WATCH: Hearing derails as purple-haired Dem points finger, screams at chair to put DHS chief 'in his place'
A House oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security derailed Thursday after purple-haired Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., pointed her finger at Secretary Markwayne Mullin and demanded the committee chairman "put him in his place."
DeLauro and Mullin got into several shouting matches during her questioning, while House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Mark Amodei, R-Nev., struggled to maintain order in the room.
At one point, while DeLauro was ripping the Trump administration for a border policy that she said meant "3,900 children were separated from their family," Mullin interrupted, saying, "450,000 kids were lost under the Biden administration, and you didn’t say a word about that."
In response, DeLauro became visibly agitated, pointing her finger and shouting, "Mr. Secretary, Mr. Secretary, do not interrupt."
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Mullin shot back, "Don’t you point your finger at me."
"I will point my finger at you," DeLauro retorted.
"Don’t be a hypocrite. You should be as upset about the 450,000 kids that were lost [under Biden]," said Mullin.
After DeLauro said, "I am upset," Mullin pressed further, saying, "You didn’t say a word about it. For four years you never said a word."
After this, Amodei attempted to intervene, saying, "Mr. Secretary."
Turning to the secretary at the center of the dais, DeLauro said, "Could you put him in place?"
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To this, Amodei turned back to DeLauro and said, "Well, don’t yell at me."
"You should be put in your place," prodded Mullin.
Finally, the chair slammed his gavel, saying, "We are going to have something resembling order here." Turning to Mullin, he said, "If you would like to respond later on there are methods to do that but it’s not a who can talk louder into the mic."
Despite this, Mullin said, "I will not sit here and listen to her lie and accuse something this ridiculous," to which DeLauro said, "Do not accuse me of lying, do not."
"Then don’t," said Mullin.
"There is concern for children across the board," continued DeLauro. "We care deeply about what is happening to children. I went to the border and I watched children in those fenced in places years ago and what was happening to them. So, I have a long history, Mr. Secretary, in this area. 3,900 kids were separated."
The same day as the hearing, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration two major immigration wins. The court ruled that Homeland Security officials may resume turning back immigrants claiming asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border before they enter the country to apply for asylum. The court also allowed the administration to end Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians while limiting judicial review of future TPS decisions.