{"id":2488690,"date":"2025-09-19T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ice-agent-teaches-dem-congressional-candidate-a-painful-lesson\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:14:56","slug":"watch-ice-agent-teaches-dem-congressional-candidate-a-painful-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ice-agent-teaches-dem-congressional-candidate-a-painful-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: ICE Agent Teaches Dem Congressional Candidate a Painful Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fwatch-ice-agent-teaches-dem-congressional-candidate-a-painful-lesson%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=2488690&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>The article reports on an incident involving Kat Abughazaleh, a Democratic congressional candidate in Illinois, who was forcibly removed and thrown to the ground by an ICE agent during an anti-ICE protest outside the Broadview processing centre in Chicago. Abughazaleh had been attempting to block an Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle and the processing center&#8217;s exit, actions she described as defending First Amendment rights. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social media users criticized<\/a> her, clarifying that obstructing law enforcement or blocking traffic is not protected under the First Amendment. The article reflects on recent left-wing protests following the assassination of conservative figure Charlie Kirk, highlighting continued confrontational behavior by progressives against ICE and suggesting that such actions should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failed-experiment-austria-suspends-not-proportionate-forced-vaccination-requirement\/\" title=\"Failed Experiment: Austria Suspends &#039;Not Proportionate&#039; Forced Vaccination Requirement\">face legal consequences<\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unhinged Democrats have faced so little accountability in recent years that they now react to it like screeching toddlers.<\/p>\n<p>In a clip posted Friday to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, former journalist Kat Abughazaleh, a Democrat congressional candidate in Illinois&rsquo; 9th District, tried to physically impede an Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicle, at which point an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/widespread-anti-ice-violence-escalates-ice-office-evacuated-suspicious-white-powder-arrives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE<\/a> agent forcibly removed Abughazaleh from the scene and tossed her to the ground several feet away.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during an anti-ICE demonstration outside ICE&rsquo;s Broadview processing center in Chicago, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/news\/2025\/09\/19\/congressional-candidate-pushed-to-the-ground-by-ice-agent-during-protest-at-broadview-facilitiy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to reporter Ali Bradley of NewsNation, earlier Abughazaleh had sat on the ground blocking the processing center&rsquo;s exit.<\/p>\n<p>Readers may watch the incident in the video below.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Earlier she was sitting on the ground blocking the exit. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y9DgbBg9xf\">pic.twitter.com\/Y9DgbBg9xf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliBradleyTV\/status\/1969007665498984819?\">September 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on her own X account, Abughazaleh posted side-by-side clips of her own obstruction efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights,&rdquo; the confused, 26-year-old progressive wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following videos contain vulgar language that may offend some readers.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EneI3BAkPF\">pic.twitter.com\/EneI3BAkPF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kat Abughazaleh (@KatAbughazaleh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatAbughazaleh\/status\/1969013628398411810?\">September 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, X users bombarded Abughazaleh&rsquo;s account with correct interpretations of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There is no 1A right to blocking traffic or obstructing law enforcement. Someone running for Congress ought to know this.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lili von Shtupp (@LvS_Redux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LvS_Redux\/status\/1969036805660918116?\">September 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The first amendment right to&hellip;sit in the middle of the road and get tossed like a sack of potatoes for being a moron? This is a CNN contributor btw ladies and gentlemen, and apparently someone running for Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; P.T. Ward (@HTWardish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HTWardish\/status\/1969046095779995993?\">September 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sitting in the road isn&rsquo;t a first amendment issue. It&rsquo;s a &ldquo;you are stupid and evil&rdquo; issue.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ~\/ (@Day_For_Day_Yay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Day_For_Day_Yay\/status\/1969046236922626151?\">September 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nine days after the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk, leftists have shown that they will not change their ways. They have chosen to double-, triple-, and quadruple-down on crazy.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, even in the videos above one can hear demonstrators yelling &ldquo;racist,&rdquo; &ldquo;fascist,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Nazi,&rdquo; at the ICE agents.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, watching Abughazaleh get tossed to the ground might provide some visceral satisfaction for some. 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