Rep. LaMonica McIver Has Ultra Cringe Response When CNN Asks About The Federal Charges She Is Facing

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver was on CNN when she brushed off federal assault charges as “ridiculous.”

She insisted she was just doing her job overseeing an ICE detention facility in Newark.

Right on cue, McIver blamed ICE for escalating the situation.

When asked if she was worried about what could happen to her now, she broke into song.

Why?

Maybe she saw someone do that in a civil rights documentary?

🚨 BREAKING: We filed a resolution to expel LaMonica McIver from the U.S. House of Representatives.

Assaulting federal agents is a crime, plain and simple.

No one is above the law. The American people deserve better. pic.twitter.com/Y4RiC552Vu

— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) May 21, 2025

CNN reports their version:

Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver said Tuesday that the federal assault charges filed against her a day earlier related to a chaotic melee outside an Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility are “absurd.”

“I think the charges are absurd. You know, it’s ridiculous. I was there to do my job, along with my other colleagues. We have done this before. This is our obligation to do. It’s in our job description to have oversight over facility, and the entire situation was escalated by ICE,” the New Jersey lawmaker said on CNN’s “News Central” in her first interview since being charged with assaulting federal law enforcement.

Lawmakers faced off with Homeland Security Department officers earlier this month as they tried to visit a Newark, New Jersey, ICE facility, despite Congress’ oversight authority of federal facilities.

The incident started as officers attempted to arrest the Democratic mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, after he tried to join the lawmakers inside the facility. As tensions grew, so did the physicality of the situation, with officers and lawmakers pushing and shouting at one another before Baraka was ultimately detained for several hours.

Video taken during the scrum appears to show McIver using her body to push past federal agents and get to Baraka as he was being taken away in handcuffs. It also shows McIver using her arms to push agents. McIver previously rejected allegations that she assaulted the federal officers.

Prosecutors said Monday that they will drop the federal trespassing charge against Baraka, but acting US Attorney Alina Habba accused McIver of assaulting, impeding and interfering with law enforcement.

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And for the moment you’ve all been waiting for:

Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver sang for the 7 CNN viewers and it was beyond cringe to watch and hear. pic.twitter.com/gYc6knjnRP

— Liberacrat™️ (@Liberacrat) May 21, 2025

Looks like it’s time for McIver to go.

We’re calling for the expulsion of Rep. LaMonica McIver after she assaulted an ICE agent and interfered with a lawful arrest.

Members of Congress don’t get a free pass to break the law. No one is above the law — not even you, LaMonica.

This was a disgraceful abuse of power. She… pic.twitter.com/j1F3gUcPbo

— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) May 21, 2025