As terror threats — and attacks — continue to ramp up in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli Operation Epic Fury actions against Iran, it would be nice to have a federal agency that was solely focused on keeping us safe, wouldn’t it?

Oh, wait, we do, and it’s called the Department of Homeland Security. Too bad the Democrats have caused a partial government shutdown over their political demands, and that’s caused the DHS to lose funding.

Idiotic is not a strong enough word.

The Dems want reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), such as banning masks and requiring judicial warrants (signed by a federal judge) prior to arrests, before they’ll come to a deal. In the meantime, they put our nation at risk, a point both House Speaker Mike Johnson (LA-04) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) hammered home on Tuesday in separate speeches.

These antics are a “new low,” Thune said on the Senate floor.

?@LeaderJohnThune is HEATED — BLASTS Democrats for keeping the Department of Homeland Security Shut Down.

"This is a new low. There are certain things the American people expect of their elected officials. One of which, is continuing the basic functioning of government." pic.twitter.com/Wak0FqgbYP

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 10, 2026

Thune:

This is kind of a new low, really.

There are certain things the American people, I think, expect that their elected officials, one of which is to continue the basic functioning of the government. Funding government agencies, especially government agencies that have critical national security missions.

…[We] have tried now on countless occasions to buy additional time, to allow for the negotiation to continue, and to fund those agencies, at least temporarily, until there is a permanent solution in place.

Mike Johnson, meanwhile, spoke at the House Republican retreat in Doral, Florida, and blasted the Democrats for playing with our security:

.@SpeakerJohnson slams Democrats for shutting down @DHSgov in the wake of increased terror threats: "Two terrorists nearly killed dozens of people with bombs, and the agency of the government that is specifically tasked with defending our homeland from exactly those types of… pic.twitter.com/rlhVgxImbv

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 10, 2026

Johnson:

Over the weekend, two aspiring terrorists, as you've seen, threw homemade bombs through a crowd of protesters in New York City. I won’t even comment on how badly the media has misled the American people with coverage of this story, but let’s talk about the reality.

The more important point is that two terrorists nearly killed dozens of people with bombs…

And the agency of the government that is specifically tasked with defending our homeland from exactly those types of threats is currently shut down, thanks to the Democrats in Congress.

…again, I would repeat, all the critical agencies [of DHS]… [that] monitor reliable threats and attacks on our critical infrastructure… they're all shut down right now, because Democrats, as usual, are playing games.

They're playing games with people’s lives.

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Johnson and Thune are both right: this is a new low for Democrats, and they’re playing with people’s lives. Their demands are preposterous, and they’re endangering the nation by playing political football with the DHS. 

Shame.

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