Thursday, January 08, 2026

Congressman: Obey Feds and 'You Get to Keep Your Life'

Trump ally Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) made a stunning declaration when he told Newsmax that only by obeying commands from federal agents do you "get to keep your life."

Posted by qcp at 02:18 PM | 56 COMMENTS | permalink

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"The bottom line is this, when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep your life. And it is clear that she tried to use her vehicle as a weapon, mow over an ICE agent, and now she is dead."

Brazen liars are killing people.

ICE's America produces orphans.

#1 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-01-08 02:34 PM

More from the cited article ...

...Hunt was a guest on Wednesday night's edition of Newsmax TV's Carl Higbie Frontline, during which he took things right to eleven. He flatly stated that if you follow orders, "then you get to keep your life," and made many false or evidence-free assertions:
...
CARL HIGBIE: Congressman, you know, terrible that an American citizen lost their life. However, we now just found out from Secretary Kristi Noem that this person apparently had been chasing these ICE agents, harassing them all morning.

REP. WESLEY HUNT (R-TX): The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them, and then you get to keep your life.

And it is clear that she tried to use her vehicle as a weapon, mow over an ICE agent, and now she is dead.

And her death is tragic, but at the end of the day, it was completely avoidable if she would have simply followed the commands of the ICE agents.

But what really is more disturbing to me is Governor Walz's comments about using the National Guard to keep the federal government ICE agents out of his state.

He has now gone full Jefferson Davis, and that's what -- I would call it civil war. This is a problem.

The left always does this. They always clamor for more violence. They always clamor for more rioting. They've already burned to the ground.

At the end of the day, the violence must stop. We must respect law enforcement.

Respect this president that said, "I am going to clamp down on illegal immigration".
...




#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-08 02:34 PM

Trumpers are going to rue the day when Hunter B and Conquistadora Cortez come after them with the same federal powers that are being abused now.

#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-01-08 02:57 PM

Now? You're a dolt. We're going to flamethrower these -------.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-08 04:45 PM

"flamethrower"

Is that what you call that little thing?

#5 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-01-08 05:25 PM

Hmmm I guess I've misunderstood the Gadsden Flag my entire life ...

#6 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-08 09:02 PM

AUTHORITARIAN to the Core...

That Punk is calling for a Police State.

Worse, he's invoking the Spectre of Disunion and Civil War in a Twisted Reversal of Historical Facts.

OBEY, or DIE?

Who the ---- is he to be telling Americans to just Obey and they Get to Keep their Lives?

Somebody's gonna be Taking lives.

On both Sides.

This is War by the Feds on Half the ------- Country.

Tell me I'm Exaggerating,... please....

#7 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-08 09:39 PM

---- off you ----------- Russian ------.

#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-08 09:39 PM

Dude, you've got a Very Bad Attitude..

Trump won't Approve if you're on the Wrong side of his Regime......

Be Afraid...Be Very Afraid.

IF you're White I guess you could harness that Rage and kill other Americans for the Glory of his Majesty, Donald John Trump.

Otherwise, Report to Alligator Alcatraz for Punishment.

#9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-08 09:45 PM

You all are ridiculous.

I mean in the most sincere way, attacking law enforcement and disobeying their orders is the greatest way to destroy the country. She wasn't randomly killed, she wasn't targeted for her political beliefs only her actions.

There's plenty of video of the AvP encounters, its a deadly game, to deny this and claim its authoritarian what happen is nothing but a narrative and no where near the truth.


Trumpers are going to rue the day when Hunter B and Conquistadora Cortez come after them with the same federal powers that are being abused now.
#3 | POSTED BY SENTINEL

Remember all those IRS agents Biden was hiring? Well they wouldn't be much different than ICE is today, only their victims would be different.

Given what I am seeing in everyones attitude, America is one or two more transitions from collapsing.

#10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-08 10:00 PM

" Remember all those IRS agents Biden was hiring? Well they wouldn't be much different than ICE is today, only their victims would be different."

You win the Stupid Award.

Congratulations. It couldn't be going to a more deserving recipient.

#11 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-01-08 10:06 PM

@#10 ... Remember all those IRS agents Biden was hiring? Well they wouldn't be much different than ICE is today ...

Absurd. At best.

Can IRS agents shoot and kill innocent victims?

I'd say, do try harder, but it seems your current trolling alias is incapable of doing so.

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-08 10:09 PM

Bongwater - You Don't Love Me Yet (1988)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
To be or not to be
That's the question unceasingly
But without you I would long to be yours to be

Cause without you I'm not a king

Cause without you it will never do
Cause I can't think what life would be like without you
...



#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-08 10:12 PM

Zzzzzzzzz.Zzzzzzzz.Zzzzzzz.

Booorring.

Get Relevant Fella..

#14 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-08 10:22 PM

Remember all those IRS agents Biden was hiring? Well they wouldn't be much different than ICE is today, only their victims would be different.
Given what I am seeing in everyones attitude, America is one or two more transitions from collapsing.

#10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-08 10:00 PM

You are actually special.

#15 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-08 10:25 PM

@#15 ... You are actually special. ...

And it does seem to be intentional trolling.

#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-08 10:37 PM

OneTrumper isn't as good at trolling as BullJohnson / BullBringer who easily elicit dozens of responses to a single comment.

#17 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-01-08 10:41 PM

@#17

I wish I could disagree.

#18 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-08 10:55 PM

Jefferson Airplan - Volunteers (1969)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
"Volunteers" by Paul Kanter and Marty Balin appears on the 1969 Jefferson Airplane album of the same name.

Jefferson Airplane broke from their psychedelic groove to make this anti-war anthem.

Kanter said he got the idea from a "Volunteers of America" bumper sticker that was pasted on the side of a garbage truck.

[Verse 1]
Look what's happening out in the streets
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Hey, I'm dancing down the street
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Ain't it amazing all the people I meet
Got a revolution, got to revolution

[Bridge]
One generation got old
One generation got sold
This generation got no destination to hold
Pick up the cry

[Verse 2]
Hey, now it's time for you and me
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Come on now, we're marching to the sea
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Who will take it from you, we will and who are we?

[Chorus]
We are volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
See rock shows near East Windsor
Get tickets as low as $45
You might also like
Won't Get Fooled Again
The Who
Battle Hymns
The -------------
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron
[Post-Chorus]
I've got a revolution
Oh, got a revolution

[Verse 1]
Look what's happening out in the streets
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Hey, I'm dancing down the street
Got a revolution, got to revolution
Ain't it amazing all the people I meet
Got a revolution

[Chorus]
We are volunteers of America
Yeah, we're volunteers of America
We're volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
...


#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-08 11:01 PM

Zzzzzzzxxzxzx.Zzzzzzzx zzzxx.

Soo Booring.

Get a day job fella.

#20 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-08 11:28 PM

What a dystopia

#21 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-01-09 05:35 AM

This comes from a devout Baptist and West Point graduate: c8.alamy.com

#22 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-09 05:41 AM

Communist Democrat Party leaders need to cool their rhetoric before they incite more useless idiots into violence and getting hurt.

#23 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-09 11:26 AM

Republicans say this is keeping America safe:
www.reddit.com

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-09 11:29 AM

I'll let you in on a secret.

Police have been trained to prioritize officer safety. The effect is that the only lives that matter to the police are theirs. Police lives matter, not yours, not mine. In any confrontation, by invoking the magic incantation "officer safety", he is able to take actions that would put civilians in prison or worse.

Inciting the base to make viral clips and score political points is all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

#25 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-09 11:53 AM

"Police have been trained to prioritize officer safety."

Why aren't police trained to prioritize civilian safety?

Questions Republicans can't answer.

#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-09 12:06 PM

Show us the "officer safety" taking place in the video in #24.

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-09 12:08 PM


Show us the "officer safety" taking place in the video in #24.
#27 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

You think you really got something there. You find some video of some random event that went sideways and think ALL cops are guilty.

LOL What a moron.

#28 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-09 12:14 PM

Why aren't police trained to prioritize civilian safety?

Over what? Their own safety? That would imply the civilian is attempting to maim or injure them, and the officer should just let them do it.

Sorry its perfectly reasonable for the police to have their safety as a priority when dealing with hostile civilians.

#29 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-09 12:17 PM


You are actually special.
#15 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

True, you will just never know how

#30 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-01-09 12:17 PM

That's another part of police training, control and dominance. It's ironic but police training combined with poor judgement has a tendency to escalate conflict rather deescalate it. When you're being tackled on the concrete go limp, if you put your hands out to break your fall, it's called resisting.

#31 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-09 12:19 PM

That's another part of police training, control and dominance.
#31 | Posted by visitor_

And that explains why you worship them.

#32 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-09 12:22 PM

It's ironic but police training combined with poor judgement has a tendency to escalate conflict rather deescalate it.
#31 | Posted by visitor_

Police are certainly trained to escalate violence.

But how is that ironic?

Not seeing the irony.
Just seeing the thuggery.

"When you're being tackled on the concrete go limp, if you put your hands out to break your fall, it's called resisting."

Again, just thuggery.
Just an excuse for violence.

#33 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-09 12:25 PM

Onenut has the typical Totalitarian mindset of unassimilated Chinese.

He hates China but wants Chinese Communist Values here.

Total Fealty to Law enforcement is NOT an American Tradition. We are a Nation of Lawbreakers and Individualists,

You don't get this country,at all, dude.

Donnerboy is America.

His Values, not your's or Trump's define our Past.

For Good or Ill.

---- off.

#34 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-09 12:26 PM

"ALL cops are guilty."

No Commie Spyboy. Just the ones that obviously are. Like the one who murdered Renee Nicole Good and the one who murdered George Floyd.

But obviously those are only the ones who were caught on camera (which they hate and wish to make a federal crime). You think they are the only ones abusing their authority?

Nope. Obviously not. Where there is smoke there is fire.

#35 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-09 12:31 PM

There is Nothing More Quintessentially American than Resisting Arbitrary Authority.

Often...With Violence.

America was born in Violence and Disobedience; To Recognized Authority.

Its in our Political DNA.

It's perhaps,the Only Truly Exceptional thing about Us as a "People"....or Was.

#36 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-09 12:33 PM

I'll let you in on a secret.
Police have been trained to prioritize officer safety. The effect is that the only lives that matter to the police are theirs. Police lives matter, not yours, not mine. In any confrontation, by invoking the magic incantation "officer safety", he is able to take actions that would put civilians in prison or worse.
Inciting the base to make viral clips and score political points is all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
#25 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-09 11:53 AM

Yes, Officer Ross' phone footage is evidence.

#37 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-01-09 12:34 PM

Re 34

Thanks for the kind words.

For better or for worse!

#38 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-09 12:36 PM

It's ironic but police training combined with poor judgement has a tendency to escalate conflict rather deescalate it.
#31 | Posted by visitor_

Contrary to maga beliefs escalating the situation is not and should not be the goal of law enforcement.

And with the proper training that can be avoided.

Police departments that teach Akido would have less violent encounters and a more cooperative public.

The Aikido mindset should be at the core of every aspect of police action.

Akido even combined with poor judgement de-escalates the situation by definition.

#39 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-09 12:49 PM

"It's ironic but police training..."

"Police training" includes instructions to only discharge their weapon as a last resort.

NO HONEST BROKER can watch the video and conclude it's the only choice the officer had.

#40 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-01-09 12:52 PM

He wanted to shoot. His whole demeanor was threatening and aggressive.

Not someone who should have the power of life and death over anyone.

Qualified immunity is BS.

Especially for ICE. They are Not Real Cops.

They are Thugs given immunity to Persecute the public to create Fear and compel Obedience to Arbitrary Authority.

Brownshirts, in the Nazi parlance.

#41 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-09 01:10 PM

Communist Democrat Party leaders need to cool their rhetoric before they incite more useless idiots into violence and getting hurt.

#23 | Posted by visitor_

You need to STFU because nobody wants to hear your anti-American bulls*&^.

#42 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-09 01:22 PM

You are free to F-Around and maybe you will Find Out. But realize this, the majority of people that think like you are really dumb and easily influenced. It's irresponsible to encourage them to find out what happens when you cross John Law.

#43 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-09 03:08 PM

You are free to F-Around and maybe you will Find Out. But realize this, the majority of people that think like you are really dumb and easily influenced. It's irresponsible to encourage them to find out what happens when you cross John Law.
#43 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-09 03:08 PM

Look the ---- around you, bro. EVERYONE is alarmed with this developing terrorist activity.

Your man was not injured and if he was admitted to a hospital there will be people who confirm what is what.

Can't wait for Ross' phone footage released.

Maybe he's also involved in some alarming group chats - I wouldn't doubt it.

It's obvious ICE are lawless.

When he is arrested and his computer confiscated we'll find all kinds of terrifying crap, imo.

#44 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-01-09 03:54 PM

Can't wait for Ross' phone footage released.

It already has been. My question: when did they start teaching ICE to pull their guns one handed while recording civilians on their phones?

#45 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-09 03:57 PM

What happened to Trump when He crossed John Law?

34 Felonies, no Time,got Reelected.

He Said he could shoot someone on fifth avenue and lose No Votes.

Stick your Law and Order -------- where the Sun don't Shine.

Law and Order only matters when Law means Justice not Impunity.

The American Revolution was about resisting unjust laws.

Trump is Claiming Perogatives that King George 2 Never Dreamed of.

Where is the Spirit of American Liberty today?

In the Minds and Hearts of Resistance to Trump's Lawlessness and Arbitrary Demands for Absolute Control on His Terms.

The Spirit of '76 would be Appalled by the Cringing Fealty of Modern MAGA.

Morons more Nazi than American.

More Monarchist than Revolutionary.

What the Hell Happened to this Country?

What's so Damned Great about Donald Trump Anyhow?

wHe can't even Talk Coherently.

#46 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-09 04:01 PM

I guaran damn tee that it is against training and policy for some ICE guy to be recording civilian confrontations on his cell phone.

Unless there's a Kyle Rittenhouse type judge, a jury is going to hand Ross his butt.

#47 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-09 04:02 PM

it's also against training and policy to draw your gun with one hand while the other is holding a cell phone.

Jonathan Ross is not a professional anything. He's an angry guy with small glans energy.

#48 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-09 04:06 PM

"Can't wait for Ross' phone footage released."
It already has been. My question: when did they start teaching ICE to pull their guns one handed while recording civilians on their phones?
#45 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-09 03:57 PM

Ah, you are correct - the phone is reflected in the SUV. My earlier link was mislabled as bodycam footage. Does that exist as well, or does ICE just rely on phones?

His Tom Peterson haircut is very 50's reminiscent, along with that attitude.

#49 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-01-09 04:06 PM

I'm gonna go out on a limb and bet that Jonathan Ross has a history of domestic violence, at least since his PTSD from June.

#50 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-09 04:09 PM

From what I understand, the June incident was he broke a car window and the driver pulled away, so umm, yeah.

#51 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-01-09 04:13 PM

Yeah, his arm got caught in the window and he was dragged 50 feet. 30 stitches.

Dude's probably got PTSD. Shouldn't be working this job.

#52 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-01-09 04:16 PM

Palate cleanser:

There's a new horror movie set in a retirement home.

Night of the Assisted Living Dead

Derek Smalls, David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel

#53 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-09 04:17 PM

Is that on video or "reported" by ICE/DHS?

#54 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-01-09 04:17 PM

#51 There is video of it. He broke the back window and reached in to try to unlock the back door. The driver drove off with his arm still reaching in. The guy doesn't appear to be the brightest bulb in the bunch.

#55 | Posted by Chantresse at 2026-01-09 04:20 PM

Yeah, his arm got caught in the window and he was dragged 50 feet. 30 stitches.
Dude's probably got PTSD. Shouldn't be working this job.

#52 | Posted by Alexandrite

PTSD is irrelevant. It sounds like he shouldn't be working the job because he's a psycho.

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