Pam Bondi presses Democrat over hypocritical demand: 'You sure didn't have order that day, did you, Senator?'
Attorney General Pam Bondi had a fiery exchange with several Democrats, including Sen. Alex Padilla (D) of California, during her congressional testimony on Tuesday.
Bondi and Padilla sparred when the attorney general called out the Democrat for hypocritically demanding "order" during Tuesday's hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The two had a tense back-and-forth before Padilla called for order during the hearing despite repeatedly interrupting Bondi whenever she attempted to respond to questions.
'You stormed the director of Homeland Security.'
Padilla initially asked Bondi whether she thought FBI Director Kash Patel is "doing a good job."
"I believe Director Patel is doing a great job," Bondi said.
Bondi then tried to turn the tables, asking, "You know where he is right now, Senator Padilla?" At that point, Padilla tried to interject, but Bondi continued with her thought.
"You asked me a question!" Bondi said after Padilla began talking over her. "Director Patel is in Chicago right now ... fighting to keep Chicago safe."
Padilla continued talking over the attorney general, yet repeatedly called for "order" before Bondi eventually unloaded on the Democratic senator.
"You know, you want 'order' here now, yet you stormed the Director of Homeland Security Kristi Noem," Bondi said. "You sure didn't have order that day, did you, Senator?"
Padilla quietly attempted to dismiss Bondi's claims, despite extensive video evidence depicting his disruptive confrontation with Noem and subsequent detainment back in June.
Padilla originally confronted Noem during a Los Angeles press conference in June about the ongoing protests and riots against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. Padilla burst into the conference and rushed toward the podium before he was forcefully removed.
Noem claimed she chatted with Padilla after the press conference and even exchanged phone numbers with him, Bill Melugin of Fox News reported at the time. According to Melugin, Noem characterized their conversation as "cordial and beneficial."
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Attorney General Pam Bondi sparred with Democrats during her congressional hearing on Tuesday, and she did not back down.
Bondi testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, where the attorney general ripped into Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) over the legality of deploying the National Guard. Durbin challenged Bondi about President Donald Trump's legal authority to deploy the Texas National Guard to Chicago, the crime-ridden city in the Democratic senator's jurisdiction.
'If you're not going to protect your citizens, President Trump will.'
Over the weekend, protesters and agitators clashed with law enforcement in Chicago, with some apparently ramming their vehicles into federal cruisers. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem even said that cartels have placed bounties on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Despite this dramatic uptick in violence, Durbin questioned the rationale for deploying additional resources.
"I wish you loved Chicago as much as you hate President Trump," Bondi said in response. "And currently, the National Guard are on the way to Chicago."
"If you're not going to protect your citizens, President Trump will," Bondi added.
Even without the recent escalation in crime, Chicago has consistently been one of the nation's most dangerous and crime-ridden cities. In response to the high crime, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas "fully authorized the President to call up 400 members of the Texas National Guard to ensure safety for federal officers.”
"You can either fully enforce protection for federal employees or get out of the way and let Texas Guard do it," Abbott said in a post on X.
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"Your city has a murder rate five times higher than New York's," Bondi told Durbin. "571 homicides last year. If you were serious about protecting your people, you would be asking this administration for help."
"We're there to help make America safe and Illinois safe, whether or not you want to," Bondi added.
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Deadlocked Democrats continue stubborn standoff, prolonging government shutdown
Senate Democrats stubbornly kicked the can down the road, voting Friday to keep the government shut down.
The government shutdown will continue through the weekend after 44 Democrats voted against the Republicans' clean continuing resolution. However, more Democrats voted with Republicans on Friday than on Tuesday, as New York Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's coalition begins to crumble.
'The Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity.'
Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Democrat Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, and independent Sen. Angus King of Maine joined 51 Republicans in voting to reopen the government on Friday. Notably, these are the same three senators who initially bucked their party and voted with the GOP. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky was the lone "no" vote of his party.
"We could be considering bipartisan appropriations bills through regular order, but instead we are stuck in a shutdown mess of Democrats’ making," Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said. "And the American people are suffering as a result."
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"Republicans are about to vote (again) to reopen the government and every Democrat outside of a few sensible moderates will vote to keep it shut," Vice President JD Vance said ahead of the vote. "This is the basic fact of the shutdown, and no one can deny it."
Schumer and his fellow Democrats have backed themselves into a corner. Rather than passing the same continuing resolution Democrats have voted for over a dozen times in past spending fights, Schumer is attempting to leverage the shutdown to force Republicans to negotiate on Obama-era health care subsidies.
Democrats even proposed their own competing funding bill, which boasts a $1.5 trillion price tag and would effectively reverse every legislative accomplishment from Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. In contrast, the Republican-led bill is a clean continuing resolution with a funding anomaly to boost security spending for politicians in light of Charlie Kirk's horrific assassination.
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To Democrats' dismay, their negotiating tactics have proven ineffective. Although the White House has reiterated that the administration would rather reopen the government, President Donald Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought are seizing the opportunity.
Ahead of the shutdown, Vought notified federal agencies to begin drafting reduction-in-force notices in anticipation of mass layoffs. Trump and Vought also met Thursday to identify which "Democrat Agencies" would be cut, and tens of billions of dollars' worth of projects have already been halted by the administration.
"I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity," Trump said in a Truth Social post Thursday. "They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
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Trump administration finds a creative new way to mock Democrats amid shutdown
Members of the Trump administration are enjoying their trolling streak while sour-faced Democrats continue to dig their heels in.
With President Donald Trump at the helm, the White House has consistently put out memes mocking Democrats for facilitating the government shutdown.
'You can negotiate in good faith while also poking a little bit of fun.'
Most recently, a constant loop of video memes was played in the White House briefing room, accusing Democrats of prioritizing health care for illegal aliens over paying government employees.
The memes feature various slogans, including "Don't be dumb. Fund the government." These videos were displayed on Thursday, marking the second day of the government shutdown.
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The White House is playing a loop of different memes in the briefing room mocking Congressional Democrats over the shutdown.
“Don’t be dumb. Fund the government.”@theblaze pic.twitter.com/l1ibr2hq4B
— Rebeka Zeljko (@rebekazeljko) October 2, 2025
This video loop is just the latest in a series of memes put out by the Trump administration.
Earlier in the week, Trump posted a video of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at a press conference with a photoshopped sombrero and a cartoon mustache with mariachi music playing in the background.
Jeffries claimed to take offense at the meme, calling it a "disgusting video" during a news interview.
"It's a disgusting video, and we're going to continue to make clear: Bigotry will get you nowhere," Jeffries said in response to the meme.
Trump doubled down on the trolling, promptly clipping Jeffries' response and photoshopping the same sombrero and mustache onto the Democratic leader. This time around, Trump added extra flair, additionally editing himself as the mariachi band behind Jeffries.
Vice President JD Vance was asked about the memes during a press conference on Wednesday, and in response, he made Jeffries a humorous offer.
"I'll tell Hakeem Jeffries right now — I make this solemn promise to you, that if you help us reopen the government, the sombrero memes will stop," Vance said during the briefing.
"I think it's funny. The president's joking, and we're having a good time," Vance added. "You can negotiate in good faith while also poking a little bit of fun."
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