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House Dem explodes on top Trump immigration official, says he ‘better hope’ for pardon from president
Fox News ^ | February 10, 2026 6:16pm EST | Peter Pinedo

Posted on 02/10/2026 4:48:05 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Top Trump border official Rodney Scott said, 'I'm very proud of the service that I provide'

Progressive Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., exploded on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott, calling federal immigration officers "thugs" and telling the commissioner he "better hope" for a presidential pardon during a particularly heated House hearing on Tuesday.

Thanedar, who is originally from India and immigrated to the U.S. in the 1980’s, drilled into Scott, saying, "You better hope you get pardoned because you will be held accountable for the absolute disregard of the law your agencies have shown over the past year."

The exchange occurred during a House Homeland Security hearing on "Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security: ICE, CBP, and USCIS." During the hearing, Thanedar grilled Scott and Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons on the recent shooting of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers in Minnesota.

After Lyons and Scott repeatedly backed their officers through Thanedar’s questioning, the congressman said, "I have heard and seen enough. I'm just sick and tired of your agents running around in our cities, in our streets, causing illegal activities, ICE thugs attacking our communities, using our children as bait, referring to people as bodies and numbers, targeting people for their accents and the color of their skin, and killing American citizens, all while showing zero remorse for their actions."

Going further, Thanedar asked, "Director Lyons and Commissioner Scott, do you think President Trump will pardon you and your boss, Kristi Noem, before he leaves office, just like he has for insurrectionists and his political allies? Do you believe President Trump will pardon you?"

Scott answered, "I'm not going to speak on behalf of President Trump, but I'll tell you, I signed up for...

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: arrestshrithanedar; bolsheviks; democratcorruption; democrats; democratterrorism; democratterrorists; domesticenemies; insurgency; michigan; rodneyscott; shri; shrithanedar; thanedar

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Uh huh.


1 posted on 02/10/2026 4:48:05 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He may have become a citizen in 1988, but he never became an American.


2 posted on 02/10/2026 4:51:14 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Lol… Mayorkas shouldve been hung


3 posted on 02/10/2026 4:52:25 PM PST by MrRelevant
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Shri can go piss up a cobra’s arse...
IF he doesn’t like it here, he pack it up and go back to Belgaum or whatever craphole he crwled out of... Tired of these foreign-born POSs bossing America around. Spit.


4 posted on 02/10/2026 4:52:43 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Pardon for what?


5 posted on 02/10/2026 4:53:07 PM PST by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et des phrases)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Dems don’t play, GOP some bitches


6 posted on 02/10/2026 4:53:30 PM PST by JZelle
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

His toupee is all-American, however


7 posted on 02/10/2026 4:53:53 PM PST by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I couldn’t remember where I had seen him before and then suddenly it hit me.

He is on the Simpsons. He runs the 7-11.


8 posted on 02/10/2026 4:54:26 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Democrats have no platform. Just threats.


9 posted on 02/10/2026 4:58:21 PM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: MrRelevant

“...Lol… Mayorkas shouldve been hung...”

I believe it is “hanged”, but yeah. Where is that POS hiding? He should have been one fo the very first to be shipped out to GITMO and tried, sentenced and executed for outright treason.
The communists are lawless, because the republicants are ball-less...


10 posted on 02/10/2026 4:59:10 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And....

Another one.




11 posted on 02/10/2026 4:59:25 PM PST by Bikkuri
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To: Bikkuri

Gee, I never noticed that. You shore is smart. 🤡


12 posted on 02/10/2026 5:01:09 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies with Democrats.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Only American born citizens should hold office.


13 posted on 02/10/2026 5:06:20 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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Indians should never have been allowed into America.


14 posted on 02/10/2026 5:09:09 PM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: lgjhn23; MrRelevant







15 posted on 02/10/2026 5:10:15 PM PST by Bikkuri
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To: rktman


"Only American born citizens should hold office."


👆👆👆 THIS ☝️☝️☝️

(and sometimes, even that is not enough)

16 posted on 02/10/2026 5:12:17 PM PST by Bikkuri
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Instead of being grateful to be in the US, he is pushing policies that have and will continue to destabilize America.

Where was this chia pet when the Biden administration was letting anyone and everyone enter our nation illegally and without vetting? We wouldn’t have to have ICE in our cities if the floodgates hadn’t been opened during the last administration. Also, if people weren’t illegally harassing ICE, there wouldn’t have been violence.

If Thanedar wants to do something to help the people of America, he can start by working to stop the defrauding of Americans (including many elderly Americans) by scammers from India. They have taken the life savings from vulnerable elderly Americans, and think nothing of it. Seems like that would be a good focus for him to do something good.


17 posted on 02/10/2026 5:18:39 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Hyman Roth

That’s because they’re petulant spoiled theater kids who never grew up.


18 posted on 02/10/2026 5:21:38 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Me, I’d tell that Shari son Of a bitch that a great way to end up in jail is to try to use the justice system politically.


19 posted on 02/10/2026 5:21:48 PM PST by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Do you notice that all the news about protest demonstrations against ice have died out?


20 posted on 02/10/2026 5:23:39 PM PST by ckilmer (`61)
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