Kristi Noem WALKS OUT of Hearing during CROSS-EXAM

🚨 The Democratic Masterclass: Christy Gnome’s Cross-Examination Exposes the Cruelty of the State 🚨

In a stunning display of legal brilliance and moral clarity, Democratic members of the House of Representatives delivered a devastating cross-examination of Secretary Christy Gnome. What unfolded was not merely a political hearing, but a masterclass in trial advocacy that left the Secretary—responsible for the most draconian and hypocritical enforcement of immigration law—stunned, frozen, and ultimately fleeing the room to the sound of public heckling. This hearing was a harsh spotlight on the cruelty and lawlessness that has become the hallmark of this administration’s immigration policy.

The Hypocrisy of “Following the Law”

The opening salvo, delivered by Democratic Congress member Seth Magaziner of Rhode Island, was nothing short of brilliant. Magaziner didn’t just question the Secretary; he meticulously constructed a legal and moral trap from which she could not escape.

Magaziner started simply: “How many United States military veterans have you deported?” Gnome’s immediate denial—that they have “not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans”—was a falsehood that was instantly, and powerfully, dismantled.

Magaziner introduced Sejun Park, an Army combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient who took two bullets for his country in Panama in 1989. Park, like many veterans, struggled with PTSD and substance abuse, leading to minor drug offenses in the 1990s. Clean and sober for 14 years, his sacrifice to this nation is undeniable. Yet, earlier this year, Secretary Gnome’s department deported him to Korea, a country he hasn’t lived in since he was seven.

When asked to simply thank Mr. Park for his service, Gnome offered a hollow reply about being “grateful for every single person that has served our country and follows our laws.” This cold, conditional gratitude exposes the core hypocrisy: the administration’s stated reverence for veterans is immediately abandoned the moment those veterans cease to be politically convenient symbols and instead become complex human beings who have struggled.

The cross-examination continued, highlighting the case of Jim Brown, a Navy combat veteran of the Gulf War, whose wife, Donna, is currently imprisoned and facing deportation. Donna came to the U.S. legally at age 11 and has lived here for 48 years. Her crime? Writing two bad checks totaling $80 a decade ago. Locking up a veteran’s wife for four months over an $80 debt is not “enforcing the law”; it is an act of calculated, petty malice designed to terrorize families.

Gnome’s defense—that it is not her job to “pick and choose which laws in this country get enforced”—is a laughable pretense. As the Secretary with broad discretion for humanitarian parole and deferred action, she makes choices every single day. She chooses to deploy the department’s immense resources to target veterans and their spouses for minor, decades-old infractions, all while claiming to protect the nation. This is not governance; it is the weaponization of the state against its own people.

Lawbreaking by the Law Enforcer

The cross-examination by Congress member Dan Goldman cemented the Secretary’s disregard for the rule of law. Goldman focused on the lawful pathway of asylum, forcing Gnome to concede that immigrants with ongoing asylum applications are legally in the country. The logical conclusion, which Gnome desperately tried to filibuster her way out of, is inescapable: if her department deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, they are violating the law.

Gnome’s only retort was to pivot to “Joe Biden,” an irrelevant and desperate attempt to distract from her own department’s actions. Goldman’s summation was a powerful indictment: “The problem that we are seeing around the country is that you are not following the law… you can’t just decide that you’re not going to follow the law and asylum is a law and deport people who have ongoing applications.” The administration demands respect for the law only when it serves its political agenda, openly flouting it when it impedes their goal of mass deportation.

Further cementing this brazen disregard for the judiciary was the questioning by Congresswoman Ramirez, who exposed Gnome’s willful defiance of federal court orders. Ramirez cited multiple instances, including the continued deportation flights to an El Salvador mega-prison—where migrants have reported being raped and beaten—despite a direct court order to stop. Gnome’s response, boasting about an appeal success rate and dismissing judges as “radical,” is not the language of a public servant upholding the Constitution; it is the boast of an agent of executive overreach who believes she is above the law.

Ramirez’s relentless, fact-based assault exposed Gnome’s consistent pattern of lies: the denial of detaining US citizens, contradicted by 170 known cases; the claim of targeting only “violent criminals,” contradicted by the arrest of nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records. The Secretary did not just lie; she showed contempt for the truth and the committee itself.

The Abrupt and Undignified Exit

With the evidence of her department’s cruelty, hypocrisy, and lawlessness laid bare, Secretary Gnome was done. Claiming an urgent need to co-chair a FEMA review council meeting, she cut short the hearing and was heckled by the public as she left. The indignity of the departure—fleeing accountability under fire—perfectly symbolized the administration’s policy: launch attacks, inflict damage, and run the moment any serious challenge is mounted.

The subsequent cross-examination of an FBI official by Congressman Benny Thompson over the supposed threat of “Antifa” only served to highlight the administration’s focus on manufactured, politically convenient enemies over real threats. Thompson’s simple, devastating questions—”Where is Antifa headquartered? How many members do they have?”—caused the official to crumble, admitting the “fluid” nature of the “threat” and drawing ludicrous comparisons to ISIS and Al-Qaeda. The priorities are clear: wage an unlawful war against immigrants and veterans, defy judicial orders, and create phantom enemies to justify the abuse of power.

The Democratic Congress members did not just ask questions; they performed a public service, using the power of cross-examination to expose the raw, unconstitutional reality of a regime that has weaponized the Department of Homeland Security against the very people it is sworn to protect. The American people watched a Secretary of the highest office, caught in a web of her own lies and cruelty, literally run away from accountability. This is the truth of this administration.