After spending her days terrorizing her colleagues and constituents, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) apparently likes to unwind by doing something that’s so cartoonishly evil it sounds like something “The Simpsons” would’ve written for Mr. Burns.
On Sunday, Mace appeared on “Fox Report Weekend” and shared one of her new “favorite” hobbies with host Jon Scott.
“I have to tell you, one of my favorite things to watch on YouTube these days are the court hearings where illegals are in court, and ICE shows up to drag them out of court and deport them,” Mace said, presumably while stroking a white cat on her lap like a James Bond villain.
Mace, unfortunately, continued, “I can think of nothing more American today than keeping our streets safer by getting those violent criminals out of the United States of America, and we all have Donald J. Trump to thank for it.”
Considering that the Trump administration’s aggressive and inhumane deportation policies are unpopular with a majority of Americans, many users on X, formerly Twitter, were disgusted by Mace’s remarks.
A longer clip of Mace’s appearance on “Fox Report Weekend,” which was obtained by The Daily Beast, shows that Mace’s Dr. Evil-esque comments were prompted by a graphic featured on Scott’s show that read, “Trump Crackdown in Sanctuary Cities.” The graphic seemed to indicate that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers in New York City have risen 400% since former President Joe Biden was in office.
“Clearly, there’s a new sheriff in town,” Scott said.
Mace agreed before adding the fun little tidbit that she’s proposed a new bill to “defund and take tax breaks” away from so-called sanctuary cities like New York.
Trump and the Republican Party have long utilized racist rhetoric implying that all undocumented people are rapists and murderers. But recent data collected by the Deportation Data Project, a group that collects immigration numbers, indicates that about 30,000 people in immigration detention do not have a criminal record, NPR reports.
Last week, HuffPost’s Matt Shuham described what he saw over five days in immigration court in New York City this month.
One of the more shocking quotes Shuham got during his time observing at the courthouse was from an unnamed federal agent involved with immigration court arrests.
“This is fishing in a stocked pool,” the agent told Shuham. “You tell them, ‘Show up at this location,’ and then they show up and you grab them.”
The agent also noted that special agents who deal with more complex crimes are being pulled off their assignments to do courthouse arrests. “If you are a criminal,” the agent added, “now is an easier time for you.”