“Shame on Her!”- Rep. Jayapal Faces Backlash After Brutal Comment to Parents artwork

“Shame on Her!”- Rep. Jayapal Faces Backlash After Brutal Comment to Parents

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July 7, 2026

Rep. Pramila Jayapal is facing criticism after telling the parents of murder victims affected by illegal immigration-related cases that she has “better things to do” during a heated committee hearing on sanctuary cities.
Speakers: Patrick Bet-David, Pramila Jayapal, Adam Sosnick
**SPEAKER_1** (0:00)
Jayapal, which is a congresswoman, okay, tells murder victim, parents, congress has other things to do.
Can you imagine? Parents are there, they lost their kid, and Jayapal says, we have other things to do.

**Patrick Bet-David** (0:16)
Yeah, we've already had four, she's like, this is the fourth.

**SPEAKER_1** (0:19)
Yeah, Representative Pramila Jayapal told the parents of children murdered by illegal immigrants that congress has other things to do. Unfortunately, this hearing is the fourth time in this committee that we've had a hearing on sanctuary cities, the fourth time. There's many other things that we could be doing than this. Jayapal said, I don't know if you guys have the clip on this or not. During the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity and Security hearing on Tuesday, during the hearing, Jessica Gorman, mother of Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Loyola University student who was fatally shot by an illegal immigrant, criticized Democratic member of Congress saying, I don't understand why it's only the Republican side that cares about our American children.
The hearing was focused on sanctuary cities. If you want to play this clip, go for it. This is the exchange. Go ahead.

**Pramila Jayapal** (1:06)
Unfortunately, it's the fourth time in this committee that we've had a hearing on sanctuary cities. There's many other things that we could be doing other than this.

**SPEAKER_4** (1:15)
I'm so upset with your butts, and you don't want to talk about this. This is the fourth hearing.
Do you know what I'm thankful for? This is so messed up, I'm going to say. I'm thankful after hearing... I didn't even know what an angel family was. Had no idea. Never even heard about it. There's so many out here. You know what I'm thankful for? I'm thankful that my daughter was just shot in the back of the head, not raped, murdered, dismembered, put in a garbage can like Megan Boss with bleach poured on her, and they didn't firefight her for 50 days. And you can actually dismiss the angel families. You can say, but, you don't want to hear four sessions on angel families. I'm sorry, you need to. You need to.
I'm actually thankful that my daughter wasn't raped. How messed up is that? That I'm thankful every day that she was just murdered, not raped and dismembered. Like, think about that. Like, how messed up is that? Do you know what I thought of this morning when I got up?
What the joy of, anyone have a baby here? The joy of picking out their first outfit that they're going to wear on their ride home from the hospital. I had to pick out my daughter's last outfit and she was a fabulous dresser. We had a hundred people come to our home, a hundred friends and family came to her home.

**Patrick Bet-David** (2:31)
That's somebody crying in the back, by the way.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:32)
And had her cremated, actually, after.
And they all decorated her urn with rhinestones. All of them put it on there. She's fabulous, even in death. But for the first time, all the excitement of having a child and then having people make excuses and buts. I'm sorry.

**Patrick Bet-David** (2:49)
No buts.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:50)
This is unacceptable. I don't, you know, there are so many angel families out here. And the day that I have to wake up and be thankful that my daughter was only shot and not raped.

**Patrick Bet-David** (2:59)
That's probably her mom crying in the back.

**SPEAKER_4** (3:01)
Should tell you something. It's crazy.

**SPEAKER_1** (3:03)
Wow.

**Patrick Bet-David** (3:04)
Ladies and gentlemen, the Democratic party just in front of your face. Pissed off, Pat. Inconvenience that this is the fourth, not the 20th, not the 50th, not the 100th, the fourth time that they're having this type of meeting, so that mothers of girls that were raped, murdered, dismembered, bleached, poured on them, that it's an inconvenience that they're even speaking to them. Okay. And mind you, I don't even want to say her name, this representative, Pramila, whatever the hell. Not born in this country. You're not born in the country. You're a naturalized American citizen that's sitting in freaking Congress and your attitude is who can... We have better things to do than talk about the murder and rape of these little girls because Joe Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas, one of the most disgusting human beings in that freaking administration, led in almost 15 million people and they don't care that they were raped and they were freaking murdered. Yeah. Give me... They have better things to do. Give me a freaking break.
Bali, she wasn't... I don't... Why would you even... I shouldn't expect anything more from her. You weren't born in this country. Why would she give a damn? She doesn't give a damn, Pat, because that's the democratic thing. Bringing as many people in as we can, give them sanctuary. This is in Chicago. If you guys remember, Tom, Jessica Sheridan Gorman was the girl's 18 years old Loyola University in Chicago. She was out walking in the lakefront and this dude who was already arrested before shoplifting and all that, they kept releasing him, shot her in the back of the head and killed her.

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