Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) C-SPAN website made a fool of himself today during an impeachment hearing for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who did not even appear.
Goldman used his five minutes to make a campaign speech while insulting and lecturing Josephine Dunn. Her daughter Anita died of fentanyl at the age of 26.
How does Goldman start his questioning? As classy as possible!
And obviously given what your experience has been, you don’t have the background to understand what a high crime and misdemeanor is and how it relates to this,” said Goldman. “So I hope that you’re handling that okay.
Um, WHAT?!
Goldman asked Dunn if the border had more law enforcement officers the flow of drugs would stop, obviously trying to get her to agree with whatever the administration is doing.
Oh man. Dunn gave Goldman a huge dose of truth:
I disagree with that, because border patrol is now being used to make sandwiches and to screen people and let them into our country, so I disagree with you.
Taken aback, Goldman’s snugness really came into focus.
So you are saying that…you are upset because the border patrol is…making sandwiches. I think you said, so you don’t think it would be helpful to have more border patrol officers who are charged with stopping the fentanyl trade?
Don’t get an attitude with a mother who lost a child, Goldman. Mothers do not hold back:
I would like the border patrol to be able to do the job that they were hired to do. Every border patrol officer that I have spoken to has told me that their hands are tied by this administration and mister Mayorkas. I’ve been to the border, sir, have you?
The look on Goldman’s face. His response?
More classy behavior:
Excuse me, I’m asking the questions.
Goldman spent the rest of his time on a soap box, spewing out the usual mumbo jumbo from the left that the Biden administration is doing a great job despite the evidence showing the exact opposite.
You can read the full hogwash below.
What a tool.
Here is the full transcript. Again, sorry it is in all caps. I copied and pasted from the C-SPAN website:
Goldman: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I THINK OUR WITNESSES FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES. I WAS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR FOR 10 YEARS WHO CHARGED PEOPLE FOR GANG-RELATED AND DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIMES. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD TO INTERACT WITH FAMILIES OF VICTIMS, AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE IN SOME WAYS THAT YOU ARE HERE, REALLY, TO SHARE YOUR STORY, BUT BEING USED AS A FACT WITNESS FOR AN IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION. AND OBVIOUSLY, GIVEN WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN, YOU DON’T HAVE THE BACKGROUND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A HIGH CRIME MISDEMEANOR IS AND HOW IT RELATES TO THIS. AND SO I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE HANDLING THAT OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CHAIRMAN SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS OPENINGS DATE MEANT WAS THAT HE WISHES THE DEMOCRATS WOULD TURN OUR SYMPATHY INTO ACTION, AND QUITE IRONICALLY, SAID THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE NOT ENOUGH. AT FIRST, I THOUGHT WE WERE AT A GUN VIOLENCE HEARING WERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE REPEATED THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS OF THE TWO MASS SHOOTINGS THAT HAPPEN EVERY DAY. BUT I DO WANT TO JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE ACTIONS, TURNING SYMPATHY INTO ACTION. BECAUSE I ASSUME, MS. DUNN, YOU WOULD AGREE — WOULD YOU NOT ? THAT IT WOULD HELP TO STOP THE FENTANYL TRADE AND FENTANYL TRAFFICKING FROM COMING INTO THIS COUNTRY IF WE HAD MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT THE BORDER, AND MORE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY TO STOP THE FENTANYL FROM COMING IN. YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
Dunn: I DISAGREE WITH THAT, BECAUSE BORDER PATROL IS NOW BEING USED TO MAKE SANDWICHES AND SCREEN PEOPLE AND LET THEM INTO OUR COUNTRY. SO I DISAGREE WITH YOU.
Goldman: SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT — SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT YOU ARE UPSET BECAUSE THE BORDER PATROL IS NOT DOING — IS MAKING SANDWICHES, I THINK YOU SAID, SO YOU DON’T THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE MORE BORDER PATROL OFFICERS WHO ARE CHARGED WITH STOPPING THE FENTANYL TRADE?
Dunn: I WOULD LIKE THE BORDER PATROL TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT THEY WERE HIRED TO DO. EVERY BORDER PATROL OFFICER THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO HAS TOLD ME THAT THEIR HANDS ARE TIED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION AND MR. MAYORKAS. I’VE BEEN TO THE BORDER, SIR. HAVE YOU? HAVE YOU?
Goodman: I’M ASKING THE QUESTIONS. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT IN CONGRESS, THIS CONGRESS, WE HAVE INTERVIEWED NINE SENIOR OFFICIALS UNDER DHS, AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM HAS SAID THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES AT THE BORDER TO STOP THE FLOW OF FENTANYL COMING IN. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY EXACTLY WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS DONE. AND LAST YEAR’S BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2023, THE APPROPRIATIONS, THEY INCLUDED 300 ADDITIONAL U.S. ORDER PATROL AGENTS, IT WAS THE FIRST INCREASE SINCE 2011 AND INCLUDED 125 MORE CBP OFFICERS. $70 MILLION FOR NONINTRUSIVE AND ACTION. AND 200 HOUSE REPUBLICANS, INCLUDING EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN SERVING AT THE TIME WHO CURRENTLY SITS ON THIS COMMITTEE, VOTED AGAINST THAT BILL. UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS SEIZED MORE FENTANYL AND ARRESTED MORE CRIMINALS FOR FENTANYL RELATED CRIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE YEARS COMBINED. AND EVEN IN THIS CONGRESS, WHEN WE HAD THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS BOARD, THEY OFFERED AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD PROVIDE MORE MONEY AND MORE RESOURCES FOR THE BORDER TO STOP THE FENTANYL TRADE IN EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTED IT DOWN. BUT THAT’S NOT IT. EVEN WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY REQUESTED $1.2 BILLION TO CRACK DOWN ON THE TRAFFICKING OF DANGEROUS AND LETHAL AND ILLICIT DRUGS LIKE FENTANYL, INCLUDING OVER $300 MILLION FOR THE MOST EFFECTIVE NONINTRUSIVE INSPECTION SYSTEMS. 90% OF FENTANYL COMES TO THE PORTS OF ENTRY, SO HAVING THOSE INSPECTION SYSTEMS WOULD DO IT AGAIN. THE REPUBLICANS WILL NOT SUPPORT THE BORDER WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO DO THE JOB THAT THE SECRETARY WANTS TO DO. AND SO WE ARE HERE YET AGAIN FOR A POLITICAL STUNT, TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS NOT DOING ANYTHING, EVEN AS IT IS NEGOTIATING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF THE BORDER, AND EVEN AS IT IS TRYING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BORDER AGENTS AND TECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS THE FENTANYL SYSTEM. LET’S STOP THIS SHAM IMPEACHMENT HEARING, AND LET’S GO NEGOTIATE WITH THE SENATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE, WHO ARE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW WITH SECRETARY MAYORKAS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF THE BORDER. I YIELD BACK.
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