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BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts)
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 07:03 PM Nov 4

Border Patrol Agent Testifies On DC 'Sandwich Guy': 'I Could Smell The Onions'

Source: Huff Post

Nov 4, 2025, 11:50 AM EST | Updated 2 hours ago


The U.S. Border Patrol agent who was struck with a Subway sandwich in Washington, D.C., in August testified on the incident in federal court on Tuesday.

Gregory A. Lairmore, a 23-year veteran of the agency, said he was not injured by the sandwich toss, but said he could feel its impact through the ballistic vest he was wearing. It came apart and “kind of exploded” when it struck his chest, according to Lairmore. “I could smell the onions and mustard,” he said.

Lairmore was called to the stand to testify in the trial of D.C. “Sandwich Guy” Sean Dunn, who’s become something of a local anti-Trump resistance hero. Viral videos showed Dunn hurling the sandwich at Lairmore after calling him and other federal agents “fascists” shortly before the president declared a crime emergency in Washington, D.C.

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for D.C., tried to charge Dunn with felony assault of a federal agent, but a grand jury declined to return an indictment. Prosecutors have proceeded with a misdemeanor charge against Dunn. His jury trial started on Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-sandwich-guy-border-patrol-testifies_n_690a25f4e4b04ad08e189683?origin=home-zone-b-unit



REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143558558

It's a full moon folks.


(just took this tonight on my iPhone 17 Pro - all wobbly handheld)
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Border Patrol Agent Testifies On DC 'Sandwich Guy': 'I Could Smell The Onions' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 4 OP
I saw the moon rising! sheshe2 Nov 4 #1
Don't go 'round tonight... 3825-87867 Nov 4 #8
There's a bathroom on the right! (nt) Pinback Nov 4 #28
Philly? Chrysanthemum Nov 5 #57
That sounds like fun Pinback Nov 5 #59
"Full Beaver" (or "Frost) Moon! BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #10
He recognized the onion smell UpInArms Nov 4 #2
So they are saying they were tear gassed? twodogsbarking Nov 4 #3
Thread Winner! Clouds Passing Nov 5 #53
These people are so weird 0rganism Nov 4 #4
Reads like an onion article SSJVegeta Nov 4 #5
Only at this point in the decline of the US would this Klarkashton Nov 4 #6
Is this the Onion? Cirsium Nov 4 #7
Depending on the verdict BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #9
ooooh Cirsium Nov 4 #17
Lettuce enjoy THAT show! BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #19
I can't beet that Cirsium Nov 4 #22
Olive ya anyway! BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #27
I'll bet that toasted his buns orangecrush Nov 4 #36
Eggsactly! BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #37
I never sausage a thread as this. JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 5 #55
Hey! I yam what I yam! BumRushDaShow Nov 5 #56
but said he could feel its impact through the ballistic vest he was wearing! 3825-87867 Nov 4 #11
Low-bid, government-issue vest? SomewhereInTheMiddle Nov 6 #63
As someone who loves onions Diraven Nov 4 #12
I heard this reported on the radio on the way home today and I couldn't stop laughing. ... littlemissmartypants Nov 4 #13
Agent Lairmore Is So Courageous 2na fisherman Nov 4 #14
HaHa! Chrysanthemum Nov 5 #58
And he's allergic to onions, so the "explosion" triggered a wave of sneezing and tearing up and nasal stuffiness TheRickles Nov 4 #15
I don't think the testimony chives with the lunacy of the charges. NBachers Nov 4 #16
I'm laughing so damn hard I can't catch my breath. 2MuchNoise Nov 4 #18
Snowflake. CaptainTruth Nov 4 #20
Definitely! Rebl2 Nov 4 #30
I hope the defense has a ballistics expert testimony nuxvomica Nov 4 #21
Rapid involuntary deconstruction to its component parts. Oh, the humanity! nt SomewhereInTheMiddle Nov 6 #64
Strange...all I smell is pork. And bullshit. Grokenstein Nov 4 #23
They wonder why they are held to such a high level of ridicule from moniss Nov 4 #24
Oh, the humanity! He could smell the onions and mustard. Must be the crime of the century. sinkingfeeling Nov 4 #25
Good thing he was wearing that ballistic vest!!11!! progressoid Nov 4 #26
Oh the horror Rebl2 Nov 4 #29
Don't belittle his PTSD! PurgedVoter Nov 4 #31
Love the moon shot! As for that bp agent, what a victim.🙄 58Sunliner Nov 4 #32
Imagine if that roll was just a few hours older BumRushDaShow Nov 4 #34
Ha! Nothing more vicious than a hard, day old dinner roll. 58Sunliner Nov 4 #35
or a rubber biscuit DBoon Nov 4 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author underpants Nov 4 #33
Hung jury. republianmushroom Nov 4 #38
I thought this WAS The Onion, not he "smelled the onion". niyad Nov 4 #39
Well, at least we know his name now. CanonRay Nov 4 #40
He may have suffered a cold cut on his arm fargone Nov 4 #41
Yeah, I cry over onions too EuterpeThelo Nov 5 #43
Not an onion lover but they do seem to be part of our food culture. The small ones are easily grown from cut off root efhmc Nov 5 #45
Acctivated his armpit? Randomthought Nov 5 #44
if this agent bathed once in a while DBoon Nov 5 #51
Thanks for the beautiful picture. (You folks are really having fun with this one.) efhmc Nov 5 #46
Most welcome - my first attempt at the enhanced zoom on the phone. :D BumRushDaShow Nov 5 #48
In the south ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Nov 6 #65
I have had a few "po' boys" over the years! BumRushDaShow Nov 6 #66
What a bunch of spineless wimps. I wish I was the judge on the case. Aristus Nov 5 #47
... ruet Nov 5 #49
Dick Cheney Shoots a Guy In The Face... DrFunkenstein Nov 5 #50
OMG he could have died! mike_c Nov 5 #52
"Make them smell the onions" will be a great protest sign Raven123 Nov 5 #54
You can't make it up.... Beacool Nov 5 #60
The Silence of The Alliums tonekat Nov 5 #61
Did the onion make him cry? Hekate Nov 5 #62
With apologies to the late Lou Reed tonekat Nov 6 #67

Chrysanthemum

(216 posts)
57. Philly?
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 06:48 PM
Nov 5

A local radio station in the eighties had a DJ in the morning who always had a segment called "Misconstrued Lyrics." "There's a bathroom on the right" featured prominently

Pinback

(13,443 posts)
59. That sounds like fun
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 07:41 PM
Nov 5

I’m not from Philly, but I’m sure I would have enjoyed that show. My cousin told me shortly after that Creedence album came out that she misheard the lyrics that way, so she independently “invented” that one along with a few million other people.

I remember several years back somebody came out with a book of funny misheard lyrics; the book was titled ‘Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy.

3825-87867

(1,716 posts)
11. but said he could feel its impact through the ballistic vest he was wearing!
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 07:48 PM
Nov 4

...damn lucky it was a deadly sub he "felt"and not a 762 like some of my friends!
Bone spurs must have been contagious.
Prick!

63. Low-bid, government-issue vest?
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 06:34 AM
Nov 6

With that kind of ballistic resistance, I hope he never faces a real weapon - like a lightly lobbed pebble or an airsoft powered plastic ball.

I can believe the scent statements. But his claim of feeling the impact makes me wonder if his great grandmother slept on a stack of mattresses hiding a legume. A very sensitive guy.

littlemissmartypants

(30,897 posts)
13. I heard this reported on the radio on the way home today and I couldn't stop laughing. ...
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 07:56 PM
Nov 4

If it weren't for the fact ICE was the motivation, it would be even funnier.

The moon shot is a winner! ❤️

2na fisherman

(168 posts)
14. Agent Lairmore Is So Courageous
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 08:00 PM
Nov 4

He's the HERO of the stupid! And I heard that the defendant allegedly threw a can of soda at him too but that case had to be thrown out because everyone knows you can't make a case out of one can.

TheRickles

(3,063 posts)
15. And he's allergic to onions, so the "explosion" triggered a wave of sneezing and tearing up and nasal stuffiness
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 08:07 PM
Nov 4

That necessitated a visit to his primary care doctor, which led to a prescription for some very powerful medications, and being placed on extended medical leave from work. So he'll be suing for personal injury and damages and PTSD and whatever else there is.

Ridiculous!

2MuchNoise

(608 posts)
18. I'm laughing so damn hard I can't catch my breath.
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 08:32 PM
Nov 4

Don't fire until you see the whites of their...Er um until you smell the onions and mustard.

nuxvomica

(13,781 posts)
21. I hope the defense has a ballistics expert testimony
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 08:52 PM
Nov 4

Or a physicist, to contradict the use of "exploded" when the projectile (a submarine sandwich) actually "disintegrated" on impact. Of course that testimony could be even more hilarious, especially if they do a detailed walk-through like it was the Zapruder film.

moniss

(8,386 posts)
24. They wonder why they are held to such a high level of ridicule from
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:09 PM
Nov 4

around the country and around the world.

PurgedVoter

(2,636 posts)
31. Don't belittle his PTSD!
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:22 PM
Nov 4

To be haunted by the smell of onions and mustard. To be unable to enter a sandwich shop because it triggers your flashbacks. The horror! It never stops. Waking up screaming and knowing that without the bullet proof vest, it might have been a close thing.
And then there is the survivors guilt. Knowing that while you lived, the victims of the Bowling Green massacre never had a chance.

BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts)
34. Imagine if that roll was just a few hours older
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 09:36 PM
Nov 4

It would have been like a torpedo! And it wouldn't have needed to be a "foot long" either!

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

EuterpeThelo

(122 posts)
43. Yeah, I cry over onions too
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:56 AM
Nov 5

But mainly because (a) they cost so much after they deported everyone that picked them for us, and (b) thinking about the people who can't even afford one without SNAP.

efhmc

(15,934 posts)
45. Not an onion lover but they do seem to be part of our food culture. The small ones are easily grown from cut off root
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 09:04 AM
Nov 5

bottoms to sautee and use in soups, etc.

BumRushDaShow

(163,346 posts)
48. Most welcome - my first attempt at the enhanced zoom on the phone. :D
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 02:48 PM
Nov 5

What's funny is that when the story first broke about this guy, they called the thing a "hoagie", which is what we call them here in Philly (as a regional name for something in a long roll)... But I know Subway basically calls theirs "Subs", which is more common in much of the country. I know in New England, they'll heat them and call them "grinders" (and I think Subway also calls them that if they run them through an oven).

So I guess to solve that problem, they just started calling it "a sandwich" and dubbed him "Sandwich Guy".

65. In the south ...
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 06:44 AM
Nov 6

Last edited Fri Nov 7, 2025, 03:26 AM - Edit history (1)

... I remember people using po' boys and hoagies to describe the long cold cut concoction.

Aristus

(71,304 posts)
47. What a bunch of spineless wimps. I wish I was the judge on the case.
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 01:46 PM
Nov 5

"And tell me again what the plaintiff did?"

"He done th'ew a sammich at me!..."

"Case dismissed. And get your putrid, yellow-bellied carcass out of my court room, and slither back into whatever swamp you oozed out of."

mike_c

(36,841 posts)
52. OMG he could have died!
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 05:15 PM
Nov 5

I'm surprised the nazi could give testimony with a straight face. "Yes, I feared for my life when I saw a slice of tomato. Really. It was terrifying. "

Beacool

(30,494 posts)
60. You can't make it up....
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 07:46 PM
Nov 5

Wuuaahhh!!!! Your honor, he hit me with a sandwich, I could smell the onions and the mustard!!! Oh, the humanity!!! These weak little goons who are terrorizing people, couldn't handle a sandwich being thrown at them. The whole thing seems like something out of the Onion. Pathetic....




Hekate

(100,129 posts)
62. Did the onion make him cry?
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:50 PM
Nov 5

The big bold tough manly man got onion and mustard on his tactical vest?

tonekat

(2,406 posts)
67. With apologies to the late Lou Reed
Thu Nov 6, 2025, 12:48 PM
Nov 6

Vicious
You hit me with a sandwich
I'm so glad it's not a Manwich™
Oh, baby, you're so vicious
Vicious
You want me to hit you with a stick
But all I've got's a guitar pick
Heh, baby, you're so vicious

[Chorus]
When I watch you come, baby, I just wanna run, far away
You're not the kind of person 'round I wanna stay
When I see you walking down the street
I step on your hands and I mangle your feet
You're not the kind of person that I want to meet
Oh, babe, you're so vicious
You're just so vicious

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