{"id":2429520,"date":"2025-04-30T22:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T02:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-criticized-for-linking-trump-deportations-to-latinos-at-home-depot\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T22:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T02:31:53","slug":"house-democrat-criticized-for-linking-trump-deportations-to-latinos-at-home-depot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-criticized-for-linking-trump-deportations-to-latinos-at-home-depot\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrat criticized for linking Trump deportations to Latinos at Home Depot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-democrat-criticized-for-linking-trump-deportations-to-latinos-at-home-depot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2429520&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) is drawing criticism after reciting a poem during a House Judiciary Committee hearing that drew parallels between President trump\u2019s deportation policies and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-victimhood-ideology-is-getting-worse-heres-what-we-can-do-to-fix-it\/\" title=\"CRENSHAW: Victimhood Ideology Is Getting Worse. Here\u2019s What We Can Do To Fix It\">past events<\/a>, particularly likening the treatment of Latino day laborers outside home Depot to the rise of Nazism. Johnson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grammy-stars-preach-dei-immigration-transgender-and-living-wage-matters\/\" title=\"Grammy stars preach DEI, immigration, transgender, and living wage matters\">remarks referenced<\/a> various groups affected by deportations, suggesting a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">broader societal silence<\/a> in the face of injustice. His comments, inspired by Martin Niem\u00f6ller\u2019s famous poem &#8220;First They Came,&#8221; concluded with a reminder about due process rights for all, irrespective of immigration status. The reaction online has been mixed, with some accusing Johnson of trivializing Holocaust comparisons, while others criticized the portrayal of immigrants. This incident is not the first for Johnson, who has faced backlash for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-curt-schilling-cross-a-line-baseball-legend-getting-torched-over-what-he-said-on-his-podcast\/\" title=\"Did Curt Schilling go too far? Baseball icon facing backlash for podcast ....\">previous controversial statements<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rep. Hank Johnson criticized for poem linking Trump deportations to Latinos at Home Depot<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2075149\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hank-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hank Johnson\">Hank Johnson<\/a> (D-GA) is facing criticism online after reciting a poem during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-judiciary-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"House Judiciary Committee\">House Judiciary Committee<\/a> hearing Wednesday that referenced President Donald Trump and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/latinos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Latino\">Latino<\/a> day laborers outside Home Depot stores.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First, they came for the Latinos outside of the Home Depots trying to get work so that they could feed their families,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;And I didn&rsquo;t say anything about it because I&rsquo;m not a Latino at the Home Depot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3397282\/trump-gold-card-proposal-house-judiciary-budget-talks\/\">Trump &#8216;gold card&#8217; proposal faced pushback during House Judiciary budget talks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3397280\/casar-cancel-musk-government-contracts-doge-special-government-employee\/\">Casar proposes canceling Musk&#8217;s government contracts if he stays with DOGE past May<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3396578\/hakeem-jeffries-el-salvador-denies-telling-democrats-abandon-trips\/\">Hakeem Jeffries denies telling Democrats to abandon El Salvador trips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrat Hank Johnson: &#8220;First, they came for the Latinos outside of the Home Depots trying to get work so that they could feed their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t say anything about it, because I&#8217;m not a Latino at the Home Depot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then they came for the Hispanic looking folks wearing&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sMPpZmG1gr\">pic.twitter.com\/sMPpZmG1gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1917664602567106561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The remarks, delivered in the cadence of &ldquo;First They Came,&rdquo; a postwar prose piece by German pastor Martin Niem&ouml;ller about the silent complicity of citizens during the rise of the Nazis, continued with Johnson referencing deportations of Latinos, women, and even college students on visas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Then they came for the Hispanic-looking folks, wearing hats backward with tattoos, and they deported them to El Salvador,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Then they came for the Latinas at home, taking care of the children &hellip; one of whom was receiving treatment for cancer. &hellip; Then they came back for the students studying on the college campuses. &hellip; Then they came and arrested a white female judge. &hellip; And then they came for me. And I looked around, and there was nobody left because I had remained silent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said his comments were meant to underscore constitutional protections for all people.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everyone is entitled to due process, whether or not you are documented or undocumented, whether or not you are a citizen or not,&rdquo; Johnson said. &ldquo;That is well-established law that is being ignored, along with other parts of our Constitution, by this lawless tyrant who is our president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PG-KC5eOMcs?si=fLFY2LMS7fPAqJez\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>The remarks sparked swift backlash on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, with some critics accusing Johnson of trivializing serious issues and making inappropriate Holocaust comparisons.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is obvious absurd humor in this grotesque display,&rdquo; a social media user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jar3d__\/status\/1917666673743614455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> on X. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t let it distract from the common congressional apologia for cheap labor servitude by foreign workers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another user <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheBillJustice1\/status\/1917680235111125356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"added\">added<\/a>, &ldquo;They are trying to draw a parallel with the Holocaust. Despicable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also accused Trump of promoting &ldquo;chainsaw thinking,&rdquo; which he said threatens future generations. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re also suffering from this chainsaw maniac,&rdquo; Johnson said during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3396730\/tim-walz-says-harris-chose-him-code-talk-white-guys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TIM WALZ SAYS HARRIS CHOSE HIM FOR VP TO &lsquo;CODE TALK TO WHITE GUYS&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Johnson has drawn attention for controversial comments. In 2012, he apologized for using the word &ldquo;midget&rdquo; during a House floor speech criticizing Michigan&rsquo;s right-to-work law. &ldquo;What happens when you put in a cage fight a giant with a midget?&rdquo; he asked. &ldquo;The midget will not win. &hellip; But if you put 30 midgets in with that giant, then the midgets have a chance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Johnson was mocked after suggesting during a House Armed Services Committee hearing that the U.S. territory of Guam could &ldquo;tip over&rdquo; from overpopulation. &ldquo;My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize,&rdquo; he told Adm. 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