleasure I can live in her mind rent-free every day.”