Posted on 09/20/2025 3:18:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Illinois congressional candidate and far-left activist Kat Abughazaleh found herself on the ground this week after interfering with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers during a lawful operation outside a federal processing center in Broadview, Illinois. The incident, captured on video and posted by Abughazaleh herself, shows the former Media Matters employee physically inserting herself in front of an ICE vehicle attempting to leave the facility. She is seen refusing to move before officers remove her by force.
Abughazaleh, who is vying for the Democratic nomination in Illinois’ deep-blue 9th congressional district, attempted to cast the encounter as a violation of her rights. But online observers were quick to reject her narrative, pointing out that her actions appeared to violate federal law—specifically, 18 U.S. Code § 111, which prohibits forcibly resisting or obstructing federal officers. Violations can carry prison sentences of up to eight years.
Critics didn’t mince words. “Make a legal example out of this criminal,” one user wrote, tagging the Justice Department. Others emphasized that public stunts like this one erode the rule of law and send a dangerous message about law enforcement interference being tolerated when politically convenient.
The Broadview ICE facility has become a popular backdrop for political theater among left-wing candidates in recent months. Earlier this year, Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) was charged with assaulting an officer at a similar protest in New Jersey. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was briefly detained during the same incident, though his charges were later dropped. McIver is still facing trial.
Abughazaleh, a self-proclaimed progressive in the mold of the Squad, leads the crowded Democratic primary field in cash-on-hand, with around $666,000. Her campaign seems to be betting on viral confrontation over substantive policy, as she tries to win a safe seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky...
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ICE pushed a liberal POS who fell when interfering with a federal policing action.
Give her a J6 Special.
$666,000 sounds like a good bail number.
Katherine Abughazaleh was born in Dallas, Texas to a Palestinian immigrant father and a seventh-generation Dallasite mother. A self-proclaimed progressive in the mold of “the Squad,” she leads the crowded Democratic primary field in cash-on-hand, with around $666,000. Her campaign seems to be betting on viral confrontation over substantive policy, as she tries to win a safe Democrat seat being vacated by retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky...
I watched the video of that on Twitchy a dozen times, it was so funny.
Do it harder next time.
L
Schakowsky won in ‘24 68-32. That’s not exactly deep red. Incumbents have an advantage...I’d expect an open seat to be closer than 68-32 but still Democrat favored.
She flopped like a professionally trained rioterbwould.
The dumb bitty isn’t exempt from consequences of her actions just because she’s running to be a “public servant”.
“”being vacated by retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky...””
THAT person is finally leaving? How about De Lauro from CT? Saw her last night on C span - what a mess...can’t even describe the color of her hair as there were many colors but she looked like she was WRAPPED in a yard of material from every bolt of cloth in a fabric store. These people just aren’t normal and yet people vote for them year after year...
“”Abughazaleh””
Looks like an Iranian name....
The epitome of being tossed on your ass!
... $666,000
A suicide blonde (dyed by her own hands) doing the Bertha Butt bounce.
Yes that Marxist embarrassment of a Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky is finally retiring so she can spend more time with her criminal felon of a husband. Too bad she wasn’t indicted along with him since she was on the board of the non-profit while he was stealing and she signed the filings where the fraud occurred.
For a very long time.
At all.
Abughazaleh lived in Washington, D.C. until she and her partner, Ben Collins, moved to Chicago, Illinois in July 2024. The move was prompted by Collins’ new role as CEO of the company that owns the satirical newspaper The Onion, which is headquartered in Chicago.[34][35] She has since said that they moved on very short notice.[5][36] In the 2024 general election, Abughazaleh voted in Washington, D.C. rather than Illinois.[37]
In the early 2020s, Abughazaleh worked part-time as a bartender in Washington, D.C., alongside her media analysis work
Carpetbagger Kat Abughazaleh moved to Illinois to run for Congress. She has not even lived here for more than a few years before seeking an important elected office.
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