The left’s reaction to the arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan has resulted in exactly the kind of freakout I anticipated it would. This is being treated as the end of America by some Democrats.
Understand what this is: If Kash Patel and Donald Trump don’t like a judge, they think they can arrest them. This is stunning — we must stand up to this blatant power grab.
Republicans: How is this not a red line for you?
— Tina Smith (@SenTinaSmith) April 25, 2025
Here’s how this is not a red line for me, Sen. Smith.
Very confused? On what grounds do you think some people are above the law when they are charged with harboring illegal aliens?
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 25, 2025
In case you missed the story earlier, Eduardo Flores Ruiz is an illegal immigrant who was deported back to Mexico in 2013. He then returned to the US without permission at some point, which is a felony. He was in court last week for charges of domestic violence for (allegedly) beating up a man and a woman. ICE went to arrest him at the courthouse and Judge Dugan tried to send the arrest team away and then led Ruiz and his attorney out a non-public door. The arrest team was able to follow him out of the building. When they confronted him he ran for it and they had to chase him down to arrest him. Judge Dugan was arrested by the FBI and faces two charges. The suggestion that she was arrested because Kash Patel and Donald Trump “don’t like” her is nonsense.
This woman, a United States Senator with a degree from Stanford, must know what utter bosh she is spouting here. The judge is charged with helping an illegal immigrant evade arrest by sneaking him out of the courthouse where she serves. That doesn’t mean she’ll be convicted but… https://t.co/ipWWGfcoAt
— Brit Hume (@brithume) April 25, 2025
Reminder, this wasn’t because they didn’t like the judges decision or they didn’t like a judges tweets… the judge was helping an illegal alien avoid deportation and thus the judge was breaking the law https://t.co/pS0jvHpQjM
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) April 25, 2025
It’s not that complicated, really.
🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/mXw7LeLsM4
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 25, 2025
Let’s keep going.
BREAKING: The Trump Administration has arrested a sitting Milwaukee judge.
My statement below: pic.twitter.com/Mz6NeT5lUp
— Sen. Tammy Baldwin (@SenatorBaldwin) April 25, 2025
Anyone that makes a statement like @SenatorBaldwin on the Judge Dugan case clearly hasn’t read the criminal complaint charging Judge Dugan with 2 crimes or they have a reckless disregard for the truth and the rule of law. https://t.co/ulEd4htnN3
— Eric Toney (@EricJToney) April 25, 2025
No one is above the law. Right, Senator?
— Bob Salera (@BobSalera) April 25, 2025
We may need to explain this to all of the, individually.
First, Trump ignored the Supreme Court. Now, his FBI arrested a judge.
This administration is threatening our country’s judicial system. This rings serious alarm bells. https://t.co/bLAh9NSORc
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) April 25, 2025
Here you go.
It’s a real shame that Democrats are a bunch of lemmings mindlessly spouting whatever catch phrases they’re told to say.
Yep, it’s a real shame. pic.twitter.com/qvZtV3KBNH
— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) April 25, 2025
We’re still not done yet.
There are no kings in America.
Trump and Bondi can’t just decide to arrest sitting judges at will and threaten judges into submission.
This is a dangerous escalation, an attack on the separation of powers, and we will fight this with everything we have.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 25, 2025
And here’s yours, sir.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 25, 2025
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) April 25, 2025
We’re still not out of Senators trumpeting the talking points.
The Trump admin has arrested a judge in Milwaukee. This is a red alert moment. We must all rise up against it.
— Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) April 25, 2025
Let’s just cut to the chase because I’ve got a backlog to clear.
Uh huh… pic.twitter.com/NltWxf9S1C
— Sage Actual (@SageDynamics) April 25, 2025
Sen. Sanders is up next.
Let’s be clear. Trump’s arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration.
This latest attack is about one thing: unchecked power.
It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party to stand up to his growing authoritarianism. pic.twitter.com/Wn4zfjrSxW
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 25, 2025
What is wrong with you? A judge hid an illegal alien who was appearing before her on violence charges so that he could evade deportation.
Bernie, what is WRONG with you? https://t.co/xR6rX4rWOF
— Disaffected (@DisaffectedPod) April 26, 2025
Rep. Ro Khanna made a video.
The FBI arrested a Wisconsin judge who stood up for due process for immigrants. This is unprecedented. All of us need to stand up and speak out against arresting judges in this country. We are living in dangerous times. pic.twitter.com/xkdoRLNbTT
— Rep. Ro Khanna (@RepRoKhanna) April 25, 2025
He’s wrong of course.
Stop lying — it’s not “unprecedented” in any sense of the word.
No one is above the law. pic.twitter.com/XkKpDulm3m
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 25, 2025
Also, shuffling a criminal alien out a side door is not standing up for due process.
The democrats now define “due process” as felony evasion and obstruction of federal law enforcement to shield criminal illegal aliens from arrest. https://t.co/pxB8v4wJbY
— Stephen Miller (@StephenM) April 25, 2025
And here he is saying the thing.
I liked you better 5 years ago pic.twitter.com/ZacbbIG1mO
— McDonald Trump (@seeaustinnow) April 25, 2025
It’s not just elected officials though.
We have now arrived at the “arresting judges” level of fascism. pic.twitter.com/j4OzuLnGzH
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) April 25, 2025
Plenty of people are explaining this to him too.
If not for his double standards, Mark Hamill would have no standards… pic.twitter.com/g80Apk0NBz
— RMechsner (@RMechsner) April 25, 2025
There’s lots and lots more of this but you get the idea. Everyone seems to be singing from the same hymnal today.
And, look, we don’t know where this case is headed. Maybe some judge will side with Judge Dugan out of professional courtesy or maybe she’ll actually be held accountable for what, on its face, looks like a crime. What we know for certain is that the Democrats freaking out about this don’t care about whether it was legal or illegal. They only care about attacking the president. As Glenn Greenwald said, this kind of overreach by his opponents is one of the best things Trump has going for him.
One of the biggest favors Dems always do for Trump is using the most extreme and alarmist rhetoric: leading to the Boy Who Cried Wolf syndrome.
There are huge civil liberties concerns. Arresting a judge for a ruling would be massive. Today isn’t that.pic.twitter.com/avANFWn4ru
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 25, 2025
