Schumer demands, ‘We must fund ICE’
There are few who never, ever make a verbal flub when speaking.
But there also are few who are given the attention attached to the speeches in the U.S. Senate when doing so.
One is Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, who insisted that, “We must fund ICE.”
This after he’s spent weeks preventing that very agency from getting federal funds.
LMFAO! Chuck Schumer suffers EMBARRASSING slip-up while trying to play “tough guy” on the Senate floor
“We must fund ICE!—we must fund TSA NOW!”
Great idea! Fund ICE! pic.twitter.com/NRh0Iw6rVh
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 21, 2026
After calling for ICE funding, he adds, “We must fund TSA now!”
The fight is over Democrat demands for vast new restrictions on the federal officers working on President Donald Trump’s agenda to secure the border and remove illegal aliens, especially those convicted of additional crimes.
Democrats have refused to allow funding for Customs and Immigration Enforcement, and to do that they until now have prevented a federal funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
Actually, ICE previously was funded and the shutdown efforts have hit at the Secret Service, the TSA, Coast Guard and others.
Schumer wanted a specific spending package solely for TSA, for which he was advocating when he flubbed.
Social media commented:
“Classic Senate drama, love the accidental comedy.”
“Best Freudian slip ever…”
“What a wonderful statemenjt @ SenSchumer.”
“Was that a slip … or an honest thought?”