Mike Johnson Offers Bizarre Justification For ICE Masks. Backlash Follows.

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

Jun 9, 2025, 05:18 AM EDT


House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faced criticism after he defended the wearing of masks by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during immigration raids.

Johnson was asked by Fox News to respond to concerns from Democrats who say ICE agents shouldn’t conceal their identities while conducting arrests as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

“From the people who mandated mask-wearing for years in America, it’s absurd,” Johnson fired back, referencing the face-covering measures that Democrats implemented during the coronavirus pandemic in a bid to stop the spread of COVID-19. “They need to back off of ICE and respect our agents and stop protesting against them,” he added, arguing that agents would be doxed if they were able to be identified.

Critics pointed out the irony of Johnson’s acceptance of agents wearing masks, given his history of opposing mask mandates for medical reasons, and suggested he had conjured up an extreme example of false equivalence.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-ice-agents_n_6846960ee4b07d5e027bfd44

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
MIKE JOHNSON: From the people who mandated mask wearing for years in America, it's absurd. They need to back off ICE and respect our agents.

Q: So you're okay with these agents not identifying themselves when they're arresting migrants?

JOHNSON: Why, so they can target them? So they can put their names and faces online and dox them?
11:21 AM · Jun 6, 2025

I suppose our judges, who correctly rule against their illegal actions, should now wear masks so they don't get "targeted" and "doxxed" by the RW loonosphere?

[IronLionZion]

1. They should at least wear badges and badge numbers and uniforms

How would people know that they are law enforcement? Gangs could easily pretend to be ICE.

[BattleRow]

8. Aren't they already?

I suppose it is dependent on one's definition of "gangs."

[IronLionZion]

12. "stop resisting"

Why would anyone have to comply with orders from people who don't even identify themselves as law enforcement?

ICE is a gang sure. But any group of douchebags can go around pretending to be ICE and how would we know the difference?

[BattleRow]

15. And how would the government know ?

This may or may not provide plausibledeniability,however,it may also engender culpability even if it isn't ICE.

[Rowdyag]

2. Halloween

How do I know I'm being confronted by a real officer? It could be someone that just bought a Halloween costume.

[mercuryblues]

18. Yes, because a $20 costume from Target looks exactly

like a police uniform.

There's so much straw in that theory, that you could build a scarecrow.

[Norrrm]

3. 1+

[skypilot]

4. This "concern" about doxxing...

...is utter bullshit. Are we going to require police wear masks for the same reason?

[Javaman]

5. the turd polishing is on a epic scale.

they know full well how truly fucked up things are but yet, they go along to get along.

republicus jellifishus: an old species of invertebrate

[Red Mountain]

6. Mike Johnson wishes for the thousandth time.........

he could wear a mask while walking the halls of Congress.

[BattleRow]

9. Many are masquerading as human beings.

[StarryNite]

7. But Dump is saying citizens wearing masks are to be arrested.

I've been wearing COVID masks to the protests because I don't want to get COVID! So I guess now we are not allowed to protect ourselves?

[dchill]

10. "Why, so they can target them?...

... So they can put their names and faces online and dox them?"

You said it, Mike. You said it.

[Martin Eden]

11. Is it legal to arrest people without warrant or due process?

If so, those ICE agents are committing crimes, and should be identified.

[republianmushroom]

13. The self called "law and order party".

What a bunch of BS.

[patphil]

14. If these so called "agents" followed the rule of law, they wouldn't need to wear masks.

Having masked men kidnap people off the streets without a warrant is not the way it's done. Police can make an arrest without a warrant during the commission of a crime, but just grabbing people off the street is probably illegal.
Although there are some instances where this can be done without a warrant, the undocumented immigrant ploy doesn't justify the fishing expeditions that are so much a part of this operation.

The reality of the situation is that the government knows what it's doing is highly inflammatory; that's why they're doing it this way. They want to provoke people to violence so they can justify harsh responses from the government.
This is what Trump talked about when he said we wouldn't have to vote again....we won't be able to vote with martial law in place. And, this is the desired endpoint.

Mike Johnson's BS about masks is just another provocation.

[The Wizard]

16. Mike Johnson knows about concealing

a person's real identity.

[Jilly_in_VA]

17. The bullshit

is rising to an epic level. Even little Mikey knows it.