[00:00:16] Shame on you. You don't touch me! Don't touch her. You just watched congressional candidate Kat Abu-ghazaleh get thrown to the ground by an Ice agent while she was protesting last week, according to The New Republic, [00:00:34] where Abu-ghazaleh, who is running for the House on the Democratic primary in Illinois's ninth district, she's also a contributor there. Abu-ghazaleh was among a crowd demonstrating outside the Broad View Ice facility, which is being used in a controversial immigration enforcement [00:00:51] operation underway in Illinois. Ostensibly a processing facility intended to hold detainees for no more than 12 hours at a time, The center has reportedly held detainees for days or even weeks. Abu-ghazaleh said. In a recent YouTube video, Ghazali explained she's been present [00:01:11] at protests at the facility for the last three weeks, and they've all been peaceful until last week. Last week when we went, ice assaulted a lot of us. We went early because they changed their deportation time to around 6 a.m. [00:01:26] Ice threw me to the ground then and assaulted other protesters as well. That was the same day as the Franklin Park murder, and someone else was shot with pepper balls. And then today, my friend and I woke up at 3 a.m. [00:01:43] And went to the facility. We got there and were sitting on public property. Ice agents told us to essentially go away. Around 6 a.m. They started bringing out a van and we were in the way. So an Ice agent once again beat me up and threw me to the ground. [00:01:59] They love throwing me. The video that people saw was after that, but during the first altercation, they took one of the protesters inside the facility. That's the first time that has ever happened. The second altercation was when a car came out of the facility. I went to go aid another protester. [00:02:15] Once again, on public property, this is all on streets of the town of Broadview. That is when that video happened, when the officer picked me up and threw me on the ground. She also stated that Ice agents allegedly tried to run them over and shot [00:02:30] them with pepper balls and tear gas. All told, Matthew Eadie, who works for The New York Times, she did receive minor injuries, including a bruised right side. However, she says what happened to her doesn't compare to what's going on inside the facility. [00:02:47] They're committing crimes against humanity there. This is a processing facility, so people are not supposed to be held for more than 12 hours at a time, but they're being held for days or even weeks. They are not given beds. They sleep on concrete. They are not given hygienic products. They are not given hot meals. [00:03:06] The and these aren't criminals. They are literally pregnant women and grandmas in there. This shouldn't be happening to anyone. Following the assault by Ice agents, many right wingers celebrated Ice ICE's actions, including Laura Ingraham. Take a look. [00:03:24] A similar situation in Chicago today where absolutely unhinged agitators worked to form a blockade. They don't have actual jobs, but that is their job in front of an Ice facility, including a Democrat congressional candidate who was thrown to the ground by an Ice agent. [00:03:41] - Good work. - Good work. Mason slammed Ingraham's comments, calling for her firing over the remark. But many other right wingers are echoing Ingraham's sentiment, saying Abu-ghazaleh had it coming and are actively calling for her arrest. [00:03:58] You can see here Libs of TikTok wrote mask wearing Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abu-ghazaleh just got bodied by ice after trying to f with them immediate F around and find out, someone else wrote. [00:04:15] Admittedly obstructed Ice agents. Hey AG Pam Bondi, you need to arrest Kat now. Make a legal example out of this criminal. There's another one obstructing law enforcement, which is what you just posted a video of yourself doing isn't a First Amendment right. [00:04:32] It's a crime. Brett, what do you what do you make of this right wing cheerleading for these, you know, essentially brownshirts just rounding up immigrants and trying to do something about it. Well, I don't understand why they threw her to the ground. Wasn't his problem with her that she was sitting? [00:04:51] Doesn't make sense. Like she was already on the ground. Why did you just move? Like, throw her to it? Like, if you really wanted to change the game, You should have left her standing like. And I love like you saw what she was doing. She was just sitting there. [00:05:07] There were people just sitting there. And that is unacceptable. And then you need to pick her up and chuck her. You could have just picked her up and moved her. That's fine. And I think a lot of people, when they go to protest, they're like, I might get arrested right now. It's and it's funny to to point out that she's wearing a mask. [00:05:26] I forget, I think it was libs of TikTok when like the problem is that the Ice agents are wearing masks. We want to know what happens to folks. There's reports that, like many people who have gone into this system, are just disappeared now. [00:05:42] Like, we want to know what happened. Everybody should want to know what happened. Like, I just I just think it's so it's just it's like they have chosen that in this scenario. It's fine to do this to people. And I understand that we need to round these folks up and get rid of them. [00:06:00] Like otherwise we'd have, like, people building decks, you know? You got to get rid of those folks outside Home Depot, or else there will be decks around homes. There will be people doing. And then also, you got to get rid of these people because otherwise, [00:06:18] produce will be affordable. Like what? We really, you know, this is these are the problems facing America. And then, like, it's so funny, it's like these protesters don't have jobs. Like, did they. I thought, yeah, because the immigrants took them, right? [00:06:36] They took the jobs of sitting and protesting from the protesters. You should be celebrating that. There are no protests. There are no immigrants sitting there, and that Americans get to sit out and protest in this new Trump's America, where we eliminate, immigrants. [00:06:54] It's also stupid. And it comes through to my main take away these days, which is? Guys, you're not that upset. You seem upset, but you're not really that upset. You're miserable, but you're not angry. [00:07:09] Like, if you get this mad at immigrants who are picking vegetables, like, but. And the truth is, like, I've talked to a lot of people who are conservative about this and they're like, this is insane. [00:07:24] You need like, you need like this. This instinct to be part of a tribe is overpowering your sense of decency. Like your ancestors came to this country in many cases illegally. In many cases, they only came legally because the laws were different [00:07:42] than they are now. But it was the same thing wanting a better life for your family and you just can't see past that. And strangely, like cheaper labor and cheaper vegetables and fruits is the only way I can [00:07:57] get through to you that like this insane treatment of people where you want them to be eaten by alligators is insane. Yeah. I just in so many of these instances when they talk about protesters [00:08:13] on this subject, specifically people who are upset about these deportation rates because, like you point out, this is about decency. This is about protecting what we I thought we all understood about the idea of America, a place where anybody can come and if they want to make something [00:08:30] of themselves, there's an opportunity to at least try to do that. And that's what these immigrants are doing. They didn't like the conditions in the country where they lived. Maybe it was dangerous in many cases. In Latin and South America, that danger is a direct result of [00:08:46] American foreign policy and intervention. And they come here trying to find a better place to raise their family. And this is how they're treated. And thankfully, there are people who are willing to risk being harmed like this, like Kat and others. [00:09:03] And the right is just cheering on state violence. But again, in so many of these instances, I go back to January 6th and note and reflect on the tones, then, oh, they're just tourists. They're just they're just going in to take a tour of the Capitol. [00:09:22] There wasn't property destruction. The police officers they assaulted. No, we don't care about that. Get them out. They're political prisoners. They should be pardoned. Now, how is it that a group of angry, frothing mob that smashed their way into the Capitol building because they didn't like the results of the 2020 election? [00:09:41] How is it that they are victims here? But people who are willing to stand up for the most vulnerable? It's the violence that is is served to them from these agents, these masked agents who are rounding people up and throwing them into vans, [00:09:57] something that they wanted you to think the Obama administration was going to do because you were conservative, simply because of your political ideas. They all of these, all of that scaremongering over all of these things that Obama could do, [00:10:12] the the military occupation of cities that we're seeing now was literally something that that conspiracy theorists on the right wanted you to think that the Obama administration would do. And now all of a sudden, they love it. And I know we shouldn't expect ideological consistency from these people, [00:10:30] but good Lord, man, at least pretend like you believe in something. Bret, any any final words? Well, you had questions about like why it's different, I think. Is there why is there white people fighting for white people like you asked the question. [00:10:45] That's a rhetorical question, but I think there's like an actual answer for it. But yeah, like, and I, I admit there's a lot of people on the left who are not ideal, like, who are like, well, you know, I can do it and you can't do it. Maybe there will be some awakening where, like, we acknowledge that. [00:11:06] Like when caribou sitting on the ground, that's someone peacefully protesting. She wasn't shouting like hang Mike, like murder the vice president. - That's all. - What can people do? Maybe it's better to ask that what is the acceptable form [00:11:23] of protest in this country, I think. Because it's like a choreographed dance would work. I don't think I don't I'm not sure ice would be able to arrest you if you're doing a choreographed dance. Yeah, I got four part harmony or something. I think they would be at least puzzled and be like, oh, wait. [00:11:43] And then you go to they go to arrest you when you're done, but you do another number and it's twice as tight. You're not gonna arrest you for that. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets its wings. Totally not true. But it does keep you updated on our live shows.