Trump administration border czar Tom Homan didn't hold back when faced with a heckler during a conservative conference over the weekend, launching into a profanity-laced tirade that included questioning the protester's masculinity.
"Are you a MS-13 member?" a man shouted at Homan during a speech at Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida on Saturday. The heckler, ironically sporting Trump gear including an "I identify as ultra MAGA" t-shirt and Trump hat, carried a poster of Homan. He was escorted out to boos from the crowd.
But rather than ignoring the disruption, Homan seized the moment to unleash a stream of insults, the Daily Beast reported.
"Come up here and hand me that picture? Bring it," Homan challenged, before whipping the crowd into "U-S-A" chants. Then came the personal attacks: "They've got morons like this all over the country … this guy ain't got the balls to be an ICE officer. He hasn't got the balls to be a border patrol agent."
The border czar's verbal assault didn't stop there. "This guy lives in his mother's basement. The only thing that surprises me is that you don't got purple hair and a nose ring. Get out of here, you loser ... If you're such a bada--, meet me offstage in 13 minutes and 50 seconds."
The crescendo of Homan's rant came with a crude attack on the protester's masculinity: "I guarantee you he sits down to pee," he said.
Though it's unknown what sparked the protest, Homan is one of the faces of Trump's immigration crackdown, which has sparked massive unrest. The White House has set a target of 3,000 immigration arrests each day as part of a drive for mass deportations across the country.
The administration's aggressive approach has triggered widespread resistance, particularly in liberal strongholds like Los Angeles, where widespread demonstrations broke out in early June against raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The protests led Trump to deploy 4,000 members of the National Guard and 700 Marines to quell the unrest over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Despite the growing opposition, Homan remained defiant about the administration's plans. "We're going to do the job that President Trump gave us to do," he declared.