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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) didn\u2019t mince words after a screaming match on Capitol Hill Tuesday \u2014 branding Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin and Pramila Jayapal \u201cf*cking a**holes\u201d in the hallway outside a House Judiciary hearing on sanctuary cities, and doubling down that the pair deserved every syllable of it.<\/p>\n

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The New York Republican\u2019s fury erupted after Jayapal and Raskin used their opening statements to gripe about sitting through a \u201cfourth\u201d hearing on sanctuary policies \u2014 moments before grieving mother Jessica Gorman was set to testify about her daughter Sheridan, murdered in Chicago by an illegal immigrant.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re sorry for your loss, but \u2026\u201d is how Lawler summed up the Democrats\u2019 posture in an interview with TMZ afterward. \u201cThere\u2019s no \u2018but.\u2019 Sanctuary policies are the reason their daughter is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shouting match itself was pure cable-news chaos. When Lawler pressed his colleagues on whether they felt the same outrage over Sheridan Gorman and Laken Riley that they\u2019ve expressed for other victims, Raskin snapped back that he did feel the outrage \u2014 only for Lawler to fire back that he didn\u2019t, \u201cbecause if you did, you would not support sanctuary jurisdiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raskin\u2019s response? \u201cYou don\u2019t belong in this committee. You should get the hell out of here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawler wasn\u2019t backing down. \u201cYou\u2019re a disgrace,\u201d he shot back, prompting Raskin to lecture him that he didn\u2019t \u201cunderstand the rules of the committee\u201d or \u201cthe Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawler said afterward, \u201cJamie Raskin and Pramila Jayapal are f*cking a**holes. Their conduct in that hearing was disgraceful. I\u2019m introducing my constituents. They lost their daughter. I\u2019m telling their story. And the tragedy that they\u2019ve had to endure because my colleagues refuse, refuse to cooperate when it comes to enforcing our immigration laws, holding criminals accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

He pointed out the Democrats\u2019 irritation at rehashing sanctuary-city policy said everything about their priorities. He noted Jayapal had opened by complaining this was the committee\u2019s fourth hearing on the subject \u2014 a gripe Lawler said rang hollow given the body count.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese folks shut down the Department of Homeland Security for 118 days,\u201d Lawler told TMZ, blasting his colleagues for refusing \u201cto fund ICE, refused to fund Customs and Border Patrol\u201d during that stretch. \u201cThey refused to enforce federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n

He saved particular scorn for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul:<\/p>\n

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You have the governor of New York \u2014 a complete a**hole, who decides that she\u2019s going to ban the ability of state and local police from cooperating with federal law enforcement on the issue of immigration\u00a0\u00a0 enforcement and specifically honoring detainer requests and specifically turning over people who are in New York\u2019s jails for committing crimes under state law; refusing to cooperate and turn them over to federal immigration officials. So I don\u2019t want to hear anything from any of them.\u00a0 They are so full of s***, it\u2019s not even funny. <\/em><\/p>\n

And you guys may well think this is like a joke. I have a constituent who is dead because of these policies and because they refuse to listen. They had the gall to come in there. They showed up late to begin with, but then they had the gall to dismiss why these Angel families are here?<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lawler also turned the tables on Democrats over the recent deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota \u2014 invoking the case to argue his colleagues\u2019 selective outrage was the real scandal. \u201cYou had two people that should be alive,\u201d Lawler said, arguing local police were \u201cprohibited from engaging in crowd control and traffic control by the feckless politicians that refused to enforce the law.\u201d His point: the same hands-off approach Democrats defend in immigration enforcement created chaos on the ground in Minnesota too.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you refuse to address the fundamental flaws in policy that result in the deaths of innocent Americans, then yes, there is a fundamental problem,\u201d Lawler said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\ude33 Rep. Lawler tells @jacob_wass that Raskin, Jayapal, and Hochul are “f**king assholes” for sanctuary city policies. pic.twitter.com\/8YRukzgmT8<\/p>\n

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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) didn\u2019t mince words after a screaming match on Capitol Hill Tuesday \u2014 branding Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin and Pramila Jayapal \u201cf*cking a**holes\u201d in the hallway outside a House Judiciary hearing on sanctuary cities, and doubling down that the pair deserved every syllable of it.The New York Republican\u2019s fury erupted after Jayapal and Raskin used their opening statements to gripe about sitting through a \u201cfourth\u201d hearing on sanctuary policies \u2014 moments before grieving mother Jessica Gorman was set to testify about her daughter Sheridan, murdered in Chicago by an illegal immigrant.\u201cWe\u2019re sorry for your loss, but \u2026\u201d is how Lawler summed up the Democrats\u2019 posture in an interview with TMZ afterward. \u201cThere\u2019s no \u2018but.\u2019 Sanctuary policies are the reason their daughter is dead.\u201dThe shouting match itself was pure cable-news chaos. When Lawler pressed his colleagues on whether they felt the same outrage over Sheridan Gorman and Laken Riley that they\u2019ve expressed for other victims, Raskin snapped back that he did feel the outrage \u2014 only for Lawler to fire back that he didn\u2019t, \u201cbecause if you did, you would not support sanctuary jurisdiction.\u201dRaskin\u2019s response? \u201cYou don\u2019t belong in this committee. You should get the hell out of here.\u201dLawler wasn\u2019t backing down. \u201cYou\u2019re a disgrace,\u201d he shot back, prompting Raskin to lecture him that he didn\u2019t \u201cunderstand the rules of the committee\u201d or \u201cthe Constitution.\u201dLawler said afterward, \u201cJamie Raskin and Pramila Jayapal are f*cking a**holes. Their conduct in that hearing was disgraceful. I\u2019m introducing my constituents. They lost their daughter. I\u2019m telling their story. And the tragedy that they\u2019ve had to endure because my colleagues refuse, refuse to cooperate when it comes to enforcing our immigration laws, holding criminals accountable.\u201dHe pointed out the Democrats\u2019 irritation at rehashing sanctuary-city policy said everything about their priorities. He noted Jayapal had opened by complaining this was the committee\u2019s fourth hearing on the subject \u2014 a gripe Lawler said rang hollow given the body count.\u201cThese folks shut down the Department of Homeland Security for 118 days,\u201d Lawler told TMZ, blasting his colleagues for refusing \u201cto fund ICE, refused to fund Customs and Border Patrol\u201d during that stretch. \u201cThey refused to enforce federal law.\u201dHe saved particular scorn for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul:You have the governor of New York \u2014 a complete a**hole, who decides that she\u2019s going to ban the ability of state and local police from cooperating with federal law enforcement on the issue of immigration\u00a0\u00a0 enforcement and specifically honoring detainer requests and specifically turning over people who are in New York\u2019s jails for committing crimes under state law; refusing to cooperate and turn them over to federal immigration officials. So I don\u2019t want to hear anything from any of them.\u00a0 They are so full of s***, it\u2019s not even funny. And you guys may well think this is like a joke. I have a constituent who is dead because of these policies and because they refuse to listen. They had the gall to come in there. They showed up late to begin with, but then they had the gall to dismiss why these Angel families are here?Lawler also turned the tables on Democrats over the recent deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota \u2014 invoking the case to argue his colleagues\u2019 selective outrage was the real scandal. \u201cYou had two people that should be alive,\u201d Lawler said, arguing local police were \u201cprohibited from engaging in crowd control and traffic control by the feckless politicians that refused to enforce the law.\u201d His point: the same hands-off approach Democrats defend in immigration enforcement created chaos on the ground in Minnesota too.\u201cWhen you refuse to address the fundamental flaws in policy that result in the deaths of innocent Americans, then yes, there is a fundamental problem,\u201d Lawler said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what they deserve.\u201d\ud83d\ude33 Rep. Lawler tells @jacob_wass that Raskin, Jayapal, and Hochul are "f**king assholes" for sanctuary city policies. pic.twitter.com\/8YRukzgmT8\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) June 30, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018F*cking A**holes\u2019: Lawler Goes Scorched-Earth On Dem Lawmakers Over Sanctuary Cities - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=832\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018F*cking A**holes\u2019: Lawler Goes Scorched-Earth On Dem Lawmakers Over Sanctuary Cities - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rep. 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They showed up late to begin with, but then they had the gall to dismiss why these Angel families are here?Lawler also turned the tables on Democrats over the recent deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota \u2014 invoking the case to argue his colleagues\u2019 selective outrage was the real scandal. \u201cYou had two people that should be alive,\u201d Lawler said, arguing local police were \u201cprohibited from engaging in crowd control and traffic control by the feckless politicians that refused to enforce the law.\u201d His point: the same hands-off approach Democrats defend in immigration enforcement created chaos on the ground in Minnesota too.\u201cWhen you refuse to address the fundamental flaws in policy that result in the deaths of innocent Americans, then yes, there is a fundamental problem,\u201d Lawler said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what they deserve.\u201d\ud83d\ude33 Rep. 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And the tragedy that they\u2019ve had to endure because my colleagues refuse, refuse to cooperate when it comes to enforcing our immigration laws, holding criminals accountable.\u201dHe pointed out the Democrats\u2019 irritation at rehashing sanctuary-city policy said everything about their priorities. He noted Jayapal had opened by complaining this was the committee\u2019s fourth hearing on the subject \u2014 a gripe Lawler said rang hollow given the body count.\u201cThese folks shut down the Department of Homeland Security for 118 days,\u201d Lawler told TMZ, blasting his colleagues for refusing \u201cto fund ICE, refused to fund Customs and Border Patrol\u201d during that stretch. \u201cThey refused to enforce federal law.\u201dHe saved particular scorn for New York Gov. 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