Democratic Congressman Throws Down With Fox News’ Will Cain: ‘Don’t Lecture Me!’

Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD) clashed with Fox News host Will Cain during an interview on Tuesday, which ended with Ivey accusing Cain of lecturing him.

Reacting to the White House’s statement that an illegal immigrant – who was reportedly wrongly deported and imprisoned in El Salvador – was a leader of the gang MS-13, Ivey said, “I gotta say, if those facts are correct, present them in court.”

He continued, “We have a legal system that works very, very well on these kinds of issues when we get them to court. Let’s use it.”

“Congressman, he’s an illegal immigrant,” replied Cain. “That in and of itself is a deportable crime in my book and I think in many Americans’ books.”

Ivey shot back, “I appreciate what you say, but you don’t have a rope or a gavel. You’re not a judge. These things should be decided in court.”

“How is it you can claim asylum as a gang member when any rival gang can be a threat to your life at any given time?” questioned Cain. “Every gang member across South America and Central America could claim asylum because they have rival gangs. But that’s not for you, that’s for a judge.”

He continued, “I do like what you said about the law should be dispassionate, but you’re a congressman and I’m a media member. There is no such requirement for us when we analyze these issues for us to be dispassionate. I want to see the same passion from you on those issues of the crimes of illegal immigrants as you do for this error.”

The congressman snapped, “I don’t know about you, but I prosecuted the crimes of illegal immigrants for eight years. I locked up more people in my day than you ever did, so don’t lecture me about not being passionate about prosecuting illegal immigrants,” before adding, “I’ve done it, you haven’t. Back up.”

After Cain pointed out, “Congressman, today, you don’t prosecute the laws, you write the laws,” Ivey responded, “I did a joint prosecution with Rod Rosenstein of MS-13 when he was the U.S. attorney and I was the state’s attorney. I have done this before, you have not. Don’t sit there and lecture me about being passionate about people breaking the law. I’ve done it, you have not.”

Cain then concluded, “Congressman, I think you took that a little bit more personally than intended, but I think that what I’m talking about is not your past but your present. Where we apply passions today in our current jobs, not our former jobs.”

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