‘Pathetic and Disgusting!’ Tom Homan Rants To Reporters That He Can’t Buy Milk Without Being Harassed

Border czar Tom Homan gaggled with reporters outside the White House Monday, where he ranted about harassment against ICE officers that he said has prevented him from buying a quart of milk without a security detail.

Homan’s comments came after police said 43-year-old army veteran Andrew Arrabaca tossed an “incendiary device” at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, a building that houses both FBI and ICE offices. FBI Director Kash Patel reported there were “two minor injuries” after the attack.

“I said this a year ago. If the hateful rhetoric doesn’t stop, there will be bloodshed,” Homan said. “And, unfortunately, I was right. And I’ll tell you something else. It’s not over yet. They keep attacking and miscommunicating what ICE does every day, calling them Nazis. Comparing ICE to the Nazi regime — are you kidding me?”

Homan continued:

And I’m not saying the whole country is convinced, but there’s gonna be that population that’s just going to be emboldened to do something stupid. And I’m afraid that we’re going to bury an ICE agent. I’m afraid I’m going to hand another folded-up flag to a spouse or a child of an ICE agent for simply doing his job. And for any member of Congress who keep attacking ICE and calling them fascists and Nazis. I’ve said it a thousand times: If they’re a Nazi from enforcing the law, what’s that make them? They broke the law.

We’re not making this up. We are enforcing laws they wrote, and that they appropriate us money to enforce. Now, I will state once again, if ICE agents acted inappropriately, or illegal, they’ll be held accountable, just like they were in Minnesota. Guys, ICE agents are moms and dads, too. They don’t hang their heart on a hook every day to do this job. And it’s just not attacking the ICE agents, it’s attacking your spouses and children. And no one knows that beater than me. I can’t even go get a quart of milk at the grocery story without a security detail. Why? Because I’m enforcing the laws of this country. It’s pathetic and disgusting.

With that, Homan stormed away from the reporters.

According to The National News Desk, “At least nine people have been killed nationwide in encounters involving ICE agents since the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign began last year. No one has been charged in connection with the deaths, and the federal government has argued that state prosecutors lack jurisdiction to investigate federal officers.”

Those killed include two motorists who were shot and killed last week in separate ICE traffic stops in Texas and Maine. The Department of Homeland Security briefly halted the traffic stops before President Donald Trump quickly reinstated them, writing on Truth Social that ICE agents were doing a “GREAT job.”

Watch the clip above via C-SPAN.

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