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BumRushDaShow

(163,361 posts) Tue Nov 4, 2025, 07:03 PM Nov 4

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Border Patrol Agent Testifies On DC 'Sandwich Guy': 'I Could Smell The Onions' [View all]

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' [View all] 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

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