July 4th is supposed to be a day of celebration and patriotism.
But, earlier this month, left-wing domestic extremists tried to turn that day into a day of tragedy and a day of terrorism.
On the evening of Independence Day, a group of Antifa terrorists carried out an ambush attack on [an] Immigration [and] Customs Enforcement facility in Alvarado, Texas.
They drew immigration agents outside by shooting fireworks at the building and vandalizing cars in [the] parking lot.
Unarmed ICE officials came outside.
They came outside thinking they were just dealing with hooligans and not realizing that there were snipers hiding in the trees.
The gunmen opened fire, but thankfully, these left-wing terrorists weren’t your typical Texas straight-shooter.
Though they fired 20 to 30 rounds, they failed to kill or critically injure any law enforcement officers.
When a shooter’s gun jammed, he didn’t know how to clear it. So, he dropped his weapon and fled the scene.
The terrorists tried to hide in a nearby trailer park, endangering residents who were celebrating our nation’s founding.
Thankfully, the local police were able to detain these violent radicals without harm to any bystanders.
This assault on the ICE facility is a direct result of inflammatory rhetoric aimed at our immigration enforcement officers.
As you see every day on TV, left-wing street mobs constantly chant that ICE employees and ICE generally [are] a modern-day KKK.
A Democrat congressman recently compared ICE agents to Nazis.
I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to condemn these outrageous attacks, and to condemn the left’s hateful rhetoric towards the men and women who enforce our immigration laws.
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