Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a resolution on the House floor seeking to expel Rep. LaMonica McIver after she was charged with assaulting law enforcement officers, Breitbart reported. The New Jersey Democrat took part in a riot at a detention center for illegal immigrants earlier this month.
On Wednesday, Mace filed the resolution citing McIver's conduct at the detention facility in Newark, New Jersey. She shared the news in a post to X, formerly Twitter, the same day.
"BREAKING: We just filed an Official Resolution to Expel Lamonica McIver from the U.S. House of Representatives," Mace captioned an image of the resolution. "No one is above the law. Assault is a crime. The American people deserve better," she added.
🚨 BREAKING: We just filed an Official Resolution to Expel Lamonica McIver from the U.S. House of Representatives.
📣 No one is above the law. Assault is a crime. The American people deserve better. pic.twitter.com/3JkOqGNkur
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) May 21, 2025
On Monday, the Justice Department announced charges against McIver stemming from her "assaulting, impeding, and interfering with law enforcement" during a May 9 protest at Delaney Hall. She and two other members of Congress claimed to be there in an official capacity.
President Donald Trump is cracking down on illegal immigration, so this was an opportune time to make a show of opposition to it, which they claimed was mere oversight. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was also in attendance and was arrested but had charges dropped.
McIver was involved in an altercation in which she allegedly "slammed her forearm into the body of a uniformed agent while trying to "restrain the agent by forcibly grabbing him." She also attempted to thwart the officers' ability to handcuff Baraka and allegedly "pushed an ICE officer and used her forearms to forcibly strike the agent."
Mace believes the country absolutely cannot stand for this from an elected official. "In a time when public trust in government is at a historic low, the House must act decisively," Mace announced.
"The charges are serious. And the public deserves to know that criminal conduct in the halls of Congress has consequences," Mace added.
Although this didn't directly involve the president, it was his policies that McIver and others were ultimately protesting against. The Hill reported that Trump wholeheartedly agreed with the charges against McIver and her ilk.
“Oh, give me a break. Did you see her? She was out of control," Trump said to reporters about the incident. "The days of woke are over. That woman — I have no idea who she is," Trump went on.
"That woman was out of control. She was shoving federal agents — she was out of control. The days of that crap are over in this country. We’re going to have law and order," he added.
The president expressed exactly what the rest of America has been thinking about this incident. These people are elected officials and should be held to a higher standard, especially considering all of the caterwauling they did about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot.
Based on reports of the incident, the charges against McIver are absolutely warranted, as is a public censure and expulsion from Congress, if that's what it comes to. This nonsense won't stop until they're all held accountable, and that's exactly what Mace is doing.
