Rep. Kat Cammack Roasts Witness For 'Wildly Inappropriate, Unacceptable' Claims, Demands Apology

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At yesterday's House Energy Committee field hearing on the border crisis, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) grilled Rochelle M. Garza, President of the Texas Civil Rights Project, over her statements about the border.

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) grilled Rochelle M. Garza, President of the Texas Civil Rights Project, on her statements about the border during a House Energy Committee field hearing on the border crisis. 

Garza confirmed that there is a humanitarian crisis at the Southwest border, but when asked about her experience with Customs and Border Patrol agents or Texas DPS, she stated that she had only done a few ride-alongs in 2018 and 2017. Rep. Cammack then challenged Garza's statement that "Operation Lone Star" is a waste of taxpayer funds, citing that 361 million lethal doses of fentanyl have been confiscated since its implementation in 2021. 

Garza claimed that the operation is illegal, and Rep. Cammack responded by showing a brick of fentanyl that was found in her district in Florida and stating that every single one of the members in the hearing has illegal substances in their district as a result of the Biden open border policies. Rep. Cammack ended by asking Garza if she believes that social justice is Biden taking $130 million from homeless veterans programs under FEMA and redirecting it to the Border crisis. Garza declined to answer the question.

During a congressional hearing, Representative Kat Cammack presented a brick of fentanyl that was found in her district in Florida, weighing 958 grams. Cammack argued that the people who had that brick of fentanyl had crossed the border illegally, making a direct connection to the open border policies under President Biden. 

She stated that it's not just her district, but every single one of the members present at the hearing had illegal substances in their districts as a result of the Biden open border policies. Cammack asserted that to say there is no connection is "wildly inappropriate" and "unacceptable," and demanded an apology to the families who lost loved ones as a result of the open border policies. She emphasized that this is a crisis, and cited statistics that over 70% of the 200 monthly overdoses in Marion County alone, which she represents, are fentanyl poisonings. Cammack also pointed out that only 5 to 10% of the fentanyl being smuggled over the border into the US is documented. 

In conclusion, she challenged the witness on their belief in social justice and accused the Biden administration of redirecting $130 million from homeless veterans programs to the border crisis.