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BumRushDaShow

(161,140 posts)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:12 AM Yesterday

'No, You Cannot!' Kristi Noem Denied Bathroom Access at Illinois Government Building

Source: MEDIAite

Oct 3rd, 2025, 6:25 pm


Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was barred from entering the Village of Broadview Municipal Building in Illinois to use the bathroom on Friday.

In a video posted on X by conservative commentator Benny Johnson, Noem said she was in the Chicago area to “do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions” when she was denied access to the federal building by city police. A voice can be heard telling Noem and her colleagues, “No, you cannot!” after they asked to use the restroom.

“As much as these local leaders and governors talk about cooperating and having the backs of our law enforcement officers, this is what we have to put up with every single day,” she said. “And all we’re doing is getting criminals, and terrorists, and cartels, and gang members off the streets.”

In a subsequent post on X, Noem wrote that “this is how JB Pritzker and his cronies treat our law enforcement” and that their behavior is “absolutely shameful.” She also noted that the Village of Broadview “receives at least $1 million in federal funding every year.”

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/no-you-cannot-kristi-noem-denied-bathroom-access-at-illinois-government-building/



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BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was just barred at the doors and screamed at while trying to enter Broadview City Hall.

Sec. Noem says this is the everyday reality for officers in cities led by Democrats like Governor JB Pritzker, facing attacks and harassment just for doing Show more
3:00 PM · Oct 3, 2025
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'No, You Cannot!' Kristi Noem Denied Bathroom Access at Illinois Government Building (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
Why is MEDIAite stating she was denied access Lars39 Yesterday #1
???? BumRushDaShow Yesterday #5
In the second paragraph you posted... Lars39 Yesterday #9
ICE has some "facilty" that they are using in the same town BumRushDaShow 23 hrs ago #11
That is not what I was referring to... Lars39 22 hrs ago #20
And apparently she was "denied" bathroom facilities at both locations BumRushDaShow 22 hrs ago #21
Where does it say that? Lars39 22 hrs ago #22
I posted a quote wtih a link to an article about the protests AT the ICE facility upthread (that you ignored) BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #34
I think that was Ormsby being sarcastic. lol Lars39 14 hrs ago #35
Perhaps or perhaps not BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #36
Yes, until they move onto the next blue city. Lars39 13 hrs ago #37
I judge just blocked them from going into Portland! BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #38
That's great! Lars39 12 hrs ago #40
How's she supposed to snort her lines of cocaine? Irish_Dem Yesterday #2
The irony of her complaining she is harassed while just doing her job. Irish_Dem Yesterday #3
Her whiny performance speaks volumes BumRushDaShow Yesterday #7
And the Academy Award goes to Kristi Noem for her acting in, "I Gotta Pee." Botany Yesterday #4
She should just take a pee or dump in the gravel pit. GreenWave Yesterday #6
She was allowed to use it once and they won't make that mistake again. twodogsbarking Yesterday #8
Correct headline: "Kristi Noem and Her Staff Bizarrely Try To Film Her Going to the Bathroom" SSJVegeta Yesterday #10
Most people don't need an entourage when going to the restroom unless they are planning to snort coke. twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #13
When can we expect.."Pete Hegseth and BattleRow 23 hrs ago #15
I hope it was my typo that inspired this comment SSJVegeta 23 hrs ago #17
Yes it was...synchronicity at its finest! BattleRow 23 hrs ago #19
Kristi should talk! ProudMNDemocrat 23 hrs ago #12
It won't be long and none of these fascists will be safe in this country. Wonder how Puppy Killer travelingthrulife 23 hrs ago #18
Posting threatening language is not helpful (eom) ClickClack 15 hrs ago #31
Oh. the poor little psychopath! travelingthrulife 23 hrs ago #14
Local officials later explained they were fully cooperating with Noem until... Glorious bastard 23 hrs ago #16
How does acting like petty children help us? Username1234 22 hrs ago #23
I suspect there's more here than meets the eye. TurboDem 22 hrs ago #24
"...in the Chicago area to "do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions." So - cosplay. Again. Grins 22 hrs ago #25
That Benny Johnson? paleotn 21 hrs ago #26
The real reason she was denied is because Kristi Noem is trans! Mawspam2 20 hrs ago #27
Seriously, is it just the inner ugliness of this woman hamsterjill 19 hrs ago #28
I remember that puppy. Botany 18 hrs ago #29
Seeping through... Like a lizard person still being obvious through its skin suit? Beartracks 17 hrs ago #30
Third Amendment! ck4829 15 hrs ago #32
Get Depends like your Fuerher wears. Or better yet: "Piss Off." Evolve Dammit 14 hrs ago #33
The orange turd can probably lend you some diapers to keep on hand, Dogkiller. 50 Shades Of Blue 12 hrs ago #39
"And all we're doing is getting criminals, and terrorists, and cartels, and gang members off the streets." OldBaldy1701E 2 hrs ago #41

Lars39

(26,439 posts)
1. Why is MEDIAite stating she was denied access
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:39 AM
Yesterday

to a federal building when it was a city hall?
Receiving some federal funding shouldn’t override the fact that it is a city hall.

BumRushDaShow

(161,140 posts)
5. ????
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:19 AM
Yesterday

The headline says "Illinois Government Building" and last I checked, state, county and city/town/muncipal buildings ARE "government buildings".

And in the first paragraph it says -

Village of Broadview Municipal Building


Broadview considers itself a "Village" (size-wise) and THAT is the name of their local "government" building.

Lars39

(26,439 posts)
9. In the second paragraph you posted...
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:28 AM
Yesterday
…when she was denied access to the federal building by city police.

BumRushDaShow

(161,140 posts)
11. ICE has some "facilty" that they are using in the same town
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:43 AM
23 hrs ago

that appears to be a few blocks from the Municipal Services building.

There have been protests at that ICE facility - Protesters arrested outside Broadview ICE facility in Illinois as governor slams DHS Secretary Noem’s visit

(snip)

Village of Broadview spokesperson David Ormsby told CNN in a statement, “We are distressed to hear that the bathrooms are unavailable at the ICE facility.”

(snip)

Lars39

(26,439 posts)
20. That is not what I was referring to...
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:51 AM
22 hrs ago

Here’s the paragraph you posted:

“In a video posted on X by conservative commentator Benny Johnson, Noem said she was in the Chicago area to “do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions” when she was denied access to the federal building by city police. A voice can be heard telling Noem and her colleagues, “No, you cannot!” after they asked to use the restroom.”

It reads as though the city hall was a federal building. Sloppy journalism that muddies the waters.

Lars39

(26,439 posts)
22. Where does it say that?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:01 AM
22 hrs ago

How could city officials at a city hall bar her from entering a federal building?

BumRushDaShow

(161,140 posts)
34. I posted a quote wtih a link to an article about the protests AT the ICE facility upthread (that you ignored)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:00 PM
14 hrs ago

(she was apparently unable to use the bathroom at the ICE (federal) facility and went to the municipal building and was refused there as well)

The interesting "caveat" for the ICE facility was derived from the remark from the town spokesperson -

Protesters arrested outside Broadview ICE facility in Illinois as governor slams DHS Secretary Noem’s visit

(snip)

Village of Broadview spokesperson David Ormsby told CNN in a statement, “We are distressed to hear that the bathrooms are unavailable at the ICE facility.

(snip)


The ICE facility was apparently teeming with local cops dealing with the protestors and trying to keep them at bay and there may have been some altercation between the local cops to keep people away from the building, including her, and directed them elsewhere.

The rancor is shown in the above-linked article where further down it says this -

(snip)

Noem visited Broadview’s Village Hall unannounced to ask for a meeting with Mayor Katrina Thompson, who was out at the time, the spokesperson said.

“The mayor returned her visit,” Ormsby said. “Mayor Thompson went to the ICE center, accompanied by the Broadview Police Chief Thomas, and officers, to ask for the illegal fence to be dismantled. The mayor was told by agents at the gate the secretary was unavailable to meet.”

(snip)

BumRushDaShow

(161,140 posts)
36. Perhaps or perhaps not
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:22 PM
14 hrs ago

since there was apparently a confrontation between the mayor and people at the facility, where the Police chief that was with her, told the DHS people to dismantle the "illegal fence".

I expect there will be lots of these types of "interactions" and "confrontations" (i.e., spite) as long as they are there.

Irish_Dem

(75,728 posts)
2. How's she supposed to snort her lines of cocaine?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:55 AM
Yesterday

Guess she will have to do it right out on the open.

Irish_Dem

(75,728 posts)
3. The irony of her complaining she is harassed while just doing her job.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 06:56 AM
Yesterday

How many does Trump fire each day for just doing their jobs?

Botany

(75,443 posts)
4. And the Academy Award goes to Kristi Noem for her acting in, "I Gotta Pee."
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 07:10 AM
Yesterday

That was so phony and staged it was ridiculous. Having a camera crew along with her
as she made a piss stop at a local police station? Please. She and her people knew what
the answer was going to be before she went to the door. Why didn’t she pee in the ICE building
she was in? Or stop in one of the many fast food restaurants that were near by? Or why didn’t
one of her people call up the police station 1st?

And the Academy Award for best writing for the film, “I Gotta Pee.”
“Governor Pritzker is at fault because he is so uncooperative.”
“We were out on an operation to round up gang and cartel members.”

Pure Kabuki theater.

SSJVegeta

(1,635 posts)
10. Correct headline: "Kristi Noem and Her Staff Bizarrely Try To Film Her Going to the Bathroom"
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 09:36 AM
Yesterday

Last edited Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:17 AM - Edit history (1)

twodogsbarking

(16,065 posts)
13. Most people don't need an entourage when going to the restroom unless they are planning to snort coke.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:08 AM
23 hrs ago

BattleRow

(1,849 posts)
15. When can we expect.."Pete Hegseth and
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:13 AM
23 hrs ago

his staff bizarrely trying to film him going to barroom."?

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,270 posts)
12. Kristi should talk!
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:05 AM
23 hrs ago

Her ICE Goons throwing men and women to the ground, treating them worse than dogs.

oh she has fucking nerve! Go against JB all you want, girlfriend. See how you like being treated in the manner you are treating people not like you.

travelingthrulife

(3,400 posts)
18. It won't be long and none of these fascists will be safe in this country. Wonder how Puppy Killer
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:29 AM
23 hrs ago

will like being hunted down by the groups of people she has abused.

Glorious bastard

(56 posts)
16. Local officials later explained they were fully cooperating with Noem until...
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:13 AM
23 hrs ago

Noem asked to use a women’s bathroom but refused to provide proof they are not trans.

The way Noem looks and acts, I think the refusal was fully in line with the policies of the current administration Noem serves. Don’t know what they are complaining about.

Username1234

(22 posts)
23. How does acting like petty children help us?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:02 AM
22 hrs ago

I guess it feels good to some. Doesn't move the ball. And makes us look like them.

TurboDem

(337 posts)
24. I suspect there's more here than meets the eye.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:06 AM
22 hrs ago

I have a feeling that they knew Madame Puppy Killer was bringing a camera crew to do more than just use the restroom. She was planning something else and they knew about it and that's why they wouldn't let her in.

Grins

(8,917 posts)
25. "...in the Chicago area to "do some operations to pick up some guys with criminal convictions." So - cosplay. Again.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 11:13 AM
22 hrs ago

Maybe get her mug, again, in front of the cameras to prove how tough she is?

Create an episode like this with the help of MAGA Russian asset, Benny Johnson?

You'd think the Secretary of DHS would have more important things to do...?

hamsterjill

(16,617 posts)
28. Seriously, is it just the inner ugliness of this woman
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 02:11 PM
19 hrs ago

That makes her appear so ugly to look at? I don't usually say this about people, particularly other women, but this woman just looks like the ugliness is seeping through her skin covering to me. It's almost painful to have to look at her.

I feel sort of the same about many of the women who have so obviously over done the plastic surgery. But I feel pity for most of them. Noem does not make me feel pity; she makes me feel anger. I remember that puppy.

Botany

(75,443 posts)
29. I remember that puppy.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:38 PM
18 hrs ago

That was just sick. For her to take an untrained dog into the field in a hunting situation and
then to shoot the dog because it didn’t preform is so wrong.

Bird hunting with a dog can be magical but it just doesn’t just happen without training.

A German Short Haired Spaniel even @ maturity is always a bag of energy that is so excited
that it is always quivering.

4 very separate and distinct commands:

Find the bird.

Point @ the bird.

Hold that point.

and flush that bird on command.

Btw lots of bird hunters bring along a retriever to fetch the bird after it has been shot.

Kristi is such a shit that she didn’t understand that when bird dogs are first time brought into
the field they are on a lead and held back so they can watch and learn.

Beartracks

(14,133 posts)
30. Seeping through... Like a lizard person still being obvious through its skin suit?
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 03:59 PM
17 hrs ago


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OldBaldy1701E

(9,214 posts)
41. "And all we're doing is getting criminals, and terrorists, and cartels, and gang members off the streets."
Sun Oct 5, 2025, 06:49 AM
2 hrs ago

The delusion is strong in this one.

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